Legal News (Commercial & Business)

There have been recent press reports that care homes could face criminal prosecution arising from deaths that occurred within the homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In a recent written judgment of Dublin Circuit Court (Kaminski v BallyMaguire Foods Ltd [2023] IECC 5,  a plaintiff was awarded €2,000 in compensation for “non-material damage” – in other words, non-financial loss such as anxiety or distress – in a data breach claim. 

Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 signed into law by the President.

In a judgment dated 22 November 2022, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) has decided that open public access to the beneficial owner registers of EU member state companies is no longer valid.