Legal News (Dispute Resolution & Litigation)

It is a long-established principle in Irish company law that directors must always act in the interest of the company.

The High Court procedural rules have been amended to create a new division of the Commercial Court dedicated to intellectual property cases and disputes involving complex technology issues. The Intellectual Property and Technology List came into operation on 22 October 2021.

Print & Display appealed the decision of the High Court to the Court of Appeal. Hayes defended a liquidator in an action by a shareholder of a company to remove him in a long running complex liquidation of a company with foreign subsidiaries and assets.

Managing Partner, Joe O'Malley features in the 2021 edition of Business Plus Law Firms Who's Who guide.

Given the general rule in Ireland that costs follow the event, the unsuccessful litigant is obliged to pay the costs of the victor as well as their own.

On 29 November 2019, the Supreme Court, in Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank v O’Malley [2019] IESC, overturned a decision of the High Court granting summary judgment against the Defendant. It did so on the basis that the Plaintiff failed to adequately particularise its claim.