Legal News (Dispute Resolution & Litigation)

Hayes solicitors LLP has once again been recognised as one of Ireland’s leading law firms for 2024 by independent researchers Legal 500, and Chambers and Partners.

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.