Legal News (Litigation & Dispute Resolution)

The obligation on social media platforms to remove defamatory content will be significantly broadened if the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) adopts the Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar in Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook Ireland Limited Case C-18/18.

Recently, Tusla has begun for the first time to maintain a publicly available register of organisations and businesses which are not in compliance with the obligation under the 2015 Act to maintain a Child Safeguarding Statement.

Hayes solicitors acts in the case of Tobin v Minister for Defence, in which a significant judgment was delivered by the Court of Appeal last year which made wide ranging changes governing discovery applications involving extensive documentation.

Welcome to our Summer Newsletter, which we hope you find helpful and interesting. It has been a busy few months here at Hayes. We recently announced the promotion of two new partners – Áine Coghill in our Property department and Katy Meade in our Healthcare department.

In many countries, parties to a contract have an implied duty of good faith to one another. This can have wide-ranging consequences - it may require a duty of candour / disclosure and moral and ethical standards in the parties' behaviour.

The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Act 2019 was signed into law on 25 February 2019 and commenced on 3 April 2019.