Legal News (Litigation & Dispute Resolution)

The practice of solicitors sending their clients for specialist assessment by medical personnel without a GP referral has been the subject of recent criticism by the Irish courts.

In 2018 the European Court of Justice gave its first substantive decisions on the issues of defect and causation under the Product Liability Directive 85/374/ECC

Diesel SPA v The Controller Of Patents, Designs And Trademarks & Montex Holdings Limited [2018] IECA 299

A recent High Court case reiterated and applied the binding principles laid down by the Court of Appeal and by the Supreme Court which must be applied in calculating the appropriate level of general damages for any personal injury.

It is undeniable that discovery applications take up a considerable amount of the court’s time and the discovery process is often a source of extensive delays and significant additional costs to the parties to proceedings.

On 1 August 2018, new Superior Court, District Court and Circuit Court Rules came into operation allowing “bona fide” members of the media to request disclosure of information contained in a court record.