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The use of judicial review in the employment law context was clarified in a recent High Court ruling reinstating a school Principal after her demotion by the school’s Board of Management to classroom teacher.

The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”) was enacted on 24 July 2013 and provides much welcome relief to Lenders whose security was affected by the repeal of certain statutory powers in the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”) and the subsequent decision in Start Mortgages Ltd –v- Gunn.

The High Court recently held that a woman was not entitled to a declaration a decision by the HSE’s effectively preventing her from having a home birth was unlawful.

The Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill 2013 was recently published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin, T.D. The purpose is stated as a Bill to “provide for the commitments in relation to freedom of information contained in the Programme for Government.”

Did you know that nearly 500 million tweets are sent every day? Twitter along with other forms of social media, whether to your liking or not has become a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of modern day society. Twitter provides a global platform to all its users to voice their thoughts and opinions, however valuable.

The Medical Council has confirmed that it is now Council’s policy to request all doctors who are the subject matter of a complaint to participate in an audit so that the Council may monitor and assess compliance with the Medical Council’s Professional Competence Scheme.