The recent High Court judgment by Meenan J. in the case of Kenneth Treacy v. Lee James Menswear Limited and James O’Regan [2022] IEHC 600 provides a valuable insight into how the Courts are continuing to deal with the effects of Covid-19 restrictions, particularly their impact on commercial leases. Background In this case, the plaintiff […]

Buyer Beware! The recent Supreme Court decision in Walsh v Jones Lang Lasalle should be of considerable interest to the commercial property sector. The Supreme Court, overturning a decision of the High Court, decided that a property agent was not liable to a purchaser for an error in its sales brochure which resulted in the […]

The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (the “2016 Act”) was signed into law by the President on 23 December 2016 as part of the Governments “Rebuilding Ireland – Action Plan for Housing and Homeless”. The fourth pillar of the action plan is aimed at improving the functioning of the rental sector […]

  Anne Bateman and Ann Henry lead ‘a great team’ Legal 500 2016   Happy World IP Day from Philip Lee!  Ireland’s leading Intellectual Property Law Practice.   This year, the World Intellectual Property Organisation is  exploring the future of culture in the digital age: how we create it, how we access it, how we […]

Content of article as appeared in the Irish Times on Monday 9th February 2015, quoting Intellectual Property and Litigation partner Ann Henry. New patent court for Ireland ‘crucial’ to securing knowledge economy Local division of Unified Patent Court will hear intellectual property disputes Written by Elaine Edwards The establishment of a new court described as […]

Further to commitments iterated as part of the Budget 2015, the Department of Finance today launched a public consultation on the introduction of the Knowledge Development Box – a new corporation tax incentive which will focus on business assets resulting from investment in “knowledge based capital”. The incentive will provide for an effective tax rate […]

Over 30 private letters written by Jackie Kennedy to Irish priest, Fr Joseph Leonard, from 1950- 1964 will be auctioned by Sheppard’s Irish Auction House on 10 June 2014. The letters contained some intensely private recollections by Mrs. Kennedy in relation to the death of two of her children, her marriage to President John Kennedy, […]