We are pleased to announce that Partner Ronan Dunne has been appointed as the country correspondent for Ireland for the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe). The latest edition of the CoRe journal (Volume 2 2018, Issue 4) features Ronan’s report on the revised financial thresholds for the mandatory notification of mergers and acquisitions to […]

As published in Irish Legal News, December 5th 2018. A new anthology featuring original writing from Irish authors with legal backgrounds, is being launched in Cork and Dublin over this week and next week. Proceeds of Counterparts: A Synergy of Law and Literature will go to Peter McVerry Trust. Philip Lee is delighted to support […]

As published in The Irish Times, November 13th 2018. Did you know that cars are generating data about us and our movements every day? Journalist Neil Briscoe writes about the need for GDPR protection for cars, featuring our Head of Technology, Sean McElligott. To read the full article, please click here.

As published in The Irish Examiner, November 12th 2018. Like it or loathe it, social media is a key feature of modern life. With every day that passes, we live more of our lives on the internet, says Patrick Walshe. That’s fine as far as private life goes, but what happens when an employee’s social media […]

As published in the Sunday Business Post, Sunday 4th November 2018. The topic of transgender rights and equality has come to prominence in recent years and the latest decision of the Workplace Relations Commission on the subject, handed down in last month, is the perfect example of this.   This case involved an equality claim in […]

As published in www.fora.ie on 4th November 2018. Mergers and acquisitions are a fact of life in Ireland – and a welcome reminder that the travails of the recent recession are largely behind us.  In 2018, we have seen a number of acquisitions of companies with the most prominent recent example being the takeover of […]

Managing Partner Philip Lee joined Bobby Kerr at the Newstalk studio to talk about how the firm started, evolved and the challenges and opportunities ahead.   Listen back to the full interview.  Executive Chair interview with Bobby Kerr

Can you guess who may know the following about you? where you live; where you work; where your kids go to school; your religion; how often you visit the doctor, whether you obey the speed limit; all of the contacts on your phone; details of all your phone calls, texts and messages; what radio stations […]

The Supreme Court judgment in the Brandley and WJB Developments Limited v Deane and Lohan case1 (the “Brandley case”) brought to an end a long running legal saga and provided invaluable clarification of the limitation periods that apply to a claim in tort for property damage. The purpose of limitation periods is twofold: (i) to […]

A noticeable aspect of the 2014 European Public Procurement Directive was the emphasis placed on the use of electronic communication in order to provide efficiencies in tendering. On 18 October 2018, a number of additional regulations come into force for all contracting authorities subject to EU procurement rules. Firstly, from Thursday, all communication or information […]