Philip Lee Trainee Solicitor Darragh Bollard has won the Law Society Trainee Moot Court Competition.  Darragh and his team mate Eamonn Butler (Arthur Cox) were adjudicated the winning team in the final held on Wednesday 26 February 2020.  Darragh also picked up the accolade of Best Individual Advocate in the Final. The competition was before […]

As published in the Business Post, February 23rd 2020. When whistleblowing legislation was introduced in 2014, many employers feared it might be abused. Those concerns remain, but a decision by the Labour Court in August last year offered grounds for optimism. In simple terms, the Protected Disclosures Act was designed to provide a high level […]

Philip Lee is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas O’Malley as Partner.  Thomas joins the Real Estate Department, current title holders of Property Law Firm of the Year and Leinster Property Law Firm of the Year.  Thomas specialises in commercial real estate with a focus on social housing and property development.  He acts for […]

AT A GLANCE On 20 February 2020, the Irish Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) released its second annual report (the “Report”) under the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). The Report relates to the period of 01 January 2019 – 31 December 2019, the first calendar year of the operation of the GDPR and the Law […]

Background On the 21 January 2020 the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK (the “ICO”) issued the Age Appropriate Design Code (the “Code”) – a code of practice that sets 15 standards that online services should reach in order to protect children’s privacy. The need for such a code is reflected in this statement from […]

We were delighted to advise retail tech start-up NearSt in raising £2 million in seed funding from investors. Founded in 2015 by Nick Brackenbury, NearSt drives customers back into high street shops by enabling local shops to list live in-store inventory. Further information available here.

Partner and Head of EU and Competition Law, Ronan Dunne, was delighted to contribute to the latest edition of the European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe), providing an update on developments in Irish merger control law. Full report available here. Published by Lexxion, (CoRe 1/2020 Vol. 4).

A Procurement Law Forum on ‘Lessons Learned from the Word Perfect Litigation’ will take place on February 19 in the Distillery Building at The Bar of Ireland. Partner Clare Cashin will be speaking at this event, which will examine the various aspects of the Word Perfect litigation. The topics of automatic suspension and damages, the duty […]

The MetroLink project involves the development of 19km (12km in tunnel) urban railway and includes 16 new stations, proposed to run from Estuary on Dublin’s northside to Charlemont via Dublin Airport and St. Stephen’s Green. The MetroLink will link Dublin Airport, Irish Rail, DART, Dublin Bus and Luas services, creating fully integrated public transport in […]

Partner Simon O’Neill was delighted to contribute the Ireland country report to the special 15 year anniversary edition of the IFN Islamic Finance guide. Simon’s article, on the progress of Islamic Finance in Ireland, can be accessed here.