Gavin Woods

Partner, DLA Piper

Gavin Woods has extensive experience advising on contentious matters with a particular focus on clients with technology and content related issues including intellectual property, data protection, privacy and defamation. He also advises clients on communications strategy, regulatory issues, investigations and public policy.

Gavin works with key decision makers, corporate counsel and lawyers in other jurisdictions on multi-jurisdictional and complex legal issues. He appears before the Irish Courts and international arbitral tribunals. He also advises on a broad range of commercial and civil disputes including in the area of retail, financial services, commercial fraud and property disputes.

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Ireland—Mediation—Confidentiality and privilege

Practice Notes

This Practice Note addresses the importance of confidentiality and without prejudice privilege as part of the mediation process. It considers confidentiality obligations for solicitors and mediators, confidentiality clauses in agreements to mediate and the extent to which any exceptions can be made to the general principles.

Ireland - Dispute Resolution

Ireland—Stages of mediation

Practice Notes

This Practice Note sets out the key steps in the mediation process from before the mediation, at the mediation, possible settlement at the mediation and issues arising after the mediation. It gives practical tips as to how to prepare for each of those steps.

Ireland - Dispute Resolution

Ireland—Without prejudice communications

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides an overview of ‘without prejudice’ privilege in the context of Irish law. It explains how this privilege affects the admissibility in evidence of communications aimed at settling a dispute, sets out the requirements for a communication to be protected, highlights the main exceptions where such communications may be admitted in evidence, with examples of how these exceptions have been applied in practice and considers how ‘without prejudice’ privilege can be waived.

Ireland - Dispute Resolution