Practice notes and precedents covering contract formation, execution, interpretation and variation in Ireland to help you confidently negotiate, execute and manage robust commercial agreements.
Practical information on the issues and legal considerations arising for businesses trading and operating online including guidance on the legal requirements applicable to websites and online platforms.
An overview of the laws protecting confidential information and trade secrets in Ireland including practical guidance on key issues to consider when negotiating confidentiality agreements.
Our legislation, cases, initiatives and progress trackers keep you up to date with all the latest developments affecting commercial lawyers in Ireland.
MLex: The Irish Data Protection Commission has welcomed an opinion by an umbrella group of EU data protection authorities on AI providers' use of...
The European Commission has issued preliminary findings to Apple regarding two specification proceedings under the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA). The...
MLEX: OpenAI, X, Google and Meta will be able to use legitimate interests as a legal basis for processing personal data for developing and deploying...
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a €251m fine on Meta Platforms Ireland Limited following two inquiries into a 2018 data breach...
MLex: A fire alarm manufacturer has accused a rival electronics maker of infringing its patent for fire and carbon monoxide alarm systems, claiming...
The EU Digital Services ActThis Practice Note summarises Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and...
EU consumer protection—trackerThis document tracks and summarises key new and upcoming EU legislation (regulations and directives), guidance, and...
Product safety notification and corrective actionsIntroductionThis Practice Note describes the consumer product safety corrective action regime in the...
Ireland—How to review an NDA for commercial transactionsThis Practice Note is a ‘how to’ guide on reviewing an NDA (also known as a non-disclosure...
UK GDPR enforcement by the Information Commissioner’s Office—trackerThis Practice Note tracks enforcement actions in the UK by the UK Information...
Ireland—Data breach report form—internalThis Precedent Data breach report form can be used by staff to notify your data protection officer or head of...
This Precedent sub-contract agreement (also referred to as a back to back agreement) is for use where a contractor party under a main or prime...
This Precedent is a short form clause providing for non-mandatory adjudication in the event of a dispute arising out of a commercial,...
Ireland—Cookie policyGeneralThis policy has been drafted for compliance with the provisions of SI 336/2011, the European Communities (Electronic...
GeneralThis precedent data sharing agreement is for use when an independent controller wishes to disclose or share personal data with another party,...
The EU Digital Services ActThis Practice Note summarises Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and...
EU consumer protection—trackerThis document tracks and summarises key new and upcoming EU legislation (regulations and directives), guidance, and...
Ireland—Data breach report form—internalThis Precedent Data breach report form can be used by staff to notify your data protection officer or head of...
Product safety notification and corrective actionsIntroductionThis Practice Note describes the consumer product safety corrective action regime in the...
Ireland—How to review an NDA for commercial transactionsThis Practice Note is a ‘how to’ guide on reviewing an NDA (also known as a non-disclosure...
UK GDPR enforcement by the Information Commissioner’s Office—trackerThis Practice Note tracks enforcement actions in the UK by the UK Information...
EU GDPR—extra-territorial reachIn summary, organisations with an establishment in the EEA that process personal data and that cannot rely on an...
The EU General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.STOP PRESS: The...
EU GDPR—transfers of personal data internationally and to international organisationsThis Practice Note introduces the general prohibition under...
The EU unfair business-to-business trading practices in the agricultural and food supply chain DirectiveThis Practice Note summarises Directive (EU)...
EU consumer protection cases trackerThis tracker is intended to be used to track the relevant cases related to consumer law. It includes relevant...
Key definitions under EU data protection lawThis Practice Note provides further guidance on key definitions used in the EU’s General Data Protection...
Ireland—Commercial horizon scanner 2024This commercial horizon scanner tracks the progress of Irish legislation (including Bills in progress, Acts in...
Conducting a product recall in the EU—food and drinkThis Practice Note covers the requirements and practicalities of product recalls for food and...
Key EU consumer legislation—summaryThis Practice Note sets out a brief description of the main consumer directives and regulations that businesses...
Execution of contracts—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out the requirements for executing simple contracts in various international jurisdictions....
This Precedent sub-contract agreement (also referred to as a back to back agreement) is for use where a contractor party under a main or prime...
EU block exemptions revision—trackerThis Practice Note tracks the progress of the revision of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and...
The particular general meeting of the company at which its annual accounts and reports are (or are to be) laid in accordance with CA 2006, s 437, most typically its AGM. Public companies must send out copies of their annual accounts and reports no later than 21 days before the date of the relevant accounts meeting (CA 2006, s 424).
The borrowing group may be given a few months after completion to bring companies in the target group into compliance with the provisions of the facilities agreement. This is known as a clean-up period. Non-compliance by target group companies during the clean-up period will only result in an event of default in specific circumstances.
The land on which the works or development are to take place.