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Trying to get to grips with the law underlying your dispute? Looking at trying to settle? Puzzled by costs and funding reforms? Out of your depth on jurisdiction issues? Lexis+ Ireland - Dispute Resolution provides all the practical guidance, insights
and knowledge tools to get the job done.
Our coverage encompasses Irish court procedures, ADR, cross-border matters, appeals, judicial review, enforcement, and civil proceeding costs, along with practice notes on various claims and Companies
Acts applications.
Civil Procedure—Pre-Trial
Guidance on the key procedural issues and practical considerations involved in initiating and managing a claim in the Irish courts prior to a substantive hearing.
Types of action
Guidance on areas like personal injury, contractual breach, corporate disputes, negligence and defamation to ensure you’re familiar with the substantive law and procedural provisions.
Civil appeals and judicial review
We outline the key principles and procedural requirements of civil appeals and judicial review proceedings in the Irish courts.
Alternative dispute resolution and settlement
In addition to clear overviews of alternative dispute resolution processes such as mediation and arbitration, we provide guidance on the process of settlement and how to document it.
Topics We Cover
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Latest Ireland - Dispute Resolution Practice Notes
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Latest Ireland - Dispute Resolution Precedents
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Associated legal terms
Assignation of lease
The transfer of the interest of a tenant under a lease to a new tenant and/or the document by which such a transfer is effected. Landlord's consent is normally required. Assignation is completed only by intimation
Register of directors’ residential addresses
Every company must keep a register of directors' residential addresses. The register must state the usual residential address of each of the company's directors unless the director's usual residential address is the same as his service address, in which case the register may instead contain a statement to that effect. This does not apply if the director's service address is stated to be 'the company's registered office. The register of directors' residential addresses is not open for inspection by members or any other person (CA 2006, s 165).
Take-over bid
An offer made to shareholders of a company by an individual or organisation intending to gain control of that company.
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