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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 News
The European Commission has notified Temu that several of its practices breach EU consumer law and has ordered it to bring those practices into...
The Corporate Enforcement Authority has welcomed the passage of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024...
Law360: On 5 September 2024, the US, EU and UK signed a new legally binding international treaty, the 'Council of Europe Framework Convention on...
The Campaign for Greener Arbitrations (CGA) has published a report on the green survey, an initiative by CGA Institutions Task Force aimed at...
Law360: Spain told an appeals court on 29 October 2024 that arbitration proceedings cannot block it from enforcing an €855m Spanish judgment against...
Latest Ireland - Dispute Resolution Practice Notes
Ireland—Trade secrets and confidential informationThis Practice Note sets out the protection available for trade secrets and confidential information...
Ireland—Data protection basicsThis Practice Note provides a general introduction to data protection law in Ireland and its key concepts and provision....
Ireland—Practical steps to protect or obtain access to confidential informationThis Practice Note supplements Practice Note: Ireland—Trade secrets and...
Ireland—Protecting and enforcing intellectual property rightsIntroductionIrish law protects a range of intellectual property (IP) rights that will be...
Third party rights against insurers in IrelandIn England and Wales, the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 (TP(RAI)A 2010), provides for...
Latest Ireland - Dispute Resolution Precedents
Ireland—Medical records data subject access request formFor a general introduction to data protection law in Ireland and its key concepts and...
Ireland—Letter to client—what happens at a mediation and preparing for itGeneralThis is a precedent letter to a client setting out what happens at a...
This Precedent is a short form settlement agreement for use in relation to intellectual property (IP) disputes. A settlement agreement can be used to...
Ireland—Simple mediation clauseNature of the clauseThis Precedent is a short-form clause for use in a business-to-business (B2B) commercial contract...
Ireland—Demand letter—contractual debt claimGeneralThis Precedent and its accompanying drafting notes are for use where your client is seeking payment...
Featured Ireland - Dispute Resolution content
Ireland—Trade secrets and confidential information
Ireland—Trade secrets and confidential informationThis Practice Note sets out the protection available for trade secrets and confidential information...
Ireland—Data protection basics
Ireland—Data protection basicsThis Practice Note provides a general introduction to data protection law in Ireland and its key concepts and provision....
Ireland—Practical steps to protect or obtain access to confidential information
Ireland—Practical steps to protect or obtain access to confidential informationThis Practice Note supplements Practice Note: Ireland—Trade secrets and...
Ireland—Protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights
Ireland—Protecting and enforcing intellectual property rightsIntroductionIrish law protects a range of intellectual property (IP) rights that will be...
Third party rights against insurers in Ireland
Third party rights against insurers in IrelandIn England and Wales, the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 (TP(RAI)A 2010), provides for...
Ireland—Standard of care in professional negligence claims
Ireland—Standard of care in professional negligence claimsThis Practice Note considers the standard of care in professional negligence claims and the...
Ireland—Identifying the correct defendant in medical negligence claims
Ireland—Identifying the correct defendant in medical negligence claimsScope of this Practice NoteThis Practice Note outlines the process which must be...
Ireland—Discovery in the High Court
Ireland—Discovery in the High CourtThis Practice Note discusses the process of discovery before the High Court in civil litigation in Ireland. It...
Ireland—Incidental applications in civil proceedings
Ireland—Incidental applications in civil proceedingsThis Practice Note provides an overview of the procedure for incidental applications which may...
Ireland—Cross-border litigation
Ireland—Cross-border litigationThis Practice Note aims to provide an understanding of the practical issues to consider when dealing with cross-border...
Ireland—Claims against directors—key and illustrative decisions
Ireland—Claims against directors—key and illustrative decisionsThis Practice Note summarises a number of key and illustrative cases relevant to claims...
Ireland—Starting a professional negligence claim—a practical guide
Ireland—Starting a professional negligence claim—a practical guideThis Practice Note on professional negligence claims provides practical guidance and...
Ireland—Service of proceedings in Ireland
Ireland—Service of proceedings in IrelandThis Practice Note offers guidance on serving documents in Irish civil proceedings within the jurisdiction of...
Ireland—Appeals from the Circuit Court
Ireland—Appeals from the Circuit CourtSTOP PRESS: SI No 161/2024 Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61) 2024 (Ireland) amends Order 61 of the Rules...
Ireland—Appeals from the Master to the High Court
Ireland—Appeals from the Master to the High CourtThis Practice Note offers practical and procedural guidance on appeals of orders of the Master of the...
Associated legal terms
Captive
A fund partly owned by a larger financial institution.
Letter of request
A letter issued to a foreign court asking a judge to take the evidence of some person within that court’s jurisdiction.
Special dividend
A dividend that does not form part of the company’s usual dividend timetable, commonly been used to return surplus cash to shareholders, to improve EPS or to fund a takeover bid.
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