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Privilege and Shareholders’ Rights in Ireland
The Irish High Court rejects the shareholder rule, confirming legal advice privilege can be asserted against shareholders.
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Article and Insights
Legal News – July 25
Welcome to the July 2025 edition of Legal News. Here is a selection of our recent publications.
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Legal News – May 25
Welcome to the May 2025 edition of Legal News. Here is a selection of our recent publications.
Knowledge Lawyer
Tracy MacDevitt
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The Discovery ‘Monster’ – High Court Highlights Ongoing Issues
The High Court has refused a request to discover extensive inter-party correspondence, deeming it unnecessary.
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The Growth of Norwich Pharmacal Orders: Part II – The High Court Decision in Portakabin v Google
In the second of our two-part series exploring the growth of Norwich Pharmacal Orders, we look at the recent decision of Portakabin v Google in whi...
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Questions, Answers and “Perfect Justice”?
Supreme Court overturns Court of Appeal decision on discovery finding that a party is not obliged to exhaust other procedures before seeking discov...
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Discovering Public Interest Privilege?
This article discusses a recent High Court decision on the use of public interest privilege to withhold documentation in discovery.
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Challenging a Third-Party Discovery Request
What, if any, circumstances entitle a third-party to resist a discovery request? In this article we look at recent cases where third-party discover...
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Discovery v Public Interest Privilege – Scales of Justice Tipped in Favour of Discovery
The High Court recently ordered inspection of a redacted Garda report, to prevent the identification of Garda informants. Inspection was ordered on...
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Security for Costs: Further Developments
Two recent decisions from the Irish superior courts provide welcome clarification on the scope of certain security for costs provisions. Firstly, t...
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Legal News – May
Welcome to the May 2020 issue of Legal News. We aim to keep you up to date on legal developments that may affect you or your business. Here are som...
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Legal News – June
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Supreme Court Cleans House
This article discusses various cases where issues of practice and procedure in commercial litigation arose for consideration by the Supreme Court t...
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Hard to Gain, Easy to Lose?
This decision considered an issue which had not been considered previously by the Irish courts: does a witness statement lose privilege when it is ...
