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High Court: (a) orders the disclosure of the transcript of an examination by the Official Assignee in bankruptcy, on the grounds that the examination had not been conducted in circumstances of confidentiality, and had not been conducted for the dominant purpose of contemplating litigation; and (b) directs that the defendants provide discovery of five further documents; subject to certain redactions, on the grounds that they were not entitled to rely on common interest privilege or litigation privilege.

A new title, Residential Tenancies, has been added to Irish Property Law.

 The January issue of the Bloomsbury Family Law Briefing is now live for subscribers to Family Law.

Galway-based fast food chain claims victory in latest instalment of long running trademark saga against McDonald's, following landmark EUIPO decision.

High Court refuses to grant declaratory relief by way of judicial review concerning the fostering and adoption of a child, on the grounds that the proceedings had been issued outside of the appropriate time limit, and that any retrospective declaration would serve no useful purpose.

Issue No.32 of Irish Civil Litigation Update is now live for subscribers to Irish Civil Litigation.

It is not often that amendments to the annual Finance Bill make headline news, and rarer still that they are forced on the Government by cross-party groups of MPs. In the past week, the Bill was amended to prevent the making of certain regulations to smooth the process of EU withdrawal unless Parliament has approved both a framework for the future relationship with the EU, and either a negotiated withdrawal agreement, or leaving the EU without such an agreement.

Our online editor caught up with barrister and author, Eoin O'Connor BL, whose new book, National Security Law in Ireland, hits shelves on January 31. We picked Eoin's brain on some of the most pressing contemporary issues affecting national security law and policy in Ireland.

IFRS 16, Leases, which was issued in January 2016 and replaces IAS 17, Leases and related interpretations, has come into effect for annual reporting periods starting on or after 1 January 2019.

An inferential house of cards – serious financial loss under section 1(2) Defamation Act 2013: Burki v Seventy Thirty Ltd & Ors [2018] EWHC 2151 (QB)