Donal O'Loinsigh

Partner, Clark Hill

Donal O’Loinsigh handles the resolution of large-scale disputes through the Irish Courts, including the Commercial Division of the High Court. Donal manages a diverse portfolio of litigation matters with a particular emphasis on complex commercial litigation, financial services litigation, shareholder disputes, investigations, defamation disputes and public interest litigation. Donal acts for a wide variety of clients across a broad spectrum of fields to include Irish and multinational companies, high net worth individuals and SME’s.

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Ireland—Legal costs in civil proceedings

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides an outline of the law in relation to legal costs in civil proceedings in Ireland. It considers s 150 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Ireland) and the requirements of a section 150 notice. It also considers the legal framework for legal costs, the requirement for a bill of costs, the categories of legal costs, the general rule in relation to costs, recoverable costs and adjudication of costs, costs on interim applications, lodgements and tenders in respect of costs and the steps taken to minimise costs. Finally, it looks at some recent developments and reform in this area.

Ireland - Dispute Resolution

Ireland—Third-party litigation funding

Practice Notes

This Practice Note considers the law on maintenance and champerty and how it affects third party litigation funding in Ireland. It examines the position of the Irish courts, the exceptions to the rule and recent developments in the area of third-party litigation funding.

Ireland - Dispute Resolution