Laura Finn

Solicitor, Browne Jacobson Ireland LLP

Laura is an Associate on the commercial litigation team. She advises clients across a wide range of industries on complex, high-value commercial disputes, with a particular focus on intellectual property matters.

Laura regularly acts in a broad range of commercial disputes for domestic and international clients before the High Court and the Commercial Court, including contract disputes, shareholder disputes, and IP disputes. She has experience in alternative dispute resolution, having acted in several mediations, arbitrations and adjudications.

She has particular expertise in advising on contentious IP matters, including copyright, trade mark, passing off and patent infringement disputes. She also has experience advising on non-contentious IP matters, including brand protection and IP considerations in corporate transactions.

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Ireland—Limitation—the principal limitation periods

Practice Notes

The primary piece of legislation governing limitation periods in Ireland is the Statute of Limitations 1957 (Ireland) (SL 1957 (IRL)). This Practice Note contains a summary of the limitation periods under the SL 1957 (IRL) for the principal types of actions. This list is not exhaustive and focuses on actions which practitioners are most likely to encounter. Practitioners should always refer to the relevant legislation when considering issues relating to limitation periods.For further information on certain types of claims in Ireland, see the following Practice Notes:•Ireland—Limitation periods in professional negligence claims•Ireland—Personal injuries actions—Limitation periodsType of ClaimLimitation Period ReferenceAdditional InformationSimple contractSix yearsSL 1957 (IRL), s 11(1)(a)In cases of simple contract, the date of the accrual of the cause of action will be the date on which the breach of contract occurs. This is the case notwithstanding that no damage, or only nominal damage has been suffered (see Gibbs v Guild (1881) 8 QBD 296).In the case

Ireland - Dispute Resolution