Ireland—Civil litigation horizon scanner 2025

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Practice notes

Ireland—Civil litigation horizon scanner 2025

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Published by a Lexis+ Ireland - Dispute Resolution expert

Practice notes
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This Practice Note provides a summary of the key legal developments that are expected to impact Irish dispute resolution lawyers during 2025 and beyond. It also summarises the key developments which have already taken place in 2025.

Feel free to suggest issues that may be covered in our horizon scanner using: irelandcurrentawareness@lexisnexis.com.

Bills in progress

This section contains information on the progress of Irish government bills and private members bills relevant to dispute resolution practitioners from proposal to the passage of the bills as they pass through both houses of the Oireachtas—Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann—before being signed into law by the President.

Bill titleNext/last key dateAnalysisFurther material
Defamation (Amendment) Bill 202430 April 2025The Bill is before Dáil Éireann, third stage.There has been extensive consultation since 2016. The Draft General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill (General Scheme) was published by the Department of Justice on 28 March 2023. The General Scheme proposes various significant reforms to be made to the Defamation Act 2009 (Ireland) (DA 2009 (IRL)) and
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