About Ireland - Commercial
As a commercial lawyer, you have to cover a lot of ground. Today, you might be drawing up agreements for suppliers. Tomorrow, you might be dealing with a query on intellectual property. When you're wearing so many hats, sometimes the real challenge is
simply knowing where to start. Whatever the challenge, Lexis+ Ireland - Commercial is the only place you need to look.
We address commercial contract essentials, entity-specific execution, and offer resources on IP, confidentiality, data protection.
We also provide insights on digital trade, supply, and consumer protection.
Contract
Practice notes and precedents covering contract formation, execution, interpretation and variation in Ireland to help you confidently negotiate, execute and manage robust commercial agreements.
Digital trade
Practical information on the issues and legal considerations arising for businesses trading and operating online including guidance on the legal requirements applicable to websites and online platforms.
Confidential information and intellectual property
An overview of the laws protecting confidential information and trade secrets in Ireland including practical guidance on key issues to consider when negotiating confidentiality agreements.
Key developments and horizon scanning
Our legislation, cases, initiatives and progress trackers keep you up to date with all the latest developments affecting commercial lawyers in Ireland.
Our Ireland - Commercial Experts
Eoin Brereton
Ronan Dunne
Kasturi Moodaliyar
Karl Shirran
Róisín Haughey
Latest Ireland - Commercial News
MLex: Trade secret protections, automated cookie consent and cyber incident reporting are the main outstanding questions in negotiations over the EU's...
Ireland-Commercial analysis: This article, was produced in partnership with Katie O’Connor, Denise Daly Byrne, Laura Quinn and David O’Reilly of A&L...
MLex: Party coordinators have approved a push by the European Parliament to examine whether the EU’s 20-year-old IP enforcement rulebook needs...
MLex: Private companies, including IP right holders, could obtain ‘trusted flagger’ status according to draft European Commission guidance issued...
The European Commission has presented the European Technological Sovereignty Package, a set of measures to strengthen Europe’s capabilities in...
Latest Ireland - Commercial Practice Notes
This Practice Note considers the following issues in relation to the development and use of autonomous and connected vehicles (also referred to as...
Term and terminationWhere an agreement is silent as to contract duration or termination, in the event of a dispute, the Irish courts will apply common...
This Practice Note provides practical guidance on proper execution of simple contracts and deeds for general partnerships.For information relating to...
This resource kit contains a list of the key practical guidance available across Lexis+® UK that deals with artificial intelligence (AI). It is laid...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This document tracks the key steps of the legislative procedures on data in the...
Latest Ireland - Commercial Precedents
Holding Company•This Precedent contains a definition for the term ‘holding company’, which is a term commonly used in agreements, to be included in...
Subsidiary•This is a Precedent definitions for the term ‘subsidiary’, which is a term commonly used in agreements. It will not be appropriate to...
This Precedent provides a general framework for a website privacy policy that provides data subjects with information about how the operator of a...
This Precedent is an assignment of intellectual property rights that has been drafted to be generally neutral to each party. It contains alternative...
This Precedent is a definition for the term ‘group company’, which is a term commonly used in agreements, to be included in the definitions and...
Featured Ireland - Commercial content
Ireland—The relationship between Irish and English contract law
Ireland—The relationship between Irish and English contract lawThis Practice Note provides an overview of the general application and interpretation...
Ireland—Executing simple contracts and deeds
Ireland—Executing simple contracts and deedsThis Practice Note summarises the law, guidance and practice relating to the execution of simple contracts...
Ireland—Third party rights—the common law doctrine of privity of contract
Ireland—Third party rights—the common law doctrine of privity of contractThis Practice Note discusses the common law doctrine of privity of contract,...
Ireland—Exclusion and limitation of liability
Ireland—Exclusion and limitation of liabilityThis Practice Note provides guidance on the common law and statutory controls affecting exclusion and...
Ireland—Assigning rights under contracts
Ireland—Assigning rights under contractsWhat is an assignment?An assignment is an immediate transfer of an existing proprietary right, vested or...
Ireland—Protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights
Ireland—Protecting and enforcing intellectual property rightsIntroductionIrish law protects a range of intellectual property (IP) rights that will be...
Smurfit Kappa-WestRock deal received clearances from many countries, still needs at least EU, Mexico approval
The required merger control clearances and non-objections in respect of the US, the UK, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Serbia and South Africa have...
Ireland—Notice of assignment of contract—from assignee
Ireland—Notice of assignment of contract—from assigneeThis Precedent is a notice to be issued by the assignee to the original contractual counterparty...
Ireland—Sale of goods
Ireland—Sale of goodsThis Practice Note provides an overview of the law and practice relating to contracts for the sale and supply of goods. It...
EU Commission told to pay damages over illicit Facebook log-in data transfer
The Commission must pay damages to a user of its one of its websites over the transfer of personal data to the US without the necessary safeguards, EU...
Digital platforms whistleblower tools rolled out by EU Commission
Whistleblowers can provide relevant information anonymously or not, in any of the EU official languages and in any relevant format (for example,...
Meta Platforms' GDPR legal basis for training AI under scrutiny by Schrems campaign group
Meta Platforms' decision to use the General Data Protection Regulation legal basis 'legitimate interests' to process personal data to train its...
Ireland—Supply of services
Ireland—Supply of services This Practice Note provides an overview of the legislation and regulation impacting business to business (B2B) and business...
TikTok to challenge EU's 'gatekeeper' designation at 29 April 2024 court hearing
The company has already failed to suspend the application of the legislation in interim court proceedings, and now the lower-tier General Court is...
Ireland—Contract interpretation—implied terms
Ireland—Contract interpretation—implied termsThis Practice Note provides an overview of the distinction between express and implied terms and outlines...
Ireland—Execution formalities—partnerships
Ireland—Execution formalities—partnershipsThis Practice Note provides practical guidance on proper execution of simple contracts and deeds for general...
Associated legal terms
ICMA
The International Capital Markets Association—the regulatory body for the bond market
Pricing practices guides
Guidance for traders on good practice in giving information about prices. It was published in 2008 under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPUTs).
Re-registration
The process by which a company of one type (eg a public company limited by shares) is re-registered as a company of another type (eg a private company limited by shares) in accordance with the provisions of CA 2006, Part 7.
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