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Trying to get to grips with the law underlying your dispute? Looking at trying to settle? Puzzled by costs and funding reforms? Out of your depth on jurisdiction issues? Lexis+ Ireland - Dispute Resolution provides all the practical guidance, insights
and knowledge tools to get the job done.
Our coverage encompasses Irish court procedures, ADR, cross-border matters, appeals, judicial review, enforcement, and civil proceeding costs, along with practice notes on various claims and Companies
Acts applications.
Civil Procedure—Pre-Trial
Guidance on the key procedural issues and practical considerations involved in initiating and managing a claim in the Irish courts prior to a substantive hearing.
Types of action
Guidance on areas like personal injury, contractual breach, corporate disputes, negligence and defamation to ensure you’re familiar with the substantive law and procedural provisions.
Civil appeals and judicial review
We outline the key principles and procedural requirements of civil appeals and judicial review proceedings in the Irish courts.
Alternative dispute resolution and settlement
In addition to clear overviews of alternative dispute resolution processes such as mediation and arbitration, we provide guidance on the process of settlement and how to document it.
Topics We Cover
Our Ireland - Dispute Resolution Experts
Anne Marie O'Mahony
Miranda Egan Langley
Louise O'Reilly
Aoibhín O'Connor
Róisín Haughey
Latest Ireland - Dispute Resolution News
Ronan Daly Jermyn (RDJ) partner Darryl Broderick has analysed the recent High Court defamation case where Gerry Adams was awarded €100,000 in damages...
MLex: A network of certified and aspiring out-of-court dispute-settlement bodies has urged national authorities tasked with enforcing the EU’s Digital...
Ireland—Dispute Resolution analysis: This article, was written by Cahal Carvill and Darren Fitzsimons of Arthur Cox LLP. A review of the High Court’s...
The Supreme Court of Ireland's 2024 annual report reveals a 14% increase in applications for leave to appeal, with 183 applications resolved. The...
The Irish High Court ruled on 21 March 2025 that Virgin Media failed to comply with regulatory obligations regarding contract termination procedures....
Latest Ireland - Dispute Resolution Practice Notes
Taking of Evidence Regulation (recast)This Practice Note considers the process for obtaining evidence in the courts of an EU Member State in civil or...
Ireland—Applications to strike outThe power to strike out proceedings allows a court to strike out claims or defences for a variety of reasons. This...
Ireland—Running an IP disputeWhat is an IP dispute?An IP dispute is one in which a rightsholder has made an allegation of infringement of their...
Ireland—High Court motions in Irish civil litigationThis Practice Note covers the following:•What is a motion•Common types of motion•Drafting of a...
Ireland—Personal injuries litigation—General damagesThis Practice Note will cover general damages in respect of personal injuries and will deal with...
Latest Ireland - Dispute Resolution Precedents
Ireland—Letter of claim—breach of contractGeneralThis Precedent and its accompanying drafting notes are for use where your client is seeking to bring...
Ireland—Letter to client—enclosing copy of Garda abstract reportI have now received from the Gardaí a copy of the abstract report relating to the...
Ireland—Letter to client—what happens at a mediation and preparing for itGeneralThis is a precedent letter to a client setting out what happens at a...
Ireland—Defendant’s acknowledgment of a letter of claimGeneral notesThis Precedent does not contain information required by any specific court rules...
Ireland—Simple mediation clauseNature of the clauseThis Precedent is a short-form clause for use in a business-to-business (B2B) commercial contract...
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Ireland—Service of proceedings in Ireland
Ireland—Service of proceedings in IrelandThis Practice Note offers guidance on serving documents in Irish civil proceedings within the jurisdiction of...
Ireland—Discontinuance of a claim
Ireland—Discontinuance of a claimWhat is discontinuance?Discontinuance is the means by which a plaintiff can voluntarily bring all or part of the...
Ireland—Service of proceedings outside Ireland
Ireland—Service of proceedings outside IrelandThis Practice Note outlines the rules that apply when proceedings brought in Ireland are required to be...
Ireland—Pre-action conduct
Ireland—Pre-action conductThis Practice Note sets out and examines certain pre-action conduct requirements and recommendations, and is directed at...
Ireland—Contract law essentials
Ireland—Contract law essentialsThis Practice Note sets out a brief overview of contract law in Ireland. It discusses the general principles and key...
Ireland—Appeals from the Master to the High Court
Ireland—Appeals from the Master to the High CourtThis Practice Note offers practical and procedural guidance on appeals of orders of the Master of the...
Ireland—Judicial review—grounds of challenge
Ireland—Judicial review—grounds of challengeThis Practice Note considers the different types of grounds for judicial review, focusing primarily on the...
Ireland—Appeals from the Circuit Court
Ireland—Appeals from the Circuit CourtThis Practice Note considers ordinary appeals from the Circuit Court to the High Court by outlining the...
Ireland—Enforcement of foreign judgments in Ireland
Ireland—Enforcement of foreign judgments in IrelandThis Practice Note looks at the principal options for enforcement of foreign civil and commercial...
Ireland—Discovery in the High Court
Ireland—Discovery in the High CourtThis Practice Note discusses the process of discovery before the High Court in civil litigation in Ireland. It...
Ireland—Judgment in default
Ireland—Judgment in defaultThis Practice Note provides guidance on what a default judgment is (also referred to as judgment in default, judgment in...
Ireland—Dublin Circuit Court Combined Civil Office announces Christmas opening hours
The Courts Service of Ireland has released the Christmas opening hours for the Dublin Circuit Court Combined Civil Office for the 2024-2025 holiday...
Ireland—Discovery of medical records in personal injuries actions (Pop v Foristal)
This decision clarifies some principles governing discovery of medical records.No distinction is made between pre- and post-accident medical records...
Judgment of Mr Justice Twomey in the case of Moloney v Dunne concerning the various, conflicting High Court authorities in respect of the Recovery of Benefits and Assistance Scheme (RBA) in personal injuries actions
The agreement of the parties, coupled with judicial co-operation, are necessary for Personal Injury Settlement Orders to be made by the court. ...
Ireland—Parties to an action
Ireland—Parties to an actionSTOP PRESS: SI No 14/2025 Rules of the Superior Courts (Guardian ad litem and next friend) 2025 (Ireland) amends Order 15...
Ireland—Methods of alternative dispute resolution
Ireland—Methods of alternative dispute resolutionThis Practice Note provides an overview and introduction to forms of alternative dispute resolution...
Ireland—Civil courts structure
Ireland—Civil courts structureThis Practice Note provides an overview of the civil courts in Ireland and outlines in summary terms the principal...
Associated legal terms
Authorised minimum
The minimum nominal value of allotted share capital required for a public company to obtain a trading certificate or re-register as a public company (CA 2006, ss 765, 650, 662; Second Company Law Directive (77/91/EEC)).
PCG
Parent company guarantee
QCA Corporate Governance Code (QCA Code)
The Corporate Governance Code published by the Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA).
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