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Can texts exchanged over WhatsApp create a binding contract?

Can texts exchanged over WhatsApp create a binding contract?

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Ireland—Supreme Court annual report shows 14 percent rise in applications

Ireland—Supreme Court annual report shows 14 percent rise in applications
High Court orders Virgin Media to reform contract termination practices following ComReg investigation

High Court orders Virgin Media to reform contract termination practices following ComReg investigation
Google cements win in image data patent dispute at Federal Circuit

Google cements win in image data patent dispute at Federal Circuit

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Ireland—Summary procedure in the High Court

Ireland—Summary procedure in the High Court

Ireland—Summary procedure in the High CourtWhat is summary procedureSummary procedure is an expedited and streamlined procedure available in the High...

Ireland—Civil courts structure

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...

Ireland—Civil litigation horizon scanner 2025

Ireland—Civil litigation horizon scanner 2025

Ireland—Civil litigation horizon scanner 2025This Practice Note provides a summary of the key legal developments that are expected to impact Irish...

Ireland—Enforcement of foreign judgments in Ireland

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...

Precedents

Ireland—Letter of claim—breach of contract

Ireland—Letter of claim—breach of contractGeneralThis Precedent and its accompanying drafting notes are for use where your client is seeking to bring...
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20th May
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Ireland—Simple mediation clause

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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20th May
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Ireland—Letter to client about a proposed interim injunction

Ireland—Letter to client about a proposed interim injunctionUpdated for Ireland by the Lexis+® Ireland teamGeneralThis Precedent provides a basic...
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Produced in partnership with Richard Clayman of Kingsley Napley and Anna O’Carroll of Kingsley Napley
20th May
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Ireland—Letter to client—what happens at a mediation and preparing for it

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...
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20th May
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Ireland—Defendant’s acknowledgment of a letter of claim

Ireland—Defendant’s acknowledgment of a letter of claimGeneral notesThis Precedent does not contain information required by any specific court rules...
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20th May
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Ireland—Demand letter—contractual debt claim

Ireland—Demand letter—contractual debt claimGeneralThis Precedent and its accompanying drafting notes are for use where your client is seeking payment...
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20th May
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Ireland—Precedent instructions or brief to counsel

Ireland—Precedent instructions or brief to counselTHE HIGH COURTRecord No. [insert High Court record number]BETWEEN[insert...
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Produced in partnership with Clíodhna Buckley BL of The Bar of Ireland
20th May
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Ireland—Settlement agreement—IP dispute—short form

This Precedent is a short form settlement agreement for use in relation to intellectual property (IP) disputes. A settlement agreement can be used to...
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20th May
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Ireland—Arbitration clause

Ireland—Arbitration clauseThis is a precedent arbitration clause for future disputes, which can be used for international and domestic arbitrations...
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Produced in partnership with Clíodhna Buckley BL of The Bar of Ireland
20th May
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Ireland—Solicitor’s statutory declaration regarding section 14 of the Mediation Act 2017 (Ireland)

Ireland—Solicitor’s statutory declaration regarding section 14 of the Mediation Act 2017 (Ireland)THE [HIGH/CIRCUIT] COURTIN THE MATTER OFSECTION 14...
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20th May
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Ireland—Apology: newspaper

Ireland—Apology: newspaperThis is an apology to be inserted in a specified newspaper regarding a statement published in the newspaper making...
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20th May
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Ireland—Letter to Gardaí—requesting Garda abstract report

Ireland—Letter to Gardaí—requesting Garda abstract reportSuperintendantRoad Traffic Accident: [place of accident]On: [date of accident]Our Client:...
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20th May
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Ireland—Letter to client—enclosing copy of Garda abstract report

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...
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20th May
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Ireland—Letter of claim: newspaper report

This Precedent is drafted as a letter of claim and is designed to be sent to the editor of a newspaper that has published a defamatory report. For...
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20th May
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Ireland—Medical records data subject access request form

Ireland—Medical records data subject access request formFor a general introduction to data protection law in Ireland and its key concepts and...
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20th May
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Ireland—Settlement agreement—pre-action settlement

Ireland—Settlement agreement—pre-action settlementEffective date of agreementThis Precedent assumes that the Agreement will commence and take...
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Produced in partnership with Rebecca Hanratty BL of The Bar of Ireland
20th May

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Scotland—the process for applying for sequestration

Scotland—the process for applying for sequestrationSequestration in Scotland is the legal process by which an insolvent debtor’s estate is gathered in, realised and then distributed among their creditors by a trustee appointed for that purpose. The process requires that a formal award of

Micklefield clauses

Micklefield clausesWhat is a Micklefield clause?It is common for employee share plans to provide that, on termination of employment (or when an employee is given or receives notice of termination of employment), subsisting share awards will be forfeited and subsisting share options will lapse.It is

Late payment penalties—inheritance tax

Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid

Brussels I (recast)—domicile (Arts 4 and 63) [Archived]

Brussels I (recast)—domicile (Arts 4 and 63) [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note considers the general rule set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 1215/2012, Brussels I (recast) when determining the relevance of a defendant’s domicile to