From 1st August 2018, the media will have access to documents opened in an Irish court. This is a welcomed development for the media and has been implemented to facilitate the fair and accurate reporting of court hearings.
The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 contains a number of proposed legislative changes, that have received diametrically opposed responses from employers and trade unions.
The recent High Court case of O’Reilly & anor v Neville & ors [2018] has highlighted the need for Plaintiffs to consider reasonable offers and attempts by the Defendants to settle matters or risk not recovering their party-party costs even when successful in the action.