With the arrival of our new class of professional "build to rent" landlords, planners are being asked to review how we live in urban...

Lawyers love a good precedent.  A precedent in law is that 'costs follow the event' i.e. if I win my case then the other side must...

On Friday 24 June, the day on which the results of the infamous BREXIT referendum were announced, whispers emerged that the US...

Landlords will be aware that commercial tenants are entitled to statutory renewal rights if they have been in continuous exclusive...

DAO wanted to create a venture capital fund that could run itself. The problem was it couldn’t protect itself. That has implications for...

Dublin is open for Financial Services business and it has been for more than a quarter of a century. 

Firms located in Ireland...

Drones are set to become yet another new tech tool for our construction clients over the coming months and years.  Whilst regulators...

A UK report from the Federation of Small Businesses states that smaller firms in the United Kingdom suffer in excess of 7 million...

The last 12 months have involved so many changes and decisions in respect of EU data protection laws and the ability to transfer data out...

The menu for dispute resolution in construction contracts is wide - mediation, conciliation, adjudication, arbitration.  Or now it...

The Law Society has confirmed that an "unprecedented number" of UK lawyers have sought admission to the Irish roll in the first half of...

Building Information Modelling ("BIM") is a concept that has been slowly evolving in the Irish construction sector. The recent convening...

With the downturn in the economy over the last few years it has now become common practice for lease guarantees to be called in by...

Good news emerged last week for early stage companies when it was announced that Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin had...

The Data Protection Commissioner has launched her annual report for 2015, which highlights the link between the work of her office and...

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has published a report on its first 6 months in operation. So is it the world class system it...

The recent Irish Venture Capital VenturePulse survey makes interesting reading showing that 1,250 Irish SMEs have raised venture capital...

A company was prevented from bringing claims worth around £3.5 million because of failure to specify the exact warranties in respect of...

Central Bank Governor Philip Lane today neatly identified the issues faced by regulators in the face of a wave of disruptive innovation...

Whatever about bringing a knife to a gunfight, if you're going to bring a gun to a gunfight at least ensure it's loaded. 

Guy Hand's...

There's nothing so useful as a clear and pragmatic summary of a complicated issue, with an original idea or two for additional value. In...

Alleluia mate! The Aussies have shown the world and every doubting Thomas conveyancer that lawyers can transact property without printing...

The high profile disciplinary proceedings involving DLA Piper partner Nicholas West sending offensive and sexist emails have reached...

As we are currently in “Auction Season” with an estimated 1000 plus properties having been sold at auction from January this year what...

That's how a Goldman Sachs banker described a sovereign wealth fund's understanding of the markets. A sovereign wealth fund mind.  

We have a housing crisis in Ireland and the causes and potential solutions are well documented.  The hangover from the crash...

Last week, the Minister for Housing, Simon Coveney TD, announced that he is giving consideration to the introduction of a fast track...

It's the ultimate PR nightmare and a lesson to all employers that how you treat your staff is as important as your bottom line. 

Mike...

“More than a quarter of all Dublin office space has changed hands in little more than three years, a rate described as “extraordinary”....

The short answer is yes! You only have to look to legislative developments in the UK this week to see why. 

On 7 June 2016, the UK...

The ISIF's recent press release re the economic impact of its funding to date makes interesting reading. To end 2015 the ISIF has...

The Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA) has recently introduced regulations detailing the Professional Indemnity...

In recent years we have seen the introduction of the BER system here in Ireland, bringing about a standardised approach to energy rating...

Tom Parlon rightly predicts that the construction industry will be plagued by a skills shortage. If it's not there already. Contracting...

The Companies Act, 2014 requires a liquidator of a company to hold suitable Professional Indemnity Insurance ("PII"), but it did not...

The recent announcement that the former Glass Bottle Site i.e. Poolbeg West is to become a strategic development zone ("SDZ") is good...

Cabot Asset Purchases [Ireland] Limited has issued 37 sets of summary proceedings in the High Court in recent weeks. I've written before...

Despite the serious housing crisis happening in Dublin at the moment the demand for short term lets is on the up! Queue Airbnb, an online...

Ireland is accelerating the pace of transatlantic and global data communications, compute and data residency. Hibernia Express has long...

If  I was an architect working on a residential development project in the heated period from 2006 to 2008 then chances are I was...