Our Annual Knowledge Report 2024 is now available for viewing. This is the ninth year that the A&L Goodbody Knowledge team has published its report looking at the year’s key legal developments and those in the pipeline for 2025. For
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The Construction Contracts Act 2013 (Appointed Day) Order 2016 provides that the effective date of the Construction Contracts Act 2013 (Act) is 25 July 2016. Following this date, all ‘’construction contracts’’ as defined by the Act are subject to
The Planning and Development Act 2024 (the Act) was passed by the Dáil on 9 October 2024 and signed into law by the President on 17 October 2024. It replaces the Planning and Development Act 2000 (the 2000 Act), and
You will recall that earlier this year we provided an update regarding the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage’s PLS report on the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill 2023. The full bill has now been published, renamed
The Government published the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 (the Bill) on 27 September 2024. It introduces amendments to the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 and the Affordable Housing Act 2021. The primary objectives of the Bill
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In our last blog post we discussed mitigation and construction disputes. We looked at a situation where a contractor refuses to rectify defective work and the employer engages another contractor to undertake the remediation. Subsequently, the employer seeks to
The European Commission has launched its first set of “specification proceedings” under the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”).
“Specification proceedings” are actions taken by the Commission under the DMA which formalises the Commission’s regulatory discussions with a gatekeeper, allowing it to
Disputes often arise in relation to defects. For example, an employer may contend that a particular work item is defective, while a contractor may argue that the item is not defective. Usually, the employer will request that the defective work
Recent technological advances in generative AI have transformed the way in which we listen to and create music. Many artists and industry players have readily adopted generative AI, viewing it as a creative force to be harnessed, while others remain
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This month saw the UK Supreme Court give the long-awaited judgment in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Augusta 2008 LLP (formerly Simply Construct (UK) LLP) [2024] UKSC 23, which considered whether a collateral warranty was a construction contract
