Terry The question of incitement to hatred in Ireland on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter was ventilated in the Courts in 2011. A man, Patrick Kissane, who created a Facebook page called “Promote the use of Knacker Babies as Bait” was the first person in Ireland to be prosecuted under the Prohibition of … Read more
A CTM (Community Trade Mark) is effective across all 27 states of the European Union. However as it has unitary effect, that is recognised in all 27 states, if your trade mark registration application fails in one state then your application for a CTM will fail. Benefit of a Community Trade Mark The big benefit … Read more
Ireland is one of the signatories to the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters. The Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f) provides that service on an individual in a foreign country may be served by any internationally agreed means of service such as the methods … Read more
The European Order for Payment Regulation is an attempt to put in place an EU wide procedure for inter EU state debts. The whole purpose of the regulation was to put in place a uniform procedure across member states for the collection of uncontested debts. It is an additional procedure to existing home state procedures … Read more
If you have secured a judgment in the UK in respect of a debt but find that your debtor is now living in Ireland, how do you enforce your debt? Article 33 of the Brussels I regulation stipulates that any judgment obtained in a member state will be recognised in other member states without … Read more