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Happy Christmas from all at RDJ!💫 Wishing our clients, partners and friends a joyful holiday season and a prosperous and sustainable 2025.🌍 #SeasonsGreetings #HappyNewYear #RDJ #ResponsibleBusiness

The new Personal Injury Guidelines draft will go before the judicial council for approval in late January. Marianne Lonergan and Ellie Moloney from RDJ’s Insurance team discuss the proposed changes to the Guidelines, their impact on the assessment of damages in particular where there are multiple injuries and what such changes mean for insurance providers and their policyholders. Read here: https://lnkd.in/ejkBdVE2 #RDJ #InsuranceLaw #PersonalInjury

The Courts and the Tax Appeals Commission have considered the following issues in recent months: - Can a taxpayer overturn their own tax settlement? - Close company surcharge – what is the time-limit to make the joint-election? - Payments to directors – loan or emolument – whether Companies Act provisions relevant to tax treatment? - How do fiscally transparent entities (such as US LLCs) interact with DTA provisions? RDJ Senior Associate Mark Ludlow examines these decisions in the latest edition of the Irish Tax Review. Read Here: https://lnkd.in/eYCYtn7N #RDJ | Irish Tax Institute

A recent High Court judgement awarded €140,000 in damages for a defamatory Facebook post. In our latest insight, Darryl Broderick from RDJ’s Media team examines the judgement, the reasoning behind the substantial award and the impact of such an award on defamation proceedings in respect of social media posts. Read here: https://lnkd.in/e6mF4986 #RDJ #MediaLaw #Defamation

The second draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice is set to be published shortly. In this instalment of our EU AI Act series, Ricky Kelly and Sarah Lucey from RDJ’s Artificial Intelligence team delve into the draft code, its objectives and consider what organisations should anticipate next. Read here: https://lnkd.in/eRZy2th5 #RDJ #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAct #AI

The recent costs ruling against Conor McGregor in the High Court civil action brought against him by Nikita Hand has led to much discourse and comment in the media regarding the confusing distinction between party and party costs and solicitor and client costs. RDJ Senior Associate, Hilda Mannix sheds light on the topic and explains the subtle difference between these two categories of costs in contentious matters. Read here: https://bit.ly/49QgoMh #RDJ #DisputeResolution #PartyCosts #ClientCosts

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024 (“AI Act”) will be phased in across all EU Member States between 2 February 2025 and 31 December 2030, marking a pivotal step in regulating the use of AI. In this insight, Ricky Kelly and Sarah Lucey from RDJ’s Artificial Intelligence team consider the various stages of implementation before focusing on the first step, the requirement that organisations take measures to ensure AI Literacy within their personnel, which comes into effect on 2 February 2025. Read here: https://lnkd.in/eXqEBEVk #RDJ #ArtificialIntelligence #AILiteracy #AI

We’re proud to have advised NUA SURGICAL, a medical technology firm based in Galway, on its €6.5 million Series A equity investment led by Swedish investor EQT Life Sciences and supported by the Texas Medical Center Venture Fund (TMCVF), Kidron Capital Assets LP and existing investors including Enterprise Ireland. The RDJ transaction team included J.P. Gilmartin, Conor Moran and Evan Fitzgerald (Corporate and Commercial). Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eBWMmJNK Pictured below (L-R): Nua Surgical Founders Padraig Maher, Marie-Therese Maher and Barry Mc Cann. Photo Credit: Andrew Downes   #RDJ #BusinessImpact #FundingRound

RDJ were proud to sponsor the 8th annual RDJ Cork Santa Cycle which took place on Sunday 1st December 2024.🎅 Over 500 cyclists donned Santa outfits, cycling the 7km route from the south docks to Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral and back through Cork city centre. This year’s festive cycle raised over €25,500 for Pieta , a charity which provides freely accessible, professional services to people who are in suicidal crisis, those who are self-harming, and people who have been bereaved by suicide. Pieta is 87% funded by the public and relies heavily on donations to maintain the vital services that they provide free of charge. See photos from the event here: https://lnkd.in/etDEeq5W Thank you to Media Kings for the fantastic footage of the cycle. #RDJ #CorkSantaCycle #Pieta | Connie Wiseman

A plaintiff has successfully sought leave to appeal non material damages under the GDPR as a result of an alleged breach of his personal data to the Supreme Court. In our latest insight, Ricky Kelly and Lisa Mannion from RDJ's Data Protection team examine the case being brought to the Supreme Court and explain how the upcoming decision will impact the way in which future personal data breach claims will be dealt with by Irish Courts. Read here: https://lnkd.in/gWmEtVWt #RDJ #PersonalInjury #DataProtection #DataBreach