Ireland’s budget for 2025 sets out a range of tax relief measures as part of the government’s effort to improve its business ...

The Qatar Financial Centre’s (QFC) new digital assets regulatory framework has introduced innovative legislation alongside amendments to existing laws on the regulation of digital assets within the ...

As the UK moves to limit the use of ‘restrictive covenants’ such as non-compete and non-solicitation clauses in employment agreements, and the US’ Federal Trade Commission ban on such clauses faces ...

Investors in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are likely to be greatly impacted by the upcoming withdrawal of all three countries from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The three ...

An EU court has provided useful guidance to brand owners on how they might defeat claims that their trade marks should be revoked because they lack distinctiveness. The case, which was considered by ...

This guide provides a high-level overview of the patent registration system and the basics of patent law in Ireland. It also briefly addresses the potential impact of Ireland’s ratification of the ...

Mauritania has enacted a new law to introduce a regulatory framework for the development and operation of green hydrogen, offering tax breaks to attract more investments into the African nation’s ...

New court rules in place from 1 October could lead to judges in England and Wales more frequently ordering parties to disputes to try to resolve them out of court. The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), ...

Changes proposed to planning rules relating to the release of green belt land in England need to be clarified to address the risk of disputes arising that could stall the delivery of new housing, ...