High Court: Councillors must authorise litigation of matters relating to their reserved functions

The High Court has determined that express authorisation from local authority elected members must be given to the authority’s chief executive prior to taking any step to prepare for and/or to conduct litigation relating to the manner in which they have exercised or performed their reserved functions. About this case: Citation:[2024] IEHC 381 Judgment: Court:High …

Civil litigation: Getting to grips with electronic disclosure

Litigation often turns on the documentary evidence produced by parties. Judges like the certainty of documents. But, of course, evidence is more likely than ever to be in electronic form with reliance placed on emails, spreadsheets, instant messages and electronic signatures. All these are more susceptible to alteration than physical documents. The level of sophistication …