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Supreme Court Rules on Extending Statutory Appeal Time Limits

A recent ruling from the Supreme Court has confirmed that the High Court has the power to extend the statutory timeframe for lodging an appeal…

22/05/24

About Lisa

Lisa is a Partner in our Public, Regulatory and Investigations team, specialising for over 10 years in Public Sector Law and sectoral regulation, including energy, financial services, data privacy, product and life sciences regulation.

Lisa provides practical and informed advice to public and regulatory bodies and those dealing with such bodies. This includes advising on what public and regulatory bodies can properly do, fair procedures and statutory interpretation, as well as on regulatory compliance, investigation and enforcement. It also includes advising on all types of public law litigation. Lisa also has a particular focus on Information Law, advising extensively on all aspects of access to, and disclosure of, information.

Clients appreciate Lisa's expert insight and succinct advice.

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Specialties

Public and Administrative Law
Regulatory Law
Data Protection Law
Information Law
Investigations and Inquiries
Public and Regulatory Litigation
Dispute Resolution

Additional Information

Authorships

Joint author of the Mason Hayes & Curran Freedom of Information Sourcebook (3rd edition, 2016)

Engagements

Lecturer, Certificate in Freedom of Information (ICM Accredited), Public Affairs Ireland

Education

National University of Ireland, Galway, BCorp Law
National University of Ireland, Galway, Postgraduate LLB

Professional Memberships

Law Society of Ireland
Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers

Representative Matters

Acting for Meta Ireland in numerous high-profile Data Protection Commission (DPC) statutory inquiries relating to Facebook and Instagram and related legal proceedings. These include statutory appeal and judicial review proceedings before the Irish High Court and annulment actions before the General Court of the European Union, against decisions of the DPC, and related decisions of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make corrective orders and impose significant administrative fines for alleged breaches of the GDPR.
Acting for WhatsApp Ireland in statutory appeal and judicial review proceedings before the Irish High Court and an annulment action before the General Court of the European Union, against the decision of the DPC, and related decision of the EDPB, in a statutory inquiry into alleged breaches of the GDPR.
Acting for Meta Ireland and WhatsApp Ireland as notice parties in opposing judicial review proceedings challenging the DPC’s alleged failure to fully investigate the applicant’s complaints relating to Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Advising ComReg on the performance of its statutory functions, including on the exercise of its investigation and enforcement powers as Regulator of the Irish postal service and on compliance with its statutory obligations under FOI, AIE and data protection legislation.

Lisa Joyce

Supreme Court Rules on Extending Statutory Appeal Time Limits

About Lisa

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