Examples of our work
Ian works with clients in Ireland, the UK, Europe and from around the world.
Examples of Ian’s work in Ireland and the UK
- Issues relating to the UK’s departure from the EU (“Brexit”) and the potential 'reset' and new SPS Agreement
- Advising a food supplement manufacturer on health claims associated with coffee
- The use of the claim ‘probiotics’
- Challenging enforcement action and appealing enforcement notices
- Assisting a food supplement manufacturer regarding an ongoing complaint from the HPRA regarding potential medicinal claims on food supplements
- Advising on matters relating to the welfare of animals at the time of killing, welfare enforcement notices and defending prosecutions
- Providing an opinion on the legal status of melatonin and Berberine
- Advice regarding health claims and the word inflammation
- Advising on sales descriptions such as Irish Whiskey and Irish Beef
- Ongoing advice to an Italian food business on legal requirements for UK food information and claims
- Advising a client seeking to challenge the refusal to permit the importation of foodstuffs
- Representing a religious organisation being prosecuted for food hygiene matters and making submissions leading to the prosecution being withdrawn
- Representing a food business and its director being prosecuted for food safety and health and safety breaches
- Representing enforcement authorities and individuals at inquests (drowning, fire and structure collapse)
- Assisting a client required to provide evidence to the Covid-19 public inquiry
- As sole counsel, advising and representing a corporate core participant in the long-running public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower Fire in London
- Providing advice to businesses on their obligations in respect of notification, withdrawal and recall of non-compliant foodstuffs
- Reviewing product labels and related material and advising on the requirements relating to food information and nutrition and health claims
- The legal requirements and obligations under asbestos legislation
- Representing a very large retailer being prosecuted for under-age sales
- Advising a food business in respect of an ongoing criminal investigation and making submission leading the prosecution being withdrawn
- Reviewing a product brochure and marketing material for a business involved in wight management and advising on food information, nutrition and health claims and responding to regulator’s enquiries
- Advising an American food business on UK food and health and safety obligations
- Advising a slaughterhouse operator on strategy during a criminal investigation into alleged breaches of animal welfare legislation
- Representing a multi-national client in an appeal against the refusal to permit the importation of foodstuffs