Kluwer: Irish High Court Lifts Order Staying Court Proceedings to Refer the Matter to Arbitration: Be Careful What You Consent to for You Might Just Get It

Published on 9 August 2024

By Mariana Verdes (The Bar of Ireland)

The Irish High Court (“the High Court”) in a recent decision in Jephson & Jephson v. Aviva Insurance Ireland DAC [2024] IEHC 309 (“the Jephson decision”) made an Order to lift a stay previously made on court proceedings where there was an arbitration agreement. The judgment to lift the stay previously granted is an unusual...