Duncan Grehan

Solicitor, Duncan Grehan & Partners Solicitors

Ireland

About me

Duncan Grehan is the immediate past Vice Chairman of GALA. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin (BA, LLB) and at Max-Planck-Institut for Private International Law, Hamburg. He is admitted in Ireland as a solicitor since 1980. He is a founding member of GALA. Mr Grehan has been advising on advertising and marketing law issues in Ireland for over 25 years and has lectured frequently in the area. Fluent in English and German he is also the lawyer in Ireland for the embassies of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A CEDR accredited mediator, he is frequently involved in international commercial dispute litigation and resolution. He was an independent non-executive Director of DePfa Bank Plc, 2009-2013

01 December, 2021

Is Inbox Advertising via Unsolicited Email Illegal Under the Laws of the EU and Therefore Illegal in the 27 Member State Countries of the EU?

By Duncan Grehan

On 25 November 2021 the CJEU ruled that unsolicited Inbox Advertising is SPAM, illegal and contrary to EU law. This is a preliminary...

26 October, 2021

Lawyers’ Representation Rights Trans-EU

By Duncan Grehan

Executive Summary: On 23 April 2021, exceptionally, the Supreme Court held that a visiting German lawyer could represent, appear,...

06 May, 2021

BigTech, Ireland and EU (Self-)Regulation of Advertising and Data

By Duncan Grehan

On 15 October 2020 the European Advertising Standards Association (“EASA”) announced that Google became first of the world’s Big Tech...