Anthony Thuillier BL

Anthony was called to the Bar in 2010 and began practice in 2011, having taught English at the Università degli Studi di Bergamo (2005 – 2007) and Common Law at the Technische Universität Dresden (2010-2011). Anthony has a general civil practice with an emphasis on chancery and commercial matters.

Unreported cases

Acted for the State in Pysz v Ireland [2022] IEHC 412 (Bolger J, 5 July 2022) – plaintiff’s claim struck out on basis that it disclosed no reasonable cause of action.

Acted for Plaintiff in Start v Kavanagh [2022] IEHC 348 (Egan J, 2 June 2022) – contemors committed to prison.

Acted for Plaintiff in Start v Kavanagh [2022] IEHC 114 (Allen J, 3 March 2022) – trespassers restrained.

Acted for Defendant in DRM Contract Administration Limited v Proton Technologies AG [2021] IEHC 554 (Simons J) – default judgment set aside

Acted for Plaintiff in Remcoll 2 Ltd v Walsh & Ors (High Court, unreported, 23 December 2019, Barrett J) [2019] IEHC 942 – anti-asylum centre protestors restrained

Acted for Plaintiff in Havbell v Dias [2018] IEHC 175 (Costello J). Banking and finance – loan agreement – entitlement to possession – injunctive relief.

Supreme Court appeal on a point of law: Nominated as part of Chief Justice’s scheme to act for impecunious company in AIB v Aqua Fresh Fish Ltd [2018] IESC 49 (right of audience – representation – exceptional circumstances).

Cyber-hacking matters:

Acted for Plaintiff – Southwire Company LLC v Grabowski & Ors, High Court Record No. 2019/9937 P. Issued 31.012.19; interim injunction 31.12.19; interlocutory injunction 31.01.20. (Gearty J).

Acted for Plaintiff – AAA v Persons Unknown, High Court Record No. 2021 / 2683 P – secured the anonymisation of a business client, which involved legal argument around the Constitutional open justice principle.

Data protection matters:

1. Acted for former Editor-in-Chief of large newspaper organisation – claim for damages for breach of contract of employment and deliberate breach of Data Protection Acts – claim involved data interrogation of client’s computer without his knowledge [High Court, settled December 2021].
2. Advising private client (defendant) in relation to data breach claim – breach relates to sensitive medical information.
3. Acting for bank (as defendant) in claim seeking damages for material and/or non-material damage for “loss of control and autonomy” over personal data. Claim challenges validity of loan transfer to third party; attempts to use privacy law to do so.
4. Acting for clients whose solicitor negligently clicked on a phishing link and caused own account to be hacked, causing loss to clients.

General:

Civil – Commercial – Chancery – Insolvency

Applications to void dissolution of two companies for the purpose of making a windfall distribution (section 708, Companies Act 2014)

Applications to vacate lis pendens.

Acting for owner of Dublin property in resisting section 160 (Planning and Development Act) injunction application

Acting for Irish SME in Commercial Agents Directive claim against multi-national weapons manufacturer

Reduction of capital application for multinational telecommunications company

Advising client on prospect of success of proceedings based on Article 43 of the REACH Regulation (European Chemicals Regulation)

Commercial Law Practitioner, June 2022 (CLP 2022, 29(6) 107-112), Irish legal system not fully ready for crypto litigation.

Law Society Gazette, April 2020, Recent litigation on ransomware attacks.

The Parchment, Summer 2021, Issue 88, Litigation following Brexit (article about the procedures involved in issuing and serving proceedings and enforcing judgments post-Brexit)

Contributing Author, Ireland chapter of Collier’s International Business Insolvency Guide since 2015

Company Law in Ireland (Clarus Press, 2^nd ed., 2015) (foreword to first ed. by Finlay Geoghegan J).

Business Law in Ireland (Clarus Press, 1^st ed., 2015) (with Catherine Mac Daid BL).