Transcripts of the substantive hearing before the Irish High Court in the Litigation concerning Standard Contractual Clauses

The substantive hearing of these proceedings took place before the Irish High Court (Commercial Division) over 21 days between 7 February 2017 and 15 March 2017.

The index to the transcripts below also details the conduct of the proceedings for each day of the substantive hearing.

7 February 2017

(Day 1)

- Case Opening, DPC (Michael Collins SC)

8 February 2017

(Day 2)

- Case Opening, DPC (Michael Collins SC)

9 February 2017

(Day 3)

- Case Opening, DPC (Michael Collins SC)

10 February 2017

(Day 4)

- Examination & Cross-examination of Ashley Gorski, Expert Witness for Mr Schrems

15 February 2017

(Day 5)

- Case Opening, DPC (Brian Murray SC)

16 February 2017

(Day 6)

- Case Opening, DPC (Brian Murray SC)

- Preliminary observations by Mr Schrems (Eoin McCullough SC)

- Preliminary observations by Facebook Ireland Limited (Paul Gallagher SC)

17 February 2017

(Day 7)

- Preliminary observations by Facebook Ireland Limited (Paul Gallagher SC)

Application to admit amicus evidence

- Submissions (in favour) by BSA / The Software Alliance (Maurice Collins SC)

- Submissions (in favour) by EPIC (Colm O’Dwyer SC)

- Submissions (in favour) by Digital Europe (Nessa Cahill BL)

- Submissions (in opposition) by the DPC (Brian Murray SC)

- Submissions (in opposition) by Facebook Ireland Limited (Niamh Hyland SC)

- Submissions (in opposition) by Mr Schrems (Eoin McCullough SC)

20 February 2017

(Day 8)

- Ruling of the Court re: application to admit amicus evidence

- Examination & Cross-examination of Neil Richards, Expert Witness for the DPC

22 February 2017

(Day 9)

- Examination & Cross-examination of Neil Richards, Expert Witness for the DPC

- Examination & Cross-examination of Andrew Serwin, Expert Witness for the DPC

23 February 2017

(Day 10)

- Examination & Cross-examination of Andrew Serwin, Expert Witness for the DPC

- Examination & Cross-examination of Professor Peter Swire, Expert Witness for Facebook Ireland Limited

24 February 2017

(Day 11)

- Examination & Cross-examination of Professor Peter Swire, Expert Witness for Facebook Ireland Limited

28 February 2017

(Day 12)

- Examination & Cross-examination of Professor Stephen Vladek, Expert Witness for Facebook Ireland Limited

1 March 2017

(Day 13)

- Examination & Cross-examination of Professor Stephen Vladek (cont).

Exchanges in relation to review of Facebook’s expert reports by US Govt.

- Submissions for the DPC

- Submissions for Facebook Ireland Limited

- Submissions for the United States of America

- Submissions for Mr. Schrems

Legal Submissions by the amici on the substantive issues in the case

- Legal Submissions for EPIC (Colm O’Dwyer SC)

2 March 2017

(Day 14)

- Legal Submissions for Digital Europe (Michael Cush SC)

- Legal Submissions for the Government of the United States (Eileen Barrington SC)

3 March 2017

(Day 15)

- Legal Submissions for the Government of the United States (Eileen Barrington SC)

- Legal Submissions for BSA / The Software Alliance (Maurice Collins SC)

Closing Submissions

Submissions for Facebook Ireland Limited (Paul Gallagher SC)

7 March 2017

(Day 16)

- Submissions for Facebook Ireland Limited (Paul Gallagher SC)

8 March 2017

(Day 17)

- Submissions for Facebook Ireland Limited

(Paul Gallagher SC and Niamh Hyland SC)

9 March 2017

(Day 18)

- Submissions for Facebook Ireland Limited (Paul Gallagher SC)

- Submissions for Mr. Schrems (Eoin McCullough SC)

10 March 2017

(Day 19)

- Submissions for Mr. Schrems (Eoin McCullough SC)

- Submissions for the DPC (Brian Murray SC)

14 March 2017

(Day 20)

- Submissions for the DPC (Brian Murray SC)

15 March 2017

(Day 21)

- Submissions for the DPC (Brian Murray SC)

- Reply (limited) for Facebook Ireland Limited (Paul Gallagher SC)