21/09/2020 - On 28 July 2020, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published details of a settlement agreement reached between it and Bank of Ireland (BOI) for admitted breaches of five provisions of the European Communities (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2007 (MiFID).
21/09/2020 - On 31 December 2020, the transition period between the UK and the EU will come to an end and EU law will cease to apply to the UK.
25/08/2020 - On 14 August 2020, the European Commission approved, under the EU State aid rules, a €2bn loan guarantee programme by Ireland to support businesses affected by COVID-19.
25/08/2020 - The Court of Appeal Judgment as delivered by Mr Justice Noonan of the 11th August 2020 in the case of Emma McKeown v Alan Crosby and Mary Vocella [2020] IECA 242 is significant in the context Personal Injury Litigation in this jurisdiction.
19/08/2020 - Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “New Prospectus Regulation” or “PD3”) has been in effect since 21 July 2019 and the purpose of this advisory is to provide some practical insights on the application of PD3 to date to issuers of debt securities and to share our experience of some of the issues which have arisen and how such issues may be resolved.
18/08/2020 - On 1 August 2020, the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (COVID-19) Act 2020 (Act) was signed into law. This legislation, due to commence soon, will address certain specific company law issues arising because of the ongoing and unprecedented Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
18/08/2020 - The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is finalising its guidelines on data protection law as it applies to connected vehicles. The first draft of the Guidelines 1/2020 on processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications was adopted on 28 January 2020 and will soon be finalised following a public consultation.
30/06/2020 - Employee stress, which often stems either from issues around workload or bullying/harassment, is particularly relevant for employers, in the unprecedented circumstances in which we are all operating as a result of Covid-19.
30/06/2020 - Financial services providers have been very active in maintaining essential services, managing their own duties as employers and managing operational and compliance risk in the COVID-19 environment.
30/06/2020 - The European Union (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2020 (the Regulations) transposed Directive (EU) 2017/828 (the Second Shareholders' Rights Directive) (SRD II) into Irish law.
24/06/2020 - Fuelled by cycle of rising and falling insurance premiums, the high level of personal injury awards, and a series of high profile successes against fraudulent claimants, in recent times it seems that the topic of insurance has never been far from the front pages of the news.
09/06/2020 - Lenders and loan purchasers may find themselves faced with an allegation by a defendant in repossession and/or enforcement proceedings that they are not entitled to the reliefs sought, in circumstances where the defendant’s signature on the underlying loan and/or related security documentation was the subject of a fraud on the part of the lender and/or a co-defendant to the proceedings.
28/05/2020 - Financial services providers have been very active in maintaining essential services, managing their own duties as employers and managing operational and compliance risk in the COVID-19 environment.
19/05/2020 - It has been suggested recently that companies who avail of the supports put in place by the Government are, as such, admitting to trading while insolvent, and that continuing to trade while insolvent could conceivably open up directors of the companies concerned to potential personal liability actions for reckless trading.
19/05/2020 - As business activity has reduced and cash-flow stopped in many sectors as a result of the Covid-19 restrictions, tenant inability to pay situations are an inevitability.
01/04/2020 - Coronavirus has plunged the world into uncertainty, as countries around the globe race to put together economic packages to stop their economies from crumbling. The World Trade Organisation’s chief said that projections show that the economic downturn could be worse than the 2008 recession.
25/03/2020 - This year marks the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the examinership framework in Ireland and given the current challenges facing businesses, 2020 could be the year that the process comes into its own to assist struggling but otherwise viable companies and, very importantly, to maintain employment.
27/02/2020 - A common issue that arises for Irish employers is dealing with and managing employees who are suffering from alleged work related stress.
20/02/2020 - While the prospect of a new government being formed currently appears to be a long way off, there is no doubt that Sinn Féin, having secured the most first-preference votes in the recent general election, is a strong contender to be in the next government.
07/02/2020 - On 6 January 2020, ESMA published a Final Report incorporating guidelines on the reporting obligation of counterparties to securities financing transactions (SFTs) under the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (EU 2015/2365) (SFTR) (the Guidelines).