14/04/2021 - The Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) has published a new Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Right to Disconnect (“Code”).It is effective immediately and applies to all types of employment...
30/03/2021 - The Covid-19 pandemic has changed, or dramatically accelerated the rate of change, in working practices for people in all sectors of the economy.
24/02/2021 - The landmark High Court judgment delivered by Judge McDonald on Friday, 5 February 2021 in Hyper Trust Limited t/a The Leopardstown Inn & Others v. FBD Insurance plc provided some clarity on the interpretation of policy wording of the insurance contract in relation to certain types of policy extensions covering business interruption losses arising from outbreaks of human notifiable diseases
24/02/2021 - On 26 March 2019, the European Parliament adopted two key directives as part of the EU’s Digital Single Market Strategy, namely, Directive (EU) 2019/770 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services (the “Digital Content Directive”) and Directive (EU) 2019/771 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the sale of goods (the “Sale of Goods Directive”).
25/01/2021 - The Irish Commercial Court has deferred judgment in a number of test business interruption insurance cases taken against FBD Insurance plc (FBD) by a number of well-known pubs (Proceedings).
21/01/2021 - In announcing a new cross-government plan to tackle economic crime and corruption, the Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD
21/01/2021 - One of the lasting impacts of the pandemic has been the accelerated acceptance of the role of technology in more and more areas of our lives.
21/01/2021 - Ireland's Investment Limited Partnership (ILP) has undergone a significant overhaul to enhance its features in line with limited partnership fund regimes internationally. The Investment Limited Partnership (Amendment) Bill (Bill), a reform bill to the Investment Limited Partnerships Act 1994, passed through the Dáil this week and can be expected to be enacted in early January 2021.
11/01/2021 - While we were assured for months that it was oven-ready, the UK-EU trade deal was finally agreed on Christmas eve.
26/11/2020 - On 17 November 2020, the Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) published on its website and sent to the management of regulated financial services providers (“firms”) a Dear CEO letter (the “2020 Dear CEO Letter”) highlighting its key findings from a thematic inspection in relation to firms' compliance with requirements of the Fitness and Probity Regime ("F&P Regime").
26/11/2020 - While Brexit makes the UK a third country for the purposes of EU law, Ireland's proximity (geographically and economically) to the UK makes the application of competition law to cross-border trade that more relevant and complex.
12/11/2020 - In a judgment delivered on 14 October 2020, the High Court, in refusing to appoint an examiner to New Look Retailers Ireland Limited (New Look Ireland) ruled that it was "entirely premature to consider the appointment of an examiner". New Look Ireland trades under the brand name "New Look" and operates across 27 stores in Ireland.
29/10/2020 - * A group of 16 major European banks has announced the implementation phase of a new unified payment scheme and solution called the European Payments Initiative (EPI).
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.