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).
07/02/2020 - Partners in ordinary general partnerships and in limited partnerships should be cognisant of the European Union (Qualifying Partnerships: Accounting and Auditing) Regulations, 2019.
28/01/2020 - Euronext Growth, the secondary market for equities listed in Ireland, has been designated as an SME Growth Market for the purposes of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (2014/65/EU) (MiFID II).
03/01/2020 - The Enforcement Directorate of the Central Bank of Ireland has published new guide to sanctions imposed under the Administrative Sanctions Procedure (ASP).
05/12/2019 - The Act which makes a number of significant amendments to the Irish Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 (the "Copyright Act") was signed into law back on 26 June 2019
26/11/2019 - In a much anticipated judgment, McKelvey v Irish Rail, the Supreme Court has brought welcome clarity to the legal position regarding the right of an employee to be accompanied by a legal representative at a disciplinary hearing.
26/11/2019 - Ireland has a robust regime for investigating and prosecuting corporate misconduct that helps maintain its reputation as a low-risk country in which to do business.
19/11/2019 - Defamation by means of hyperlink may be a relatively new concept, however the importance of this topic has grown exponentially due to the manner in which we interact with the internet today.