20/09/2018 - After years of financial crisis, many of the world’s economies have the battle scars to prove it. But imagine there was a way to boost growth by trillions of euro.
20/09/2018 - The Department of Finance has published its Budget 2019 Tax Strategy Group ("TSG") ("the Group") Papers.
07/09/2018 - The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 was recently passed by Dáil Éireann and, depending on progress made before Seanad Éireann in the autumn, it could be enacted by the end of the year.
07/09/2018 - The much anticipated Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 (the "Act") was commenced on 30 July 2018. The Act was signed into law by President Higgins on 5 June 2018.
06/09/2018 - In July 2018, the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a High Court judgment that a decision to extend planning permission does not require public participation.
14/08/2018 - On 12 July the UK Government published its paper ‘The Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union’,
14/08/2018 - The Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017 (the "Bill"), which extends the applicability and duration of parental leave, was passed by the Dail.
17/07/2018 - Airdrops – a mechanism whereby token issuers effectively give away tokens for free – has become one of the most talked about trends in cryptocurrency so far in 2018.
03/07/2018 - The text of the fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) has been published in the Official Journal of the EU. 5AMLD will amend the fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD
02/07/2018 - The Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017 (the "Bill") was passed on 30 May 2018 by the Seanad (the Irish Senate), concluding its passage through the Oireachtas (the Irish Houses of Parliament).
02/07/2018 - Cabinet approved the General Scheme of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill.
12/06/2018 - In the recent case of Aquila WSA Aviation Opportunities II Ltd v Onur Air Tasimacilik AS [2018] EWHC 519, the English Commercial Court ruled in favour of the Plaintiff,
07/06/2018 - Gender pay gap (GPG) reporting continues to be a focal point for UK employers following the requirement for employers with more than 250 employees to publish details of their median pay and bonus gaps before last month's deadline.
01/06/2018 - On 12 March 2018, the European Commission published draft legislative proposals that are aimed at removing certain regulatory and administrative barriers to the cross-border distribution of investment funds within the EU.
31/05/2018 - For the aviation industry, this means that data protection obligations will significantly expand under the regulation and companies operating in the industry must ensure they are compliant with their legal obligations by the May 2018 deadline.
29/05/2018 - Now that we have the concept of fake news why not fake law firms and fake law awards.
15/05/2018 - The President of the High Court, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, recently delivered judgment regarding information produced by the respondent, Mr Leslie Buckley, former Chairman of Independent News and Media plc ("INM"), to the Director of Corporate Enforcement (the "Director") over which the respondent had asserted legal privilege.
15/05/2018 - Legislation presented to the Dáil last week proposes to amend the definition of "credit" in the Credit Reporting Act 2013 so that personal contract plans and hire purchase agreements fall within the ambit of that Act.
15/05/2018 - The Report of the Financial Services Ombudsman (FSO) issued on 29 March 2018. As always, it contains interesting insights on trends and outcomes in FSO complaints.
01/05/2018 - A new private member's bill, the Prohibition of Bogus Self-Employment Bill 2018 (the Bill), put forward by Solidarity – People Before Profit, was published on 12 March 2018.