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• Insolvency: Employee entitlements

  • PostedJanuary 28, 2021
  

  In the current economic climate, many companies are facing significant challenges with regard to cashflow, liquidity and solvency, with many companies facing the prospect of insolvency. When a company becomes...

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• Companies in distress: considerations for directors if heading towards insolvency

  • PostedJanuary 28, 2021
  

  Generally speaking directors owe a fiduciary and statutory duty to their company only. S228 of the Companies Act 2014 puts these duties on statutory footing and every director should be...

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• Landlords: Ireland’s largest group of pandemic creditors

  • PostedJanuary 28, 2021
  

  Since the onset of Covid-19 in Ireland, in March 2020, we’ve seen a marked increase in the number of clients – both landlords and tenants – seeking advice and direction...

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• Starbucks ordered to pay out €12,000 to customer after breaching Equal Status Act

  • PostedJanuary 21, 2021
  

  Atercin Liffey Unlimited trading as Starbucks Tallaght (“Starbucks”) were found to have breached the Equal Status Act and ordered to pay €12,000 to an Irish customer with Thai heritage after...

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• Business Interruption Insurance: UK Supreme Court finds in favour of the insured in landmark UK test case

  • PostedJanuary 18, 2021
  

  FCA v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd and others [2020] EWHC 2448 (Comm) We reported on this landmark test case back in September where judgement was laid down in the UK...

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• Making Remote Work: National Remote Work Strategy

  • PostedJanuary 18, 2021
  

  The Government announced that they will introduce legislation by the end of September 2021 entitling employees to request their employers to allow them to work remotely. On Friday 15th of...

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