News & Insights

• Important Commercial Court decision in relation to the enforceability of guarantees

  • PostedNovember 30, 2017
  

  In the recent case of Allied Irish Banks plc (“AIB”) v McKeown & Another [2017] IEHC 363 Costello, J decided that the failure of AIB to obtain a new guarantee...

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• Employee gets injunction to restrain HSE attempt to impose a retirement age

  • PostedNovember 30, 2017
  

  A recent High Court Judgment serves as a reminder to employers who have a retirement age for employees that the first issue they must consider is whether they are entitled...

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• The Companies (Accounting) Act 2017

  • PostedOctober 12, 2017
  

  The Companies (Accounting) Act commenced on the 9th June 2017 and applies to financial years beginning on or after the 1st January 2017. The purpose of the new Act is...

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• Processing of Employee Data

  • PostedOctober 11, 2017
  

  On the 8th June 2017, the EU’s Article 29 Working Party published an Opinion which sought to provide guidance on data processing in the employment context. This Opinion was designed...

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• Preparing for the GDPR

  • PostedOctober 9, 2017
  

  On the 25th May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will come into force. From this date, data controllers and processors will have significantly enhanced obligations towards individuals whose...

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• Issac Wunder Order- High Court stops vexatious litigants

  • PostedAugust 21, 2017
  

  An Isaac Wunder Order restricts the ability of a repeat litigant, found to be vexatious by the Court, from issuing further proceedings, without obtaining leave of the Court to do...

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