Friends of the Irish Environment v An Bord Pleanála May 2018 article The High Court judgment in Friends of the Irish Environment v. An Bord Pleanála (delivered on 9 March 2018 by Meenan J) decided that if a section 5 referral is made by... READ MORE
Asset Management & Investment Funds Q&A: April 2018 Apr 2018 article What changes have been agreed by the EU Parliament in relation to beneficial ownership rules for Irish companies? READ MORE
Asset Management & Investment Funds: EU & International Developments - April 2018 Apr 2018 article MMFR, GDPR, ESAs report on risks and vulnerabilities, a proposed directive to protect EU whistleblowers and AML/CTF. READ MORE
Asset Management & Investment Funds: Irish Practice Developments - April 2018 Apr 2018 article Deadlines, Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018, new CBI process for RIAIF RMPs and CBI on innovation and technology. READ MORE
Cheers! Ireland gets sweet deal on state aid Apr 2018 article The European Commission has approved, under the State Aid rules, Ireland's proposed "sugar tax" on sweetened water-based and juice-based beverages READ MORE
Amendments affecting beneficial ownership rules for Irish companies and trusts agreed by European Parliament Apr 2018 article The European Parliament has adopted a number of amendments to the proposed 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD), which in turn will amend the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD) in relation... READ MORE
Professional Negligence Claim Fails Where High Court Unilaterally Raises Issue of Ilegality Apr 2018 article In English v O'Driscoll [2016] IEHC 584 the plaintiff sued a firm of accountants for professional negligence. Without the issue being raised by either party, the trial judge held that the underlying... READ MORE
Eight recent developments in Irish Competition / Antitrust Law Apr 2018 article As of 9 April 2018, there had been 27 merger deals notified to Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") which is up 42% from the 19 notifications as of the same date last year. ... READ MORE
Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Cross Sectoral March 2018 Apr 2018 article On the domestic front, the Central Bank released an analysis of applications for regulatory approval for senior financial roles and the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018,... READ MORE
Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Investment Firms March 2018 Apr 2018 article From a domestic perspective, the Central Bank published Version 7.0 of its Operational and Technical Arrangements for submitting transaction reports to the CBI under MiFIR. On the european front, ESMA has... READ MORE