Has there been a change recently to the list of jurisdictions from which investment companies can re-domicile to Ireland?
Asset Management & Investment FundsIrish Practice. EMIR Refit deadline, Central Register of Beneficial Ownership, Central Bank Speeches, FATCA and DAC2-CRS.
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Asset Management & Investment FundsWhen it comes to what the post-Brexit landscape will look like for employers with British employees on Irish soil (and vice versa), the question of immigration status remains high on...
BrexitIn Nolan v Sunday Newspapers Ltd [2019] IECA 141, Peart J. found for the court that the High Court (O'Connor J sitting without a jury) had been correct in holding that two...
DisputesSRD II contains transparency provisions which are applicable specifically to AIFMs, UCITS ManCos and SMICs.
Asset Management & Investment FundsIreland has unique mandatory reporting laws. These laws require individuals/entities to report to the authorities certain information concerning third parties' involvement in certain crimes, including 'white collar' crimes, unless...
DisputesLast week the European Court of Justice (the CJEU) delivered a significant judgment that all employers need to be aware of. In short, the CJEU held that employers must have...
EmploymentIn Ocean Point Development Company Ltd. (in receivership) v. Patterson Bannon Architects Ltd & ors [2019] IEHC 311 the High Court held that a dispute between property development company and a construction company...
DisputesIn December 2018 the Central Bank published a consultation exercise on revised AML/CTF guidelines (the Guidelines) for the financial sector. The Guidelines set out the expectations of the Central Bank...
In Kelland Homes Ltd v Ballytherm Ltd [2019] IEHC 2019, the third named defendant, Covestro BV, failed to discharge the onus of proving that the dominant purpose of a series of eight...
DisputesThe role of the judge or jury in a defamation case is to determine how the ordinary reasonable reader understands alleged defamatory material. In the case of Stocker v Stocker (2019)...
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