Legal Updates & Insights

Mar 2021

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Outsourcing, Liquidity, CBI markets update, AML

Mar 2021

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Minister of State in the Department of Justice, James Browne, updated the cabinet this week on progress on the reform of Ireland's gambling laws.

Mar 2021

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Long awaited and overdue reviews of defamation laws in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are expected to gather pace in the coming months.

Mar 2021

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The Irish construction Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance market has been noticeably hardening in recent years. Having enjoyed quite a lengthy period of relatively stable market conditions, it is our experience...

Mar 2021

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Director General for Financial Conduct, Derville Rowland, outlined the Central Bank of Ireland's (Central Bank) priorities for consumer and investor protection for 2021 at an online event on 16 March 2021.  The priorities...

Mar 2021

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In delivering its judgment in Ennis vs Allied Irish Bank plc1 , the Supreme Court provided useful guidance as to the tests to be applied when assessing whether new arguments and...

Mar 2021

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The Supreme Court this week delivered judgment in two separate security for costs appeals.

Mar 2021

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Despite being announced on 24 December 2020 and signed on 30 December 2020, the TCA is still not in full force.  For example, it is still only "provisional". The European Parliament and the European...

Mar 2021

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In a series of articles last year, we explored the development of remote courts in Ireland as a result of the pandemic. Twelve months on, it seems that remote courts...

Mar 2021

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On 9 March 2021, the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) published its Consumer Protection List for the period 1 January to 31 December 2020.