Legal Updates & Insights

Dec 2016

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The Article 29 Working Party has issued a press release and three sets of guidelines and FAQs on implementation of some key issues under the GDPR.

Dec 2016

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This article examines the concept of "personal data", in light of the recent ruling of the European Court of Justice in Breyer (C-582/14), the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s Guidance...

Dec 2016

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On 13 September 2016, Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") announced that it had issued: (a) witness summonses; and (b) information requests to various parties in the motor insurance sector in...

Dec 2016

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In BAM Building Ltd v UCD Property Development Co Ltd [2016] IEHC 582 (20 October 2016), the Irish High Court considered whether to stay proceedings pending arbitration in a construction dispute.

Dec 2016

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The Department of Justice and Equality have published a policy document on amending the law relating to the interception of communications.

Dec 2016

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In Toomey Leasing Group Ltd v Sedgwick & Ors [2016] IECA 280, Court of Appeal, Hogan J, 13 October 2016, the first named respondent (Mr Sedgwick) appealed from a decision of the High Court that...

Dec 2016

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On the Domestic Front: Central Bank publishes Transparency Rules in respect of transparency requirements for issuers of securities admitted to trading on certain markets; Director of Enforcement of the Central...

Dec 2016

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On the Domestic Front: Loan Origination Qualifying Investor AIFs; Central Bank publish AIFMD Q&A. On the European Front: ESMA publish Q&A on application of AIFMD; ESMA publish Q...

Dec 2016

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On the Domestic Front: Central Bank of Ireland demands increased effectiveness in IT and cyber risk management; Central Bank publishes the outcome of its Review of Residential Mortgage Lending Requirements

Dec 2016

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The ODPC has published guidance, The GDPR and You - Preparing for 2018, to help organisations prepare for the GDPR.