Legal Updates & Insights

Oct 2016

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We are delighted with readers' response to our new Question of the month in the Front Page. Thank you. We invite readers to send topical questions which would be of...

Oct 2016

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down its decision following a request for a preliminary ruling from the Danish Supreme Court. In Finn Frogne A...

Oct 2016

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In the first award under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, a care assistant has been awarded €17,500 after making what the Labour Court determined was a 'protected disclosure' to both her employer...

Oct 2016

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HPRA regularly carries out announced and unannounced inspections (Dawn Raids) and audits to establish and monitor industry’s compliance with relevant legislation and guidelines. This note highlights the key inspection...

Oct 2016

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Summary In Richardson v Financial Services Ombudsman & anor [2016] IEHC 560, (High Court, Hunt J, 14 July 2016), the High Court upheld a finding of the Financial Services Ombudsman (FSO) that an insurance company...

Oct 2016

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The Government has published the General Scheme of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2016.

Oct 2016

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Dr Vincent Power of A&L Goodbody spoke at the Public Affairs Ireland Brexit conference on 21 October 2016. He spoke about the likely impact of Brexit on public administration, government and...

Oct 2016

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Article 50 is fast-becoming the most quoted but least read legal provision in the contemporary world.

Oct 2016

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David Widger, Head of A&L Goodbody's Corporate Department, provides an overview of Irish private equity deal activity in 2015 and an outlook for 2016. First published in the 'Private Equity Review' ...

Oct 2016

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David Francis, Pensions Partner, Lorcan Keenan and Chris Comerford, Pensions Associates, provide an overview on the regulation of state and supplementary pensions schemes in Ireland.