Legal Updates & Insights

Jul 2016

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Key practical issues from a (re)insurers’s perspective in relation to Brexit.

Jul 2016

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Dr Vincent Power reports on the appointment of a new CCPC member on 27 July 2016.

Jul 2016

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Allied Irish Bank PLC -v- Moloney & anor [2016] IEHC 346, Twomey J, 20 June 2016 concerned an application by Allied Irish Bank for summary judgment in the sum of €10.8m.

Jul 2016

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The Court of Appeal has upheld two High Court decisions which refused the Plaintiff an order directing the Defendants to sell their family homes which were co-owned with the Defendant's...

Jul 2016

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Alan McCarthy looks at actions against Member States by the European Commission for EU law infringements in relation to The Third Energy Package.

Jul 2016

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Overview In this case, the High Court held that the Defendant had an arguable case that he was acting as a consumer in a summary application. The Plaintiff had brought...

Jul 2016

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On 19 July 2016, the European Commission imposed record fines for breaching competition law.

Jul 2016

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Alan McCarthy looks at a number of significant State aid decisions and initiatives by the European Commission (Commission) and EU Courts concerning Ireland in the last 12 months.

Jul 2016

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The High Court recently delivered an important decision, which brings some much needed clarity to the law in relation to claims under the Payment of Wages Act 1991.

Jul 2016

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The European Commission has today adopted the Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is intended to provide a framework for EU-US data transfers.