Legal Updates & Insights

Sep 2016

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On the Domestic Front: Central Bank of Ireland publishes guidelines for Solvency II (re)insurance undertakings on directors' certifications.

Sep 2016

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Vincent Power, Catherine Duffy and Eileen Roberts, Partners at A&L Goodbody, provide an overview of shipping law, the shipping industry, regulation and the legislative framework in Ireland.

Aug 2016

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To coincide with back to school season, we are including a Question of the month in the Front Page. We invite readers to send topical questions which would be of...

Aug 2016

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On the International Front we look at an EU Commission Report for Credit Institutions and Investment Firms on Remuneration Rules, an IOSCO consultation on good practices for the termination of...

Aug 2016

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On the Domestic front, we look at some approaching deadlines, a Central Bank H2 Regulatory Service Standards Performance Report on FSP/F&P Authorisation, the resignation of Gareth Murphy as...

Aug 2016

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With the current State aid issues regarding recapitalisation of banks in Italy and the on-going post-Financial crisis rescue of banks across the EU (including Ireland), the Court of Justice has...

Aug 2016

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Will the Brexit Crisis be resolved? The good news is that ultimately the current crisis will be resolved to a greater or lesser extent.

Aug 2016

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The Companies (Accounting) Bill (the Accounting Bill) was published earlier today. When enacted and in force, the Accounting Bill will transpose into Irish law the Accounting Directive (Directive 2013/34/EU (as...

Aug 2016

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Dr. Vincent Power, Partner, A&L Goodbody reviews the European Union State Aid law relating to ports in an article published in the Journal of International Maritime Law ("European Union...

Aug 2016

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On the Domestic Front: Central Bank of Ireland welcomes IMF assessment of the stability of the Irish financial sector; Central Bank of Ireland publishes third quarterly bulletin of 2016. On the...