Key practical issues from a (re)insurers’s perspective in relation to Brexit.
BrexitDr Vincent Power reports on the appointment of a new CCPC member on 27 July 2016.
EU, Competition & ProcurementAllied 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.
DisputesThe 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 spouses.
FinanceAlan McCarthy looks at actions against Member States by the European Commission for EU law infringements in relation to The Third Energy Package.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOverview 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 enforcement proceedings against the Defendant in respect of five separate loan facility arrangements entered into between the Defendant and Anglo Irish Bank (Anglo) in the period between June and December 2007.
FinanceOn 19 July 2016, the European Commission imposed record fines for breaching competition law.
EU, Competition & ProcurementAlan 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.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe 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.
DisputesThe European Commission has today adopted the Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is intended to provide a framework for EU-US data transfers.
GDPRAnna-Marie Curran, EU, Competition & Procurement Partner looks at the potential issues relating to delayed verification of pre-qualification and exclusion criteria with regard to Government Contracts.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIreland's Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O'Connor TD, confirmed on 5 July 2016 that her department is drafting a Statutory Instrument (i.e., Ministerial order) to implement "Directive 2014/104/EU on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of Member States and of the European Union"
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