On the International Front, we look at the AIFMD Delegated Regulation, ELTIFs, the SFT Regulation, the Benchmark Regulation, the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and the Wire Transfer Regulation.
Asset Management & Investment FundsOn the Domestic Front, we look at a Capital Markets Union Consultation, ISE changes and Connected Party Transactions.
Asset Management & Investment FundsThe eagerly awaited judgment in the Woolworths and Ethel Austin cases has been handed down today by the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ).
EmploymentA recent determination from the Equality Tribunal highlights again the importance of a properly drafted compromise agreement where employers and employees are terminating the employment relationship and any claims arising from it.
Pensions & IncentivesIn Geoghegan v Financial Services Ombudsman & ors [2015] IEHC 217, Kearns P in the High Court rejected an appeal of a decision of the Financial Services Ombudsman.
DisputesThe Irish President signed Ireland’s Betting (Amendment) Act 2015 into law on 15 March. This Act introduces a licensing regime for remote bookmakers and betting intermediaries in Ireland, bringing both online and brick-and-mortar bookmakers onto a more level playing field. Joe Kelly, Maire Conneely and Rowena Caulfield of A&L Goodbody discuss in detail the principle features of the new Act. This a
Betting, Gaming & LicensingThe High Court in a recent decision has made it clear that only in exceptional circumstances will it exercise its discretion to allow a shareholder to represent a company in legal proceedings.
DisputesA retailer has been ordered to pay €14,000 to a claimant after the Equality Tribunal held that it had failed to provide reasonable accommodation to the claimant salesman who went on sick leave due to deteriorating eyesight (Alistair Clews v DSG Retail (DEC-E2014-081).
Pensions & IncentivesThe Commercial Court has delivered a ruling which will have significant implications for music companies and ISPs, in regard to illegal downloading.
Commercial & TechnologyIn Hamill -v- Vantage Resources Limited & Anor [2015] IEHC 195, High Court, Binchy J, 20 March 2015 the petitioner claimed that he had been oppressed as a minority shareholder and that there had been a disregard of his interests as a member of the Company under Section 205 of the Companies Act 1963.
DisputesA recent case from the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) provides a useful reminder for employers of the procedures to follow when a dismissal on grounds of incapacity is being considered.⃰ The EAT directed an award of €17,500 to the claimant after finding she had been unfairly dismissed when the company failed to follow its own procedures and breached the requirements of natural justice.
EmploymentCBI publishes various reporting requirements for MiFID investment firms, CBI first review of debt management firms, Statement on external review CBI Consumer Protection function, publishes Schedule of Dates for the receipt of supervisory data for 2015, Fitness and Probity 2015 Regulations for Credit Union
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