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Asset Management & Investment Funds: EU & International Developments - Mar 2021
Taxonomy Regulation, NFRD and sustainability reporting, Liquidity, MMF reform, Brexit and benchmarks, IOSCO, EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness' vision for the financial services sector, AML
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Asset Management & Investment Funds: Irish Practice Developments - Mar 2021
Outsourcing, Liquidity, CBI markets update, AML
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Progress on Irish gambling law reform ramping up
Minister of State in the Department of Justice, James Browne, updated the cabinet this week on progress on the reform of Ireland's gambling laws.
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Irish defamation laws - an all island approach
Long awaited and overdue reviews of defamation laws in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are expected to gather pace in the coming months.
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articleRecent developments in Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance in the Irish construction industry
The Irish construction Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance market has been noticeably hardening in recent years. Having enjoyed quite a lengthy period of relatively stable market conditions, it is our experience that many insurance companies are now tightening their policy terms, increasing premiums and overall are seemingly more reluctant to underwrite the same level of risk.
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Central Bank Consumer and Investor Protection Priorities
Director General for Financial Conduct, Derville Rowland, outlined the Central Bank of Ireland's (Central Bank) priorities for consumer and investor protection for 2021 at an online event on 16 March 2021. The priorities for consumer and investor protection for 2021 include a review of the Consumer Protection Code, a focus on the insurance industry and progressing enforcement cases.
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Supreme Court Clarifies when new arguments and new evidence can be admitted in Non-Plenary Appeals
In delivering its judgment in Ennis vs Allied Irish Bank plc1 , the Supreme Court provided useful guidance as to the tests to be applied when assessing whether new arguments and new evidence may, in certain circumstances, be adduced in an appeal against a summary judgment and / or an interlocutory order.
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Supreme Court confirms that Irish security for costs orders are compatible with EU law
The Supreme Court this week delivered judgment in two separate security for costs appeals.
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Five things you might not have known about Brexit’s Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Despite being announced on 24 December 2020 and signed on 30 December 2020, the TCA is still not in full force. For example, it is still only "provisional". The European Parliament and the European Council have yet to sign off on the document. It is expected that they will sign off by the end of April 2020. So, Brexit is not yet done!
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articleCOVID-19: Remote courts are here to stay
In a series of articles last year, we explored the development of remote courts in Ireland as a result of the pandemic. Twelve months on, it seems that remote courts are here to stay. In this update, we address the recent decisions and legislation which have reinforced and expanded the use of remote courts and we consider what the future might hold.
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CCPC publishes its Consumer Protection List for 2020
On 9 March 2021, the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) published its Consumer Protection List for the period 1 January to 31 December 2020.
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Updates to the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Act 2015 (‘ICAV Act’)
To secure Ireland’s competitiveness in international financial services, the Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Act ('2020 Act') has made several improvements to the ICAV Act.
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