Legal Updates & Insights

Jul 2019

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The Climate Action Plan 2019 references Agriculture in various contexts.

Jul 2019

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In the past two days, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued (potential) GDPR fines of £183.39m and £99.2m on British Airways (BA) and Marriott International Inc., respectively....

Jul 2019

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In Grant v Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources [2019] IEHC 468, Pilkington J found that although there had been inordinate and inexcusable delay in prosecuting the plaintiff's 16-year-old proceedings, the...

Jul 2019

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The recent approval by the Irish High Court of a scheme of arrangement that restructured US$1.65bn liabilities of Ballantyne Re plc (Ballantyne) confirms Dublin as one of the most...

Jul 2019

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Full and final settlement clauses are standard in agreements that settle construction disputes. Current market practice is to include in a settlement agreement a full and final settlement clause in...

Jul 2019

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Almost every employer in Northern Ireland will be aware of the recent developments coming from the NI Court of Appeal relating to the calculation of holiday pay within the PSNI ...

Jul 2019

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Domestic News – Director of Asset Management and Investment Banking of the CBI spoke about the approach that the CBI are taking to ensuring they keep ahead of the changing regulation...

Jul 2019

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Domestically, the CBI issued correspondence in relation to the timeline for the final Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Guidelines for the Financial Sector. In European...

Jul 2019

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Domestically, The CBI published its quarterly insurance newsletter and the general good rules pertaining to the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD). There were many notable developments, including the European Insurance and...

Jul 2019

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Domestically the updated and consolidated Central Bank UCITS Regulations came in to effect and concluded its review of UCITS performance fees. On the european front, ESMA updated its AIFMD and...