Legal Updates & Insights

Jul 2021

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The 1 July 2021 marked the end of the six month post-Brexit ‘grace period’.

Jul 2021

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On 12 July, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published a series of findings and Dear CEO letters on compliance with the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

Jul 2021

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On 13 July 2021, the government released the General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (LSRD) Bill 2021 (the Bill).

Jul 2021

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The European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Trusts) Regulations 2021 came into operation on 24 April 2021.

Jul 2021

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Vincent Power analyses the European Commission Sigma-Aldrich case when a fine was imposed for providing misleading information to the Commission.

Jul 2021

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The Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021 (the Bill) will affect credit servicing firms, hire-purchase and consumer-hire businesses and other indirect credit providers.

Jul 2021

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed the limited competence of a national supervisory authority, that is not the lead supervisory authority (LSA), to bring legal...

Jul 2021

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The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published guidelines addressing the issue of what information employers can process in relation to their employees' return to the workplace.

Jul 2021

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On 10 July 2021, the G20 endorsed that broad framework for Pillars 1 and 2 and the ambitious timetable for bringing the new rules into force in 2023.

Jul 2021

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The Irish government has moved swiftly to plug a perceived gap in protection under Irish data protection law that had raised doubts about whether Irish law was fit for purpose...