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CJEU confirms that ‘click-wrapping’ meets the requirements of Article 23 of the Brussels I Regulation

Jun 2015

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In El Majdoub Jaouad El Majdoub v CarsOnTheWeb.Deutschland GmbH [2015] (C-322/14) (21 May 2015) the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) ruled that the method of accepting general terms...

Government publishes heads of bill to provide for Periodic Payment Orders

Jun 2015

Article

The Minister for Justice has published the General Scheme of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015 to empower the courts to award Periodic Payment Orders (PPOs), instead of the current lump...

The Front Page, Asset Management & Investment Funds: EU and International Developments

May 2015

Article

On the International Front, we look at the AIFMD Q&A, UCITS and EMIR, Money Market Funds, ELTIFs, Capital Markets Union, Investment-based crowdfunding, the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and Wire...

The Front Page, Asset Management & Investment Funds: Irish Practice Developments

May 2015

Article

On the Domestic Front, we look at the Companies Act 2014, the Central Bank Annual Report 2014 and Annual Performance Statement, EuSEFs, EuVECAs, Client Assets and Investor Money, Consultation on Corporate Governance...

Consultation: Possible change to Northern Irish legislation affecting Personal Current Accounts

May 2015

Article

In 2005 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) commenced an investigation into banking services in Northern Ireland in respect of Personal Current Accounts (PCA). Following this investigation the Competition Commission brought...

“We’re all going on a summer holiday…but at what cost?”

May 2015

Article

In our January 2015 briefing ("Calculating Holiday Pay – Lock down what you should be paying"), we considered the potential impact for employers in Ireland of the European Court of Justice ("CJEU"...

No Liability for Defamation for incorrect communication by Bank to Credit Reference Body

May 2015

Article

A recent High Court decision has confirmed that a communication by a financial institution to a credit reference body gives rise to an occasion of qualified privilege, thus defeating a...

Court considers whether After the Event (ATE) Legal Costs Insurance provides sufficient protection for Costs

May 2015

Article

On 8 May 2015, in Greenclean Waste Management Ltd v Leahy p/a Maurice Leahy & Co. Solicitors [2015] IECA 97, the Court of Appeal considered whether the trial judge was correct to refuse to...

The International Comparative Legal Guide to Securitisation 2015 Edition

May 2015

Article

Peter Walker, Partner and Jack Sheehy, Partner, in the Banking and Financial Services Department discuss the Irish legal guide to securitisation.

Directors’ Duties: What’s new and what you need to know

May 2015

Article

The Companies Act 2014 (the "2014 Act") comes into force on 1 June 2015, consolidating and reforming Irish company law. In particular, directors' duties, having long been the product of ad hoc decisions by...

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CJEU confirms that ‘click-wrapping’ meets the requirements of Article 23 of the Brussels I Regulation

Government publishes heads of bill to provide for Periodic Payment Orders

The Front Page, Asset Management & Investment Funds: EU and International Developments

The Front Page, Asset Management & Investment Funds: Irish Practice Developments

Consultation: Possible change to Northern Irish legislation affecting Personal Current Accounts

“We’re all going on a summer holiday…but at what cost?”

No Liability for Defamation for incorrect communication by Bank to Credit Reference Body

Court considers whether After the Event (ATE) Legal Costs Insurance provides sufficient protection for Costs

The International Comparative Legal Guide to Securitisation 2015 Edition

Directors’ Duties: What’s new and what you need to know