Legal Updates & Insights

Jul 2018

article

In DPP v Aston Carpets and Flooring Limited and Brendan Smith [2018] IECA 194, Court of Appeal, 20 June 2018 (Mahon J, Birmingham J, Edwards J) the DPP applied to the Court of Appeal...

Jul 2018

article

The Court of Appeal held that discovery should not be ordered unless all other available options had been properly explored. It refused a request for discovery of certain categories of...

Jul 2018

article

On 25 June 2018, the US Supreme Court held that American Express’s anti-steering provisions do not breach US antitrust law (Ohio et al. v. American Express Co. et al (No. 16–1454).

Jul 2018

article

The High Court decided that a receiver had not persuaded the Court that he had a strong argument that he was validly appointed in circumstances where he was appointed as...

Jul 2018

article

The Court of Appeal has held, that documents which were protected by litigation privilege in legal proceedings were not protected by litigation privilege in subsequent proceedings in circumstances where the...

Jul 2018

article

David Berkery, partner in the Aviation & Transport Finance department looks at recent structural developments in aircraft ABS transactions including the increased liquidity of E-notes and co-issuer structures.

Jul 2018

article

On the domestic front, Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) personnel addressed the capital requirements and the sustained risks of non-performing loans (NPLs), while publications included the 2018 Macro Financial Review...

Jul 2018

article

This month was comparatively quiet. The CBI released a Markets Update for Fund Management Company Directors and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) held a supervisors' workshop in closet...

Jul 2018

article

Home developments include the European Union (Insurance Distribution) Regulations 2018 being published and the CBI consulting on changes to domestic actuarial regime and related governance requirements. From the European side, developments...

Jul 2018

article

Home developments included a speech by the CBI head of Securities and Markets Supervision focusing on conduct. From the European side, the ESMA's restriction of binary options and CFDs was...