Supreme Court ruling on environmental costs protection under Section 50B

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On 10 November 2022, Mr Justice Murray in the Supreme Court delivered judgment in Heather Hill Management Company CLG & McGoldrick v An Bord Pleanála, Burkeway Homes Limited and the Attorney General [2022] IESC 43, overturning an earlier decision of the Court of Appeal and reinstating the decision of Simons J in the High Court.

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SLAPPs, Serious Harm, and the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

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In view of a range of ongoing legislative efforts to address SLAPPs, we review the current position in Northern Ireland, and look ahead to some of the opportunities for and obstacles to prospective anti-SLAPP legislation in the jurisdiction, within the new legal context established by the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 in our latest publication.

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Financial Services Regulation and Compliance - Funds October 2022

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Domestically, the CBI established a streamlining process for pre-contractual document updates based on SFDR L2 requirements with a filing deadline of 1 December 2022. At European level, the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal for a new delegated regulation amending SFDR Level 2 RTS as a result of the Complementary Climate Delegated Act (made under the Taxonomy Regulation).

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