Apr 2021

publication

The adoption in December 2020 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom was welcomed because it avoided a No Deal Brexit.

Mar 2021

Article

Taxonomy Regulation, NFRD and sustainability reporting, Liquidity, MMF reform, Brexit and benchmarks, IOSCO, EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness' vision for the financial services sector, AML

Mar 2021

Article

Outsourcing, Liquidity, CBI markets update, AML

Mar 2021

publication

Minister of State in the Department of Justice, James Browne, updated the cabinet this week on progress on the reform of Ireland's gambling laws.

Mar 2021

publication

Long awaited and overdue reviews of defamation laws in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are expected to gather pace in the coming months.

Mar 2021

article

The Irish construction Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance market has been noticeably hardening in recent years. Having enjoyed quite a lengthy period of relatively stable market conditions, it is our experience that many insurance companies are now tightening their policy terms, increasing premiums and overall are seemingly more reluctant to underwrite the same level of risk.

Mar 2021

article

The EBA published its opinion on the ML/TF risks that are affecting the EU's financial sector. This opinion sets out suggested actions addressed to national competent authorities (NCAs), based on the findings set out in the report annexed to the opinion.

Mar 2021

Article

Director General for Financial Conduct, Derville Rowland, outlined the Central Bank of Ireland's (Central Bank) priorities for consumer and investor protection for 2021 at an online event on 16 March 2021.  The priorities for consumer and investor protection for 2021 include a review of the Consumer Protection Code, a focus on the insurance industry and progressing enforcement cases. 

Mar 2021

Article

In delivering its judgment in Ennis vs Allied Irish Bank plc1 , the Supreme Court provided useful guidance as to the tests to be applied when assessing whether new arguments and new evidence may, in certain circumstances, be adduced in an appeal against a summary judgment and / or an interlocutory order. 

Mar 2021

article

The Supreme Court this week delivered judgment in two separate security for costs appeals.