Terminating a banking relationship where money laundering is suspected

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In N v Royal Bank of Scotland, the English High Court held that a bank was not in breach of contract for closing a customer's account without notice in circumstances where there was a suspicion of money laundering. The bank had acted in accordance with express contractual provisions which allowed it to terminate the banking relationship without notice "in exceptional circumstances".

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Discovery of loan purchase price ordered on the basis of a plea of unjust enrichment

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In Promontoria (Aran) Ltd v Sheehy [2019] IEHC 613, the High Court ordered discovery of documents revealing the price paid by the plaintiff to Ulster Bank for loans allegedly made to the defendant. The court found that in circumstances where the plaintiff had invoked the equitable doctrines of restitution and unjust enrichment, it was not possible to find at an interlocutory stage that the....

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Irish Package Travel Regulations 2019

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The EU Directive on Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements (Directive 2015/2302) was transposed into Irish law by the European Union (Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 80/2019) (the Irish Package Travel Regulations)

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The European Union (Prospectus) Regulations 2019

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As we communicated in our article last month, the new EU Prospectus Regulation (the Regulation) has applied in full across the EU since 21 July 2019. At a domestic level, the European Union (Prospectus) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 380/2019) came into force on 21 July 2019 (the 2019 Regulations).

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