Aug 2019

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In Clarke v Colorman (Ireland) Ltd [2019] IEHC 50, the Commercial Court determined that an expert determination clause in a Shareholders' Agreement could be enforced through the granting of a stay on Commercial Court proceedings on the basis that expert determination would protect confidential commercial information.

Aug 2019

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Last year more than 10,000 people were granted Irish citizenship. In light of developments in the High Court in the past two weeks, many of these people may count themselves lucky.

Aug 2019

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A review of State Aid law and policy in Ireland 2019

Aug 2019

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The 2018 annual report (Report) of Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas (the Irish parliament) and is expected to be published by the CCPC shortly.

Jul 2019

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In recent weeks you will have seen the high-profile press coverage of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announcement of its first potential fines under the GDPR enforcement regime. British Airways (BA) and Marriott International Inc. have been notified by the ICO that it intends to fine them £183.39m and £99.2m respectively. The scale of these fines has put down a clear marker for data

Jul 2019

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ESMA issued a consultation on guidelines for performance fees in UCITS on 16 July 2019. The date for responses to the consultation is 31 October 2019...

Jul 2019

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Cross-border fund distribution improvements from August 2021 The following Capital Markets Union proposals on the cross-border distribution of funds (CBDF) were published in the Official Journal of the EU. They will come into force on 1 August 2019. Directive (EU) 2019/1160  (the Directive) amending the UCITS Directive and the AIFMD with regard to the cross-border distribution of collective i...

Jul 2019

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Updated Central Bank Guidance on the use of financial indices by UCITS The Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) issued updated guidance on the use of financial indices by UCITS on 23 July 2019. The certification process initially introduced by the Central Bank in October 2018 guidance was welcome. That guidance has been further updated to clarify the circumstances where an index certificatio...

Jul 2019

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What do UCITS/ ManCos need to do following the Central Bank's letter on its thematic review of closet indexing?

Jul 2019

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This week the Court of Appeal weighed in on the crucial question of precisely where an employee can legally seek to challenge the redundancy of their role. The