Central Bank of Ireland shakes up Irish property fund sector

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The Central Bank of Ireland has introduced sweeping new rules that will impact on Irish regulated funds that invest primarily in Irish real estate. The new rules introduce mandatory leverage limits for all Irish regulated property funds and liquidity requirements for any Irish regulated property fund that is not closed-ended.

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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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