The Legal 500

The pharmacy sector has undergone considerable change in recent years, starting with the enactment of the Pharmacy Act in 2007. A common complaint is that pharmacists have come under increased pressure as a result of these regulatory changes and that greater administrative burdens have been imposed, for example in processing their claims under the various community drugs schemes operated by the State.

by Colin Hayes, Solicitor

New procedures have made it easier to pursue debtors based in a different European Union jurisdiction.

by Frank O'Reilly, Partner

Since the date of first publication, there has been a subsequent unreported Decision of Finlay-Geoghegan (11 July 2011) in which she held that a notice purporting to crystallize a floating charge was not effective because there was nothing in the Debenture which restricted the entitlement of the company to deal with or dispose of stock in trade or use the proceeds of book debts or cash at bank following the notice.  

By Aoife Murphy, Partner and Robin Hayes, Associate

Introduction

Under proposals recently published by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, the music industry is to be given the power to apply for an injunction against intermediaries whose services are used by a third party to infringe their copyright or related rights.

by Frank O'Reilly, Partner

The High Court has set down its position in relation to funding arrangements with court-appointed liquidators.

On 23/06/11 the European Parliament adopted the new consumer Rights Directive which was proposed by the European Commission in 2008. This is the further step towards this Directive coming into effect. The transposition into national law is envisaged for the end of 2013.

Frequent viewers of the latest Hollywood films may be immune to it but Irish broadcasting bosses have traditionally never warmed to the idea of James Bond openly exhibiting the latest Aston Martin or BMW as part of the movie or the promotion of Absolut Vodka as part of the Sex and the City movie.

The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act, 2010 (“the Act”) was introduced into law on 01/01/2011. It brought into Irish law the concept of civil partnerships for same sex couples as well as certain rights for cohabiting couples.

Duncan Grehan&Partners have recently been selected to contribute to a survey  carried out in all EU Member States to ascertain the practicability of the regulation 805/2004/EC.

In recent times the closure of businesses has unfortunately, become common due to trading difficulties.