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The Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") has published its Fourth Mutual Evaluation Report on Ireland's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing system ("AML/CTF"), based on its 2012 Recommendations

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited (In Special Liquidation) v. McCabe’s Garage Drogheda Limited (In Receivership and In Voluntary Liquidation) and Martin Kelly (unreported, Charleton J., 2nd December, 2013).

Like its predecessor, the Recast Regulation does not apply to arbitration.

Central Bank publishes a second edition of the Central Bank Investment Firm Regulations

Many of our readers will no doubt have heard about the recent decision by the European Commission that Apple's tax structure in Ireland breached the EU state aid rules.

In our May 2015 publication entitled "EU Capital Markets Union", we outlined that the EU Commission had issued a consultation paper entitled "Building a Capital Markets Union".

Last month, the European Commission (the "Commission") presented its Second Progress Report on the Action Plan to address non-performing loans ("NPLs") in Europe (the "Second Progress Report").

On 20th January 2016, the Irish Court of Appeal (the "Court") handed down an important decision in the case of Director of Corporate Enforcement v Walsh & ors [2016] IECA 2 in relation to the law on the disqualification of directors.

Two new pieces of legislation, which have recently been signed into law by the President, change the landscape of consumer complaints and make important changes to the offices of the Financial Services...

We expect to see further developments in this area over the coming year, as the main players in the Irish aviation finance and leasing sector and the Irish funds industry seek out synergies...

The decision reached by the Supreme Court (Charleton J., Laffoy J. and McMenamin J.) on 16th December, 2015 in Ulster Bank Ireland Ltd. v Rory O'Brien, Danny O'Brien & Michael McDermott has provided some welcome clarity...

The Landlord and Tenant Act governs the relationship between landlords and tenants of business premises and in particular, provides for a number of statutory reliefs for tenants, notably the right of a tenant to renew his or her lease. This article outlines the evolution of the laws governing a commercial tenant's rights of renewal and identifies the changes made by Section 47 of the 2008 Act.

The Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern signed an order on the 1st of December, 2009, banning upwards only rent review provisions pursuant to Section 132 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, 2009 ("2009 Act").

The Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48(1)) (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, S.I. No. 344 of 2017...

The draft Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive issued by the European Commission on 28 January 2016 has been progressing rapidly through the EU legislative process.

The Central Bank of Ireland published the revised Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears on 27th June, 2013.

Ireland has become a destination of choice for holding companies due to its capital gains participation exemption, generous foreign tax credit system, membership of the EU...