A recent decision of the Court of Appeal that the media cannot name a deceased child victim of crime, on account of a provision of the 2001 Children Act has been met with concern...

Mandatory Reporting and Child Safeguarding Statements will become law in just over 2 months. The remaining provisions of the Children First Act 2015 will come into effect on the 11th of December next.

On 23 October 2018, the Law Reform Commission (the "Commission") published its Report on Regulatory Powers and Corporate Offences (the "Report").

The Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 ("the Act") was signed into law on 22 December 2021 and is currently awaiting commencement by Ministerial Order.

The long-awaited Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017 (here) has been passed by the Dáil and is now before the Seanad.

Do our financial and economic regulators have adequate enforcement powers or do their powers need to be supplemented by civil financial sanctions?

On 4 December 2018 the High Court gave judgment on a preliminary issue in favour of the Defendant, HSBC Institutional Trust Services DAC ("HTIE") in a claim for $141 million taken against it by Defender Limited ("Defender").

The rise of internet-based communications has complicated the ability of law enforcement to gather evidence in criminal investigations.

Victims of online fraud are often left without any practical remedies as, by design, the fraud will be carried out in such a way as to make it extremely difficult to uncover the fraudsters' identities and to trace any stolen monies.

The Corporate Enforcement Authority ("CEA") has now been established as an independent statutory agency to replace, and perform the functions previously performed by, the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement ("ODCE").

On 9 August 2011, the main provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2011 (the "Act"), came into operation, namely Part 1 (other than Section 5), Section 7 (other than paragraph (c)) and Section 8 of Part 2, Part 3 and Schedules 1 and 2.

The recent publication of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021 paves the way for the establishment of a new independent statutory authority, the Corporate Enforcement Authority...

Eight of the top ten fines ever issued under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) were levied on European companies.

Our Summer 2021 briefing, collates recent domestic and international developments in the area of white collar and economic crime.

On 24 November 2025, following a Consultation on the Fitness and Probity regime (CP160), the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published revised Guidance...

The Aviva Stadium was selected to host the 2024 Europa League Final. We examine how UEFA selects its host cities through a sustainability and social responsibility lens.

Do regulatory agencies have phone tapping powers? For now, no – but there have been calls for the Government to give certain regulatory agencies, such as the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)

In November 2017 the Government published a series of measures which it intended to take to tackle white collar crime (the "Measures").

Issuers should consider which competent authorities are relevant to each set of obligations.

The Minister has stated that the government is committed to ensuring that the Bill will be enacted before the end of the year.