The Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Act 2026 (PDF 467KB) was signed into law on 31 March.

Advisors will want to ascertain whether SCARP will offer SMEs a viable, lower cost process to reach consensual restructurings with creditors.

The Minister for Justice and Equality has commenced further provisions of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 with effect from 10 October 2011.

Full COVID-19 Impact Is Yet To Hit.

Robin McDonnell, Saranna Enraght-Moony and Karole Cuddihy provide an analysis of restructuring and insolvency developments in Ireland.

Robin McDonnell, Saranna Enraght-Moony and Karole Cuddihy provide an analysis of current economic conditions and insolvency case developments in Ireland.

Robin McDonnell and Saranna Enraght-Moony provide an analysis of current economic conditions and insolvency case developments in Ireland. Their contribution formed part of the first edition of The International Insolvency Review.

On 1 July 2024, the Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 was commenced in full and is now law.

It is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic is set to have a significant personal and economic impact on us all.

The Government's Autumn 2024 Legislation Programme includes 29 bills for priority publication, focusing on employee protection during employer insolvencies, remediation of apartment defects, and energy performance in buildings, alongside 32 bills prioritized for drafting.

The recent decision of Barrett J in AIB v Rostaff Property Development Ltd (High Court, 7 September, 2017) once again highlights the difficult area of undue influence in the context of guarantees...

In a William Fry article published earlier this year, we discussed the Irish government's approval to opt-in to a regulation amending Annexes A and B to the European Insolvency Regulation 2015...

The Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment has launched a public consultation on proposals to enhance the Companies Act 2014.

The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023 (the "Bill") proposes amendments to the existing collective redundancy...

Finance and Capital Markets partner David O'Mahony and senior associate Conor Lynch recently authored the Irish Law and Practice section of Chambers "Banking & Finance 2023" guide.

In the first case of its kind since Re Business City Limited ([1997] 2 BCLC 510) in 1997, and only the second ever such case, the High Court of England and Wales made an order on 5 April 2023...

The Legal 500 and The In-House Lawyer have published their Comparative Legal Guide for Ireland on Restructuring and Insolvency.

Irish court-sanctioned $1.65bn cross border restructuring recognised by US Bankruptcy Court.

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With the measures in place to deal with the COVID-19 situation, volatility and disruption continue to affect Northern Ireland. The economic disruption caused by COVID-19 presents significant challenges to business globally.