Court of Appeal overturns order requiring National Asset Loan Management Limited ("NALM") to pay accountancy fees associated with restoring struck off company to the register

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

The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") has agreed on measures on the provision of contracts for differences ("CFDs") and binary options to retail investors in the European Union ("EU").

The 6th Motor Insurance Directive, Directive (EU) 2021/2118 (‘2021 Directive'), was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 02 December 2021...

The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015 which was published on 14 May 2015 will, when enacted, provide for a system of registered employment agreements ("REAs") and sectoral employment orders.

As readers will be aware there has been significant regulatory focus on fees for a number of years. Notably, in 2020, ESMA issued a Supervisory Briefing on fees and costs in June 2020...

In 2020 the topic of fund fees and costs was recognised as a priority item to be addressed by national competent authorities (NCAs, including the Central Bank of Ireland).

In Wolfe v PIAB and Mater Misericordiae Hospital [2023] IECA 245 the Court of Appeal, overturning a High Court decision, has quashed an assessment made by PIAB and referred...

The Taoiseach has told the Dáil that the government will not be bringing a resolution to the Oireachtas seeking its approval of the proposed draft amendments to the Personal Injury Guidelines.

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As discussed in our April 2020 briefing (available here), a range of measures and other key actions have been implemented by the Irish Government...

This is the final article in our three part series dealing with legal professional privilege (See Parts 1 and Part 2).

On 17 November, 2020, the Central Bank of Ireland (the CBI) issued a second "Dear CEO" letter on fitness and probity, following thematic on-site...

On 10 September 2021, the CBI issued a revised edition of its UCITS Q&A and AIFMD Q&A.

Earlier this month, a commencement order for the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 (Act), which implements the EU Whistleblowing Directive and amends the original Protected Disclosures Act 2014...

In recent years the size of the administrative fines imposed by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) in enforcement cases has significantly increased.

The High Court dismissed a plaintiff's action for professional negligence against two separate law firms on the grounds of inordinate and inexcusable delay.

On Tuesday 6 October, 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") ruled, in the case of Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner...

On 1 November 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published a consultation paper outlining the proposed domestic supervisory and reporting framework...

Private equity firms may need to use a wide variety of legal structures and domiciles to conduct their operations efficiently.