COVID-19 has caused unprecedented levels of disruption to the Courts Service and the administration of justice in this country.

As 2025 comes to a close, we take a look back at some of Commercial Litigation's hot topics during the year.

The Irish investment limited partnership (the "ILP"), now re-shaped as a flexible fund investment vehicle following amendments made to the existing Investment Limited Partnership Act, 1994 (the "ILP Act").

The Companies Bill 2012 was published on 21 December 2012 by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and seeks to consolidate the existing 16 Companies Acts and reform existing Irish company law.

A business owner needs to be aware that the sale of a business is a complex process. It is a process that requires detailed, advanced planning and careful, ongoing management.

Greenwashing is a practice that can include overstating a company's environmental record, misrepresenting the sustainability of its corporate practices or claiming a product as environmentally friendly...

The recently published Central Bank of Ireland ("CBI") Annual Report and Performance Statement (the "Report") provides an overview of enforcement activity, which it carried out in 2019

Earlier this month, the Central Bank published a consultation paper ("CP119") in which it seeks responses from interested stakeholders to proposed amendments to the Central Bank UCITS Regulations.

The Irish investment limited partnership (the "ILP"), now re-shaped as a flexible fund investment vehicle following amendments made to the existing Investment Limited Partnership Act, 1994...

On 17 November 2022, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced that it was seeking input on the review of the technical standards under Article 34 of MiFID II[1], governing the provision...

On 30 September 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) published its recommendation on Increasing the Availability of Savings and Investment Accounts...

EU law provides that an entity which manages an EU based UCITS requires an authorisation to do so. Such an entity is known as a UCITS Management Company ("UCITS ManCo").

The MiFID Reporting Requirements set out a non-exhaustive list of the regulatory reports that MiFID firms are required to submit to the Central Bank on a periodic basis

On 11 March 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) finalised its position regarding the Irish ELTIF by publishing an updated version of its AIF Rulebook (AIF Rulebook).

The plaintiffs in the case are part of the Rhatigan Group of companies and had been clients of UBIL for approximately 17 years.

Pursuant to the new level three guidelines issued by the Committee of European Securities Regulators on 17th July, 2007, CESR has approved in principle the classification of hedge fund indices as financial indices for the purposes of the UCITS Directive subject to the satisfaction of certain criteria.

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

On 16 December, 2020, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) issued a "Dear CEO" letter to Schedule 2 Firms concerning its findings as regards the compliance of such firms with Anti-Money Laundering...

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.