Swaps Mis-Selling Claim Dismissed as Being Statute-Barred, July 2014
In a judgment delivered on 26 June 2014 in Komady Limited & Michael O’Reilly v Ulster Bank Ireland Limited, the High Court dismissed a swaps mis-selling claim against Ulster Bank Ireland Limited...
View ArticleLaw Society Gazette, Cover Story by Anna Morgan, July 2014
A recent judgment of the European Court of Justice could represent the birth of a whole new sub-species of data-protection jurisprudence. In this article, Anna Morgan takes a look at internet search...
View ArticleThe decision in Rehab Group and Rehab Lotteries Limited v Minister for...
On 5 June 2014, Rehab Group’s and Rehab Lotteries Limited’s (“Rehab”) judicial review challenge to the decision by the Minister for Justice and Equality (the “Minister”) to phase out the Charities...
View ArticleInsurance Regulatory Update, July 2014
In this edition of the monthly Arthur Cox Insurance Regulatory Update we cover topics such as the Central Bank’s revised Handbook of Prudential Requirements for Investment Intermediaries, the new...
View ArticlePublication of the ICAV Bill, July 2014
Executive Summary On 29 July 2014, the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Simon Harris, TD, published the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle (ICAV) Bill 2014 (the “ICAV Bill”) which...
View ArticleEMIR Update: Additional Trade Reporting Obligations for FCs and NFCs+...
The European Market Infrastructure Regulation (Regulation No 648/2012) (the “Regulation” and, together with its implementing measures, “EMIR”) came into force on 16 August 2012 and certain of its...
View ArticleInsurance Regulatory Update, August 2014
This is the August 2014 edition of the Arthur Cox Insurance Regulatory Update, the monthly bulletin of the Arthur Cox Insurance Group. The Update contains a summary of recent developments in insurance...
View ArticleEuropean Commission IT Procurement Information Gathering Exercise
IT lawyers should be aware that the European Commission has recently issued an information gathering exercise in the area of IT Public Procurement. The post European Commission IT Procurement...
View ArticleIreland’s New Court of Appeal, September 2014
This summer saw the passing of legislation which will effect the most important reform to the organisation and structure of the Irish court system since the foundation of the State. The Court of Appeal...
View ArticleThe Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014
The Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (the “Act”) was signed into law by the President on 28 July 2014 and the entire Act (with the exception of the provisions in relation to media mergers...
View ArticleNew Whistleblowing Legislation in Force
New Whistleblowing Legislation The Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (“the Act”), commonly known as ‘the Whistleblowers Act’, was signed into law on 8 July 2014 and came into operation on 15 July 2014....
View ArticleHow to Convert an Investment Company to an ICAV
ICAV On 29 July 2014, the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle (ICAV) Bill 2014 (the “ICAV Bill”) was published. The ICAV Bill will allow for the establishment of the new Irish corporate...
View ArticleInsurance Regulatory Update, September 2014
Arthur Cox September 2014 Insurance Regulatory Update Central Bank Publishes Regulations Amending the Fitness and Probity Regime Insurance Statistics 2013 Are Published Central Bank Publishes Recent...
View ArticleIrish Loan Origination Funds
Irish Loan Origination Funds Following a consultation process (CP85) which closed on 25 August 2014, the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) has published its final rules for loan origination...
View ArticleEuropean Banking Authority Issues Opinion on Virtual Currencies
On 4 July 2014, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) issued an opinion on ‘virtual currencies’ (“VCs”) (the “Opinion”)[1], in which, in summary, it called for the introduction of a comprehensive...
View ArticleFire Safety, October 2014
The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005 (the “2005 Act”), together with the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations, 2007 (the “2007 Regulations”) and the Fire...
View ArticleSteptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: Data Protection issues for US Companies based in...
Listen to Rob Corbet, Head of Technology and Innovation, discuss Irish and European Data Protection issues as they affect US companies based in Ireland:...
View ArticleTackling the eDiscovery Dilemma
Richard Willis and Gráinne Bryan consider developments in the use of Technology Assisted Review in discovery. As the level of data generated and retained by organisations multiplies year on year,...
View ArticleFire Safety, October 2014
The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005 (the “2005 Act”), together with the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations, 2007 (the “2007 Regulations”) and the Fire...
View ArticleTruth-Tellers and Health and Safety: Update on new protections for...
Introduction The Protected Disclosure Act 2014 (the “Act”) was enacted on 8 July 2014 and came into law on 15 July 2014. The Preamble to the Act describes it as “An Act to make provision for and in...
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