Receivership and Mortgages Case
Holmes O'Malley Sexton recently acted for the receiver in the High Court case McEnery v Sheahan. This is the most recent in a series of cases including Start Mortgages, Kavanagh ...
Changes to bankruptcy laws
The Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 makes changes to the bankruptcy laws. The most fundamental of those provisions came into force on 10 October 2011. There is a reduction ...
Compulsory Retirement Age of 65 Upheld
In a recent High Court employment law case, the judge ruled on whether the directive establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation could prohibit the State ...
Agency Bill Signed into Law
The Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act, 2012 was signed into law on 16th May 2012. The Act requires hiring employers to treat temporary agency workers no less favourably ...
New Drink Driving Limits
By Aisling Carr, Solicitor, Litigation Unit The Road Traffic Act 2010 which came into force on various dates in 2010 and 2011 has introduced significant changes to the law in ...
Liquidations, Petitioners Costs Recovery, Creditors Meetings – A Minefield of Mandatory Rules
Winding Up Petitions The general rule is that a creditor who successfully petitions the court to wind up a company is entitled to its costs ranking pari passu. However the ...
The Travelling Salesman – Legal Issues that can Arise when Employees are Transferred Abroad
By Michelle O'Riordan, Solicitor, Employment and Pensions Unit The EC Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (1980) originally regulated the situation where a contract could be subject to ...
Company Law Reform
By George Kennedy, Solicitor, Corporate & Commercial Department The first part of the draft Companies Bill (referred to as pillar A) was published in 2011. It is envisaged that the ...