HOMS News Issue 2 2015
Michael Noonan, Minister for Finance, has delivered a budget for 2016 in which he states that, “the top priority…is to keep that recovery going.” “It is a testament to the ...
Wills with an EU Dimension
Introduction Far reaching changes in succession law at a European level became operational on 17th August 2015 when the EU Succession Regulation (EU/650/2012), known as Brussels IV, came into effect. ...
The Recovery of Benefits and Assistance Scheme – One Year On
The Recovery of Benefits and Assistance Scheme has been in place for over one year now, having been introduced on 1st August 2014 by the Social Welfare and Pensions Act ...
Surrogacy, Donor Assisted Human Reproduction and the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015
There are an increasing number of people in Ireland engaged in assisted reproduction services. However, it is of note that the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”) ...
Safe Harbour no more…..
In the wake of a recent Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decision invalidating the “Safe Harbour” policy, what are the practical repercussions for Irish entities that may ...
Priority Given to Floating Charge Creditors
The holder of a validly crystallised floating charge will obtain priority over preferential creditor claims during a liquidation. The Supreme Court confirmed this in a judgment delivered by Ms. Justice ...
Increase in Rate of Return
A recent High Court judgment could have far-reaching consequences for the value of future losses awards in personal injury cases. Background Gill Russell suffered catastrophic injuries at the time ...
Corporate Social Responsibility
We continue with our programme of presentations to our clients as part of our value added services initiative. The Companies Act 2014 commenced on 1st June 2015 and presentations on ...
The Startup Gathering – All Island Startup/Scaleup Vision 2020 Forum
HOMS were delighted to support and co-sponsor the launch of the Limerick Start Up Gathering on Monday 5th October 2015 by providing legal consultancy to startups. George Kennedy, Senior Associate ...
Q9000 – The Legal Quality Standard
HOMS are very pleased and proud to have progressed to being awarded the Q9000 Legal Quality Standard by the Institute of Legal Research and Standards. In October 2015 we were ...