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Legal Updates & Insights

  • Companies must have legal representation in court
    Article

    Companies must have legal representation in court

    The 'Rule in Battle' (the Rule) states that corporate entities may be represented only by lawyers who have a formal right of audience in court proceedings and not by non-lawyer directors or shareholders.

    Disputes
  • Claim of absolute privilege insufficient to justify strike out of defamation claim
    Article

    Claim of absolute privilege insufficient to justify strike out of defamation claim

    In Malone v Fenlon & Ors [2019] IEHC 934, the High Court found that a plea of absolute privilege as a defence to a claim in defamation was insufficiently clearly made out to justify striking out the claim.

    Disputes
  • €6.7m EU fine on Meliá Hotels for carving up markets
    Article

    €6.7m EU fine on Meliá Hotels for carving up markets

    On 21 February 2020, the European Commission imposed a fine of €6,678,000 on the Spanish hotel group Meliá for its contracts with four tour operators which discriminated between customers within the EU's internal market by reference to the customer's country of residence. Dr Vincent J G Power examines the case.

    EU, Competition & Procurement
  • Employee inventions: When are employers liable to pay compensation to employee innovators?
    Article

    Employee inventions: When are employers liable to pay compensation to employee innovators?

    In this three part series we review wider considerations for employers which, whilst falling outside the ambit of routine employment law issues, are worth noting. This article addresses inventions created by employees.

    Belfast
  • Dear CEO letter on Securities Markets Conduct Risk
    Article

    Dear CEO letter on Securities Markets Conduct Risk

    The Central Bank issued a Dear CEO letter on Securities Markets Conduct Risk which addresses the findings from its wholesale market conduct supervisory work in 2019. The letter notes areas for improvements and sets out the Central Bank's expectations of firms in relation to managing market conduct risk and outlines the Central Bank's areas of focus for market conduct supervision in 2020. 

    Financial Regulation
  • Overview of internet intermediary and media law cases for Northern Ireland in 2019: Part 2
    Article

    Overview of internet intermediary and media law cases for Northern Ireland in 2019: Part 2

    In Part 1, we looked at judgments from the Crown Court and High Court in Northern Ireland dealing with a source disclosure order and an interim application concerning Facebook. In Part 2, we consider the Court of Appeal's judgment involving reporting restriction orders and Sir John Gillen's report into the law on serious sexual offences.

    Disputes
  • Overview of internet intermediary and media law cases for Northern Ireland in 2019: Part 1
    Article

    Overview of internet intermediary and media law cases for Northern Ireland in 2019: Part 1

    It was a relatively quiet year, with only three published judgments from the Northern Ireland courts (the same as in 2018). There was one Court of Appeal case, involving reporting restriction orders, with the Crown Court and High Court delivering judgments dealing with a source disclosure order and 'revenge porn' images.

    Disputes
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution in Ireland 2020
    Article

    Litigation & Dispute Resolution in Ireland 2020

    Enda Hurley (Partner and Head of Litigation), Helen O'Connor (Knowledge Lawyer) and Stephen King (Associate) in A&L Goodbody's Litigation & Dispute Resolution department, provide a practical insight into Litigation & Dispute Resolution in Ireland.

    Disputes
  • Election 2020: What are the employment law priorities?
    Article

    Election 2020: What are the employment law priorities?

    While the prospect of a new government being formed currently appears to be a long way off, there is no doubt that Sinn Féin, having secured the most first-preference votes in the recent general election, is a strong contender to be in the next government.

    Employment
  • Three water companies appeals their Price Control determinations to the CMA
    Article

    Three water companies appeals their Price Control determinations to the CMA

    Perhaps unsurprisingly given the how tough Ofwat's decisions for the 2020-25 price controls were expected to be several large companies (Bristol Water, Anglian Water and Yorkshire Water) have opted to have the determinations referred to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

    Belfast
  • Coronavirus: Time for Irish employers to take action
    Article

    Coronavirus: Time for Irish employers to take action

    There has been widespread media coverage this week of Indeed.com's offices in Dublin being closed over fears that an employee may have been exposed to COVID-19, the official name given to the coronavirus by the World Health Organization (WHO).

    COVID-19
  • Brexit and membership of the Court of Justice of the European Union
    Article

    Brexit and membership of the Court of Justice of the European Union

    The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) (including the General Court) comprises judges nominated by each of the European Union (EU) Member States.

    Brexit