by Deirdre Farrell | Sep 30, 2016 | Commercial Litigation and Disputes, Company and Commercial Law, Public Law and Judicial Review
“Monkey Sees, Monkey Sues” Last month a federal court* in San Fransisco, California held that a macaque monkey who took several selfies could not be declared the owner of the images’ copyright either under Unites States legislation or its Constitution. The...
by Deirdre Farrell | Jul 14, 2016 | Commercial Litigation and Disputes, Company and Commercial Law
Amorys Solicitors, the Judiciary and the Courts Service recently hosted a visit by a delegation of 7 senior legal advisers and researchers from the Legislative Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipality People’s Government. The purpose of the Chinese visit was...
by Deirdre Farrell | Jun 29, 2016 | Commercial Litigation and Disputes, Company and Commercial Law, Family Law, Residential Property
Lender cannot repossess where breach of the moratorium required by the code of conduct on mortgage arrears, supreme court says The Supreme Court has said failure to comply with the moratorium provisions of the Central Banks Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears by a...
by Deirdre Farrell | Jan 18, 2016 | Commercial Litigation and Disputes, Company and Commercial Law
Consumer misled in purchasing insurance policy where commission and connection with insurer not disclosed, Davnet O’Driscoll advises Mr. Untoy who is a consumer took out 3 loans from GE Money who offered him a payment protection policy for the loans. GE Money...
by Deirdre Farrell | Jan 18, 2016 | Commercial Litigation and Disputes, Company and Commercial Law
The Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015 (“the Act”) came into force on 8th July 2015 and has the effect of ensuring that relevant borrowers whose loans are sold by a regulated entity to a third party maintain the same regulatory...
by Deirdre Farrell | Jul 10, 2015 | Commercial Litigation and Disputes, Company and Commercial Law, Employment and Industrial Relations
When a provisional liquidator was appointed to Clerys, that evening employees were informed that the store was being closed. As the business is being liquidated where does this leave the employees? When a business is being liquidated, the employees are automatically...