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Join us at our Mock Employment Tribunal
We all love the drama of good court case or employment tribunal — but what if it was your company in the dock? This March, as Dublin 18.part of Local Enterprise Week, Junior Chamber Ireland (Dublin Southside) in association with Amorys Solicitors, will be hosting a...
The Monkey Selfie Lawsuit in the US – how would the High Court of Ireland decide a similar case?
"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 case The...
Paternity Leave Rights for Fathers Commence 1st September 2016
The Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 gives 2 weeks paternity leave to fathers or the spouse, civil partner or cohabitee of children born on or after 1 September 2016, or to a spouse, civil partner, cohabitee, of an adopting mother or sole male adopter adopting a...
Recruitment and Vetting of Candidates by Employers
The National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012-2016 requires that all employees employed whether on a temporary, or agency contract, as an intern or on a voluntary basis who provide services to children under 18 or to a “Vulnerable Person” must...
Award to Employee for Personal Injuries Suffered as a result of Bullying and Harassment overturned by the Court of Appeal
A Special Needs Assistant was awarded a record sum of €255,276 for personal injuries due to bullying and harassment by the Principal of St. Anne’s National School by the High Court. This decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal [2015 IECA287]. The Special Needs...
Amorys hosts Official Visit of Legislative Affairs Office of Shanghai Municipality People’s Government
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 to...
Recent Supreme Court Ruling re Repossession Proceedings relating to 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...
The Importance of “the Right to be Forgotten”
At the moment, the Data Protection Acts 1988-2003 provide that employees have the right to request their employer (who are “data controllers”) to rectify, erase, or block personal data accessible by them if it is incomplete, inaccurate or not up to date. Personal data...
Travelling Time for Employees
The recent decision by the European Court in C266/4 Tyco said that travel for workers without a fixed place of work from home to a client site, and back again is classified as “working time”. This is working time as the workers are at the disposal of their employer....