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Considering Switching Mortgage Provider? The Process Explained
Considering Switching Mortgage Provider? The Process Explained. With recent ECB interest rate cuts, some lenders have lowered their fixed and variable mortgage rates and are offering cash-back incentives to switchers. However a recent study conducted by the Banking...
Selling and Buying Residential Property on the Same Day: Why This Is Not Recommended
Selling and Buying Residential Property on the Same Day: Why This Is Not Recommended Many people involved in selling their home and purchasing a new property understandably assume that all of this can be achieved in one day. In a perfect world, this would be ideal,...
Alternative Dispute Resolution – What are the Options?
Alternative Dispute Resolution – What Are The Options? Arbitration Arbitration frequently arises as a consequence of clauses in commercial contracts. Ireland operates a common law system, similar to the US and UK, and is often favoured to govern business contracts....
GDPR – Welcome clarity for actions concerning non-material damage
GDPR – Welcome clarity for actions concerning non-material damage Article 82 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), contains the right to compensation for damages under GDPR and was implemented into Irish law by Section 117 of the Data Protection Act...
Unfair Dismissals Act 1977
Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 A Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) Adjudicator has rejected an allegation of gross misconduct against a former [i]Abbott employee (“the Complainant”) and instead awarded compensation of €35,000 for a breach of the Unfair Dismissals Act...
General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2023
General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2023 – Amorys Solicitors Since the introduction of the Defamation Act of 2009, there have been repeated calls for its reform and criticism that the Act fails to strike an appropriate balance between the right of...
Third Party Funding of International Commercial Arbitration in Ireland
Third Party Funding of International Commercial Arbitration in Ireland Third-party funding of international commercial arbitration in Ireland will be permitted upon the commencement of s.124 of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (the “Act”)...
Concurrent wrongdoers and debt recovery
Concurrent wrongdoers and debt recovery A concurrent wrongdoer in Ireland is defined in s. 11 of the Civil Liability Act 1961 as “one of two or more people responsible to a plaintiff for the same damage” (“Concurrent Wrongdoer/s”). Concurrent Wrongdoers are jointly...
Virtual Meetings and Increased Threshold for Winding Up to remain Law until 31 December 2023
Virtual Meetings and Increased Threshold for Winding Up to remain Law until 31 December 2023 The Minister for Trade Promotion, Company Regulation and Digital has announced the extension of the interim period of two temporary measures introduced by the Companies...