| Welcome |
New
Faces at the Firm |
From Hugh
Garvey, Managing Partner.
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Meet the new members of our team.
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| Company
Secretarial |
All
Things Being Equal |
If recent events have shown us anything,
it's that now more than ever corporate governance is a critical
concern for the entire business community, including small private
companies. Alan
Browning tells us why.
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Last year over 1,000 people brought
claims to the Equality Tribunal, 85% of which related to alleged
discrimination in the workplace. As Jennifer
Clarke explains, the absence of fair procedures and non-adherence
to the principles of natural justice can seriously affect the
outcome of any claim against an employer. |
Full
Steam Ahead for
Railway Safety |
Redundancy:
the Pensions Issues |
The Railway Safety Commission, established
in 2005 to oversee railway safety in Ireland, has recently been
given new powers under EU law.
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Employers in a redundancy situation
want to reach a fair severance arrangement with their staff
and an amicable parting of the ways. But how can this be achieved?
Gillian Dully
and Fiona Thornton
highlight some of the issues that might arise |
| Examining
the Options |
Spirit
of the Age? |
| These are hard times for business.
In an era of falling asset values and tight trading conditions,
some firms may be facing paper losses or technical insolvency.
In the fight for survival, applying for examinership is one
way they can avoid being forced into a 'fire sale' of their
assets. But, Andrew
Gill explains, timing is critical. |
Off-licence sales are booming. Between
the smoking ban, the clampdown on drink driving and the downturn
in the economy, more and more people are choosing to drink at
home. And this means that more off-licences are opening all
the time. Jennifer
Clarke explains what's involved in obtaining an off-licence
to sell liquor to the public. |
| Examinership:
Can Secured Creditors Bank on it? |
Someone
to Watch Over Me |
Examinership gives an insolvent company
protection from its creditors for up to 100 days while it attempts
to save its struggling business. But in the case of secured
creditors such as banks, recent case law suggests the situation
may not be as clear-cut as was once thought.
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You already know that it's a good
idea to make a will to provide for your assets after your death,
but what if during your own lifetime you become unable to manage
your own affairs? Well, that's where an enduring power of attorney
can help. |
| Too
Close for Comfort? |
Shareholders'
Rights Directive |
| Shoppers are used to seeing lookalike
products on supermarket shelves, but how do the manufacturers
get away with producing and selling such blatant imitations?
And how do you know if a lookalike product is sailing too close
to the wind? Aine
Matthews has the answers. |
The EU Directive on Shareholders'
Rights is to be implemented into the laws of Member States by
August 2009.
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