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| Recent legislation could have a significant
impact on landowners and on those who believe they have acquired
rights on other people's land such as rights of way and fishing
and grazing rights. Rights acquired will have to be registered
in a relatively short time period or be lost and the user periods
needed to acquire certain rights have varied significantly.
Clair
Cassidy discusses the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act
2009. |
If you own a website and you want
to prevent your content from being misappropriated by third
parties, then you'll be cheering for Ryanair as Michael O'Leary
takes on a German price comparison website. Áine
Matthews rings the bell for round one.
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| One
Out, All Out |
Redundancy:
Counting the Cost |
Given the recent well-publicised
escalation of industrial action by public sector unions, Jennifer
Clarke takes a timely look at the law governing industrial
action in this country.
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In two recent cases, the Employment
Appeals Tribunal has handed down substantial awards - €127,350
and €87,000. The tribunal is penalising employers who fail to
adhere to 'fair procedures', even when there is a genuine redundancy
situation.
Aoife Bradley
reports. |
Inadvertent
Waiver of
Events of Default |
Splitting
the Difference |
The past couple of years in Ireland
have seen lenders adopt a wait and see approach to a large number
of borrower defaults, but such tactics can be fraught with danger,
particularly in light of a recent UK court decision. Neil
O'Keeffe explains.
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Following a protracted period of
intense lobbying at European level, the European Parliament
and the EU Council recently finalised their respective drafts
of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. There
are currently a number of differences between the two draft
texts on areas such as the treatment of third-country funds,
delegation requirements and depositary liability, and further
efforts are needed to try and reconcile the two competing texts.
Sarah Lyons
reports. |
Restructuring
Defined Benefit Schemes |
Safe
Harbour |
| The overwhelming majority of defined
benefit pension schemes are running deficits at present due
to a combination of factors, including adverse performance of
investment markets, longevity of pensioners and tighter regulatory
controls. So what are the options available to companies operating
such schemes? Fiona
Thornton explains. |
The European Commission takes a dim
view of cartels, price-fixing and anti-competitive practices,
but it does make exceptions for certain types of agreements
made between undertakings operating at different levels of the
supply chain. Marco
Hickey and Aoife
Nic Lochlainn explain.
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| New
Tender Review Procedures |
Keep
it Under Your Hat |
| Public sector contracts invariably
involve high value contracts. The EU has developed a series
of complex regulations governing the way contracts are awarded
and which set out the remedies for unsuccessful tenderers who
feel aggrieved by the tender process. Eoin
Cunneen and Niamh
Hackett simplify the process. |
For some larger companies and groups,
it makes good business sense to avoid having to publicly file
their accounts. This involves adopting a corporate structure
that sees the business move from limited company status to unlimited
company status. Alan
Browning discusses the issues involved.
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| News:
Energy Conference |
News:
Branding Seminars |
| Strategies for Growth and Investment
in the Green Economy, a conference that was hosted by LK Shields
Solicitors. |
Seminars: Deirdre
Kilroy and Áine
Matthews talk about the legal issues relating to branding. |
| Recruitment |
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We have a number of vacancies at
LK Shields Solicitors. |
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