Employee's right to silence during an employment investigation
SummaryThe High Court recently considered whether an employee is entitled to refuse to answer his employer’s questions during an internal investigation whilst a criminal investigation into the same ma...
Dilapidations: Key points for Landlords and Funders
What are dilapidations?A commercial lease between a landlord and tenant outlines the contractual obligations and covenants that both parties enter to ensure that the premises is maintained to the stan...
Bank entitled to possession pursuant to "life long loan"
A recent Judgement of Mr Justice Nolan found that Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank (the Bank) is entitled to possession of the home of a Co Sligo woman who borrowed €60,000 against the property shortly b...
Fixed-Term Contracts in Ireland
A Practice Note setting out the key issues concerning definite or fixed-term employment contracts (FTC) in Ireland. OverviewThis article examines the application, management and exposures of using fix...
Beauchamps ranks Second Highest Irish Law firm for M&A in 2023
Beauchamps has been recognised in the latest Experian Market IQ report as the second highest ranked law firm in the M&A legal adviser rankings for 2023. This reaffirms our position as one of the t...
Understanding Individual Employee Termination in Ireland
A Practice Note addressing legal and practical considerations in Ireland regarding termination of individual employees. Overview Under Irish employment law, this article examines the legal and pract...
High Court clarifies procedural steps in data breach cases where stress/anxiety is pleaded
BackgroundThis was an appeal from a Circuit Court decision where the key issue was whether a plaintiff who pleads stress/anxiety because of a data breach should have made an application to the Persona...
Employee awarded €12,500 for unauthorised holiday leave
Facts Gary Maloney (the Complainant) was employed as a senior car sales executive with Bill Griffin Motors (the Respondent) until his termination in October 2022. The Complainant submitted a request ...
Receivers’ powers and liability reviewed: Court of Appeal judgment in Bank of Ireland v Hade
Overview This article reviews the Court of Appeal decision in the case of Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank U.C. v Hade [2023] IECA 293 Background In a 2022 judgment, the High court awarded exemplary dam...
Mandatory Retirement Age - Company told to give employee forced into retirement his job back
Facts Thomas Doolin was employed as a desktop support agent in Eir's (the Company and the Respondent) internal IT department on a salary of €35,000 per annum. He was informed in February 2023 that h...
Seasons Greetings from all the team at Beauchamps
As 2023 draws to a close, we would like to wish all our clients and colleagues, and their families a wonderful Christmas and a very New Year!This year, we are supporting charities who help vulnerable ...
Revenue Debt Warehousing expiring 1 May 2024
The Revenue Commissioners introduced the Debt Warehousing Scheme in 2020 to assist businesses that were facing financial difficulties as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme provided for the ...
The Mandatory Reporting Obligations for Employers in Ireland
While large employers may have additional reporting responsibilities, all employers in Ireland have a minimum level of responsibility to report certain matters. Here we look at some of the different ...
Planning and Development Bill is published
A key action on the Government's Housing for All programme was the review and consolidation of the Planning and Development Act 2000. In December 2022, following a 15-month review led by the Attorney...
Central Bank publishes new guidance on the Individual Accountability Framework
The Central Bank of Ireland (the CBI) recently published long awaited regulations and guidance for firms on new measures setting out standards of conduct for top financial executives. The overarching ...