High Court grants interlocutory injunction requiring defendants to vacate property
Facts The defendants, a husband and wife, took out a mortgage with the plaintiff in 2006 for the sum of €404,585. However, by mid-2007, the defendants had stopped making regular payments. The plainti...
New Procurement Thresholds from 1 January 2022
On 12 November 2021, the European Commission published new financial thresholds for the application of the EU public procurement directives. The new thresholds increase the existing thresholds slight...
CCPC announces changes to its merger notification procedure
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has announced the following permanent changes to the merger notification procedure: Notification format: From 1 December 2021, all merger n...
Beauchamps advise EFM Ventures on its sale of a majority stake in Martin Food Equipment to Cross Refrigeration
Beauchamps' Corporate M&A team were delighted to advise EFM Ventures on its sale of a majority stake in Martin Food Equipment Limited to Cross Refrigeration. Martin Food Equipment is a leading ...
Judge warns against engaging with "unregulated charlatans"
The recent judgment of Mr Justice Max Barrett (given 27 July 2021) in the case of Start Mortgages DAC v Cussen & Anor [2021] IEHC 531 is a notable example of what the court described as an 'unfort...
New amendments to default High Court procedures
A new Statutory Instrument (SI490/2021) introduces important temporal and procedural changes for certain High Court default applications. These changes come into effect on 13 November 2021. The new R...
Beauchamps advise CWS on its acquisition of Service Matters Limited (SML)
Beauchamps' Corporate M&A team were delighted to advise CWS International GmbH, the German based services group, on its acquisition of Service Matters Limited (SML), an Irish company that speciali...
Recent Decision Highlights the Importance of Full Disclosure in Injunction Applications
Background These proceedings concerned an ex parte application for injunctive relief brought by the plaintiff in September 2020. An Order was sought compelling the defendant to deliver alarm codes in...
Lay-offs due to COVID-19
Employers should note that as of 30 September the suspension of the right of employees to claim redundancy during lay off will be lifted. Lay off & Redundancy Prior to March 2020, employees plac...
Return to the Workplace
It is eighteen months since the Government required employers to implement working from home, where possible, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In that time employers and employees have, for the ...
Beauchamps advise promoters of the Skerd Offshore Wind Farm on its sale to Macquarie’s Green Investment Group
Beauchamps' Energy and Corporate M&A teams were delighted to support the promoters in the development and subsequent sale of this project to Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG). Skerd Rocks ...
Beauchamps advise CWS on its acquisition of Irish cleanroom cleaning expert - Specialised Sterile Environments Limited (SSE Cleaning)
Beauchamps' Corporate M&A team were delighted to advise CWS International GmbH, the German based services group on its acquisition of Specialised Sterile Environments Ltd. (SSE), an Irish company ...
Government launches Housing for All Plan
The government published its long-awaited Housing for All Plan (Plan) on 2 September 2021. The Plan has 30 housing objectives and 213 actions, to be delivered in the period from now to 2025, with som...
Right of appeal to the courts not essential in disciplinary proceedings
The Court of Appeal has upheld a finding of poor professional performance against a doctor (the appellant) by the Fitness to Practise Committee (the Committee) of the Medical Council (the Council). I...
Government approves publication of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021
The Government has approved the publication of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021 (the Bill). This announcement comes after the publication, in April 2021, by the Joint Committ...