Default Interest and the Rule against Penalties
Lending agreements and security documents typically contain a clause providing that if a borrower fails to make payment of a sum owing on a due date, default interest becomes payable on the overdue am...
Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 published by Minister O'Brien
House prices in Ireland have remained stubbornly high, as a result of continuing high demand that is not currently being sated by the market supply, leading to a worsening general affordability issue ...
Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021: Forthcoming Changes to Irish Competiton Law
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) are about to get more enforcement powers, including additional powers to issue fines and tackle anti-competitive practices. The forthcoming C...
EU-UK Trade Deal: What does it mean for Public Procurement?
The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK was signed on 24 December 2020 (Agreement) and runs to over 1,200 pages. In this article, Dorit McCann distils the key rules on public pro...
EU-UK Trade Deal: What does it mean for Competition law and State aid?
The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK was signed on 24 December 2020 (Agreement) and runs to over 1,200 pages. In this article, Dorit McCann outlines the key provisions on com...
Review of Merger Control 2020
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has published its Mergers and Acquisitions Report for 2020 (Report). The Report provides an overview of merger control activity in Ireland dur...
Transfers of Data to the UK post-Brexit
Brexit has a serious impact on the transfer of personal data from Ireland to the UK (including Northern Ireland). Many Irish businesses transfer data to the UK in many different ways, for example out...
UK-EU Trade Agreement and IP Rights
Brexit has significant implications for intellectual property (IP) rightsholders. However, the changes introduced as a result of Brexit stem not from the Trade and Cooperation Agreement which the EU ...
Merry Christmas from Beauchamps
As 2020 draws to a close, we would like to wish all our clients and colleagues and their families a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year! This Christmas we are supporting Barnardos and the Socie...
Impact of Brexit on Irish registered companies
This article looks at the impact of Brexit on Irish registered companies from a corporate and company law perspective, outlining some of the issues potentially facing Irish companies. Requirement to ...
Brexit & commercial contracts
Introduction Brexit and the new trade deal between the EU and the UK will directly or indirectly affect most transactions between Irish and UK businesses or Irish businesses doing business in the UK ...
Brexit and Intellectual Property Rights
How will Brexit impact the intellectual property rights of rights holders? Trade Marks A European trade mark (EUTM) registration covers all EU Member States. However, from 1 January 2021, an EUTM w...
New Cost Rental Equity Loan Scheme
Current housing models have not, so far, been able to provide an adequate supply of housing that meets the needs of all sections of Irish society, meaning new solutions are needed. One area that has,...
Remote working-looking back and moving forward
2020 will certainly go down in the history books as a year to remember. The much sought-after work from home (WFH) option became a reality almost overnight for many. Now nearly nine months on since t...
12 Updates of Christmas
In preparation for the festive season, Sandra Masterson Power and Patrick Watters provide a seasonal review of the typical employment law and workplace issues commonly arising at this time of the year...