Lifting the Corporate Veil and Imposing Director Liability for Legal Costs
A recent decision of the Supreme Court to award legal costs against a director of an insolvent company demonstrates the Courts' approach to directors who do not act in good faith and seek to use litig...
Beauchamps host seminar focused on The Key Issues Facing Regulators
Beauchamps’ host Regulation 2020 event focused on the key issues which will be facing regulators in the coming year. On 28 November 2019, Beauchamps held an event for the public and regulatory secto...
Seminar: Regulation 2020 - The Key Issues Facing Regulators
Breakfast briefing - Regulation 2020 - The Key Issues Facing Regulators We are pleased to announce our Public & Regulatory Team will host an upcoming breakfast briefing on 28 November, 7.30am - 1...
Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Act 2019 signed into law
The President, Michael D. Higgins, recently signed the Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Act 2019 (Act) into law. Main provisions The Act contains a few substantive changes to the way gift voucher...
Beauchamps Energy Partner, Ainsley Heffernan, quoted in IWEA&'s Offshore Wind Energy Brochure
Beauchamps partner and head of Energy and Natural Resources team, Ainsley Heffernan, has been quoted in the Irish Wind Energy Associations Offshore Wind Energy Brochure. In this brochure, Ainsley sha...
Compensation award to an employee who worked excessive hours.
A recent decision of the Labour Court (Stablefield Limited v Ana Lacramioara Manciu) to award €20,000 to an employee who worked in excess of the maximum working week demonstrates that the Court is pre...
The UK Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Lowers Standard of Proof to 'Balance of Probabilities'
Summary The UK Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) have dropped the standard of proof to be applied in professional disciplinary proceedings from the criminal standard of 'beyond a reasonable doub...
Changes to the corporate immigration regime on the way
The Government recently published the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019. The Bill proposes to overhaul the existing system which has been identified as ...
Blockchain has potential to be a huge disruptor - Business Plus
Associate, Kyle Wimpress, recently wrote an article for Business Plus on the basic principals of Blockchain. In this article, Kyle highlights the basic principal upon which Blockchain was founded, n...
Irish Data Protection Commission's Guidance on Subject Access Requests
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has issued a guidance note that answers some of the most frequently asked questions regarding Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs). Some FAQs are as follows...
Beauchamps Partner, Mark Heslin, appointed as a judge of the High Court of Ireland
Mark Heslin, a senior Partner in Beauchamps' litigation and dispute resolution team has been appointed a judge of the High Court of Ireland. Mark has spent his entire career at Beauchamps, starting a...
New Building Regulations in effect from 1 November 2019
The new European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2019 ( the Regulations) came into effect on 1 November 2019. The Regulations transpose an EU (Energy Performance of Buildings) Dir...
New procurement thresholds from 1 January 2020
On 31 October 2019, the European Commission published new financial thresholds for the application of the EU public procurement directives. The new thresholds lower the existing thresholds slightly. ...
Central Register of Beneficial Ownership Deadline for filing approaching
Companies have until 22 November 2019 to file their beneficial ownership information on the Central Register of Beneficial Ownership of Companies and Industrial and Provident Societies (the RBO). Wh...
Beauchamps host seminar focused on Current landscape of the not for profit and charity sector in Ireland
Beauchamps’ hosts event ahead of Charity Trustees’ Week 2019 focused on the key issues and updates in the charity and not-for-profits sector. On 6 November 2019, Beauchamps held an event for the cha...