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...
Breakfast briefing - Current landscape of the not for profit and charity sector in Ireland
Breakfast briefing - Current landscape of the not for profit and charity sector in Ireland We are pleased to announce our Charity and not for profit team will host an upcoming breakfast briefing on 6...
Working time and on call in the spotlight
A recent decision from the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) highlights the distinction between working time and being on call. Facts The claimant commenced employment in September 2005 as a reta...
Beauchamps Partner, Tony O'Sullivan, elected as President of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA)
We are delighted to announce that Tony O'Sullivan, Beauchamps Partner, was elected as President of theDublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA) on Tuesday 29 October 2019. ...
Finance Bill 2019 & it's impact on investment funds
The Finance Bill 2019 (the Bill), which was published on 17 October 2019, has significant and wide-reaching property related tax changes. This article focuses on the changes which impact in the invest...