Employment law and receiverships
A recent decision of the Court of Appeal is a useful reminder to receivers that contracts of employment between the company in receivership and employees continue to subsist. A receiver must properl...
High Court criticises efforts to retrieve relevant discovery documents
Any party involved in discovery must explain the procedures adopted by them to retrieve potentially lost or deleted documents. Failure to do so may result in the proceedings being dismissed. Backgrou...
Knowledge Development Box: tax relief for SMEs
The Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Act 2017 (Act) was signed into law on 12 April 2017. The Knowledge Development Box scheme (KDB) was introduced by the Finance Act 2015 for ...
Court will not allow lis pendens to frustrate property sale
Receivers are plagued by the registration of lis pendens on lands over which they have been appointed. There is increasing frustration on the part of receivers as the bar to removing a lis pendens is ...
Beauchamps advises owners of Fastway Couriers on its sale
We advised the owners of Fastway Couriers in its sale to senior management and Irish and multinational-backed investor MML. This transaction was led by head of corporate, Shaun O’Shea, and supported...
New Mediation Bill published
The long awaited Mediation Bill 2017 (Mediation Bill) was recently published by the Department of Justice and Equality. It has the general objective to promote mediation as a viable, effective and ef...
Beauchamps highly recommended in Legal 500 2017
Beauchamps is pleased to announce that we have been highly recommended by our clients across a number of practice areas in Chambers Europe 2017. Legal 500 coverage 2017 banking and finance At Beauc...
Dublin Globe Interview - Legal Briefs: On Share Options
Partner, Máire Cunningham, spoke with Dublin Globe about her insights into the start up and tech sector, including discussing everything companies need to know about share options. Read the original a...
Selling your business: share sale or asset sale?
Partner, Edward Evans, recently wrote an article for Business Plus on selling a business through either a share sale or an asset sale. Read the original article here or below. Selling your business:...
Beauchamps represent eight major film and television studios in landmark case for the film industry. Websites blocked over digital piracy
The Commercial Court (a division of the High Court) has ordered nine Irish internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to three websites that provide internet users with free unauthorised access...
Beauchamps highly recommended in Chambers Europe 2017
Beauchamps is pleased to announce that we have been highly recommended by our clients across a number of practice areas in Chambers Europe 2017. Chambers Europe coverage 2017 Banking & Finance ...
Beauchamps finalists for Irish Law Awards 2017 in three categories
We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted as finalists in the following categories for the Irish Law Awards: Banking, Finance/Restructuring & Insolvency Team of the Year Em...
Beauchamps highly recommended in Chambers Global 2017
Beauchamps’ corporate / M&A, banking and litigation practices have been highly rated in the Chambers Global rankings for 2017. Chambers Global researches the legal markets of 190 countries, iden...
Below de minimis trading and negative demand
All generators with an export capacity of greater than 10MW must register in the Single Electricity Market (SEM). However, where a project is below 10MW the SEM rules allow it to be registered as “neg...
The High Court reduces obligation on banks to monitor the winding up of corporate customers
The High Court, in a recent decision, applied new Company Law provisions governing how banks deal with corporate customers who are in the process of liquidation. Old provision Pursuant to se...