Updates on Remote Execution and Decision-Making
Our previous article focussed on how businesses can continue to enter into agreements and make decisions remotely in the altered corporate and commercial landscape existing due to the impact of...
View ArticlePutting paperless court proceedings into action Court Proceedings...
Recent Developments On 17 July 2020, the Court Proceedings (Electronic Technology) Bill (the “Bill”) was passed after the Legislative Council’s second and third reading. Gazetted on 27 December 2019,...
View ArticleRecording - Legal challenges in Iraq: contract performance, suspension and...
This webinar features an overview of the legal framework in relation to performance, suspension and termination of construction and commercial contracts in Iraq. To view the webinar recording, click...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill - UK
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (“CIGA 2020”) received Royal Assent on Friday 26 June 2020, having passed through Parliament in a little more than a month. Following our series of...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Capital raising in the light of COVID-19: proposal for an EU...
European Commission adopts proposal for EU Recovery prospectus The European Commission has adopted a legislative proposal to amend the Prospectus Regulation. The amendments include the temporary...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Private equity and the pandemic: Contractual considerations -...
As the fallout from Covid-19 has spread and evolved, the thoughts of most of the nation have been either with the frontline workers battling the virus on the coalface or the source of their next...
View ArticleTop 5 COVID-19 issues affecting construction contracts
COVID-19 has delayed and disrupted (and will continue to disrupt) construction projects globally. For many projects that disruption is severe and construction contracts simply do not provide parties...
View ArticleDirectors disqualification orders: High Court decision reinforces move...
On 3 July 2020, following an application by the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) under s9A of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 ( “CDDA”), the High Court issued a seven year...
View ArticleWebinar recording - Financial Crime, Bribery & Corruption - Eversheds...
Eversheds Sutherland, in association with Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI), were pleased to host a webinar on Financial Crime, Bribery & Corruption on Tuesday 28 July. Keith Gross...
View ArticleThinking about Non-Associated Multi-Employer Schemes (NAMES)
There has been plenty of press coverage over the last year or so in relation to the challenges for some current and former employers with participation in Non-Associated Multi-Employer Schemes or...
View ArticleLawbite: Unlicensed landlords barred from serving termination notice (Wales)
Jarvis v Evans [2020] EWCA Civ 854 The Court of Appeal recently confirmed that unlicensed landlords of properties subject to assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs) in Wales are not entitled to serve...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Financial Services COVID-19 Sector Focus
In this period of market uncertainty, financial services firms globally are facing a number of challenges and questions. We have created a selection of recent articles, webinars, podcasts and short...
View ArticleOFSI issues new Maritime Guidance
Background On 27 July 2020 the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) issued its ‘Maritime Guidance’ which provides guidance for entities and individuals operating within ...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Updated COVID-secure office guidance - UK
A return to the office for some, homeworking for others? Before the pandemic, a minority of employees worked remotely. During lockdown, nearly half of people in employment worked at home, according to...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Data protection authorities guidance tracker - Global
Introduction International organisations will need to consider how data protection laws and regulatory guidance apply to their proposed response programmes in order to select suitable solutions,...
View ArticleAmendments to the Finnish Posted Workers Act to take effect
A posted worker is an employee normally working in a country other than Finland and whose employer, established and performing activities in another country, posts him/her during an employment...
View ArticleCoronavirus - July Stimulus Package The Tax Effect - Ireland
The Government announced on the 23 July 2020 the “July Jobs Stimulus 2020”, which is the next phase of their economic plan to deal with the ongoing threat of COVID-19 and contains a spending package...
View ArticleConsumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019
Introduction On 16 July 2020, the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD announced that many sections of the Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019 (the “Act”), which was signed into law on 26...
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