Welcome to the August edition of our Legal News.  This month we report on a range of new legal developments and on recent decisions of the Circuit Court and Supreme Court.  We also provide an overview on topical subjects such as Management Buy-Outs, Schemes of Arrangement and Personal Guarantees.

To read this month’s articles, please click on the titles below: 

• Land Law Comes into the 21st Century
• High Cost of Redundancy Claims
• Personal Guarantees and the Complications Surrounding Them
• Make an Arrangement to Avoid Bankruptcy
• Changes Proposed to the Prospectus Directive
• Management Buy-Outs
• Supreme Court Reversal Adds More Woe for Tenants
• Cutting the Costs? Adjudication and the Construction Contracts Bill 2010
• Enhancing Ireland’s Smart Economy
• In Short:
  • London, New York and NASDAQ Stock Exchanges Now “Recognised Stock Exchanges”
  • Publication of Companies Consolidation and Reform Bill Not Expected Before Autumn 2011
  • Central Bank Reform Act 2010
  • Update on VAT Cash-Flow Opportunity