Welcome to the June 2020 issue of Legal News.
We aim to keep you up to date on legal developments that may affect you or your business. Here are some of our recently published website articles and insights you may have missed.
We continue to highlighted some of our guidance articles relating to COVID-19 this month (scroll to Business Insights below), the full complement of which can be found in our COVID-19 Hub.
For more information on any of the topics covered in this edition, please call or email the key contacts in the article, or your usual William Fry contact.
- Law in Motion Podcast Discusses the Irish Restructuring Toolkit with William Fry
Listen to Ruairi Rynn (Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency Partner) as he joins the Debtwire Europe podcast to discuss if Dublin’s dream to become a European restructuring hub could become a reality. - Where to Next for Islamic Finance?
We examine some important developments in Irish and European capital markets with respect to Islamic finance and look at some emerging trends which could show a path forward. - New Rules of Engagement for Pension Trustees? Implications of the Second Shareholders’ Rights Directive
This article discusses a recent High Court decision on the use of public interest privilege to withhold documentation in discovery. - CCPC to Commence Simplified Merger Notification Procedure on 1 July 2020
On 7 May 2020, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) announced that a new Simplified Merger Notification Procedure would commence on 1 July 2020 and published Simplified Procedure Guidelines. - Changing and Exchanging Expert Reports
A recent English case confirmed that when a party in a case seeks to change experts in a medical negligence claim it must disclose the first expert’s report or draft report where there is no good explanation for the change in witness. Here, we examine this decision and consider the Irish position. - EU Supervisors Consult on Funds’ & Fund Managers’ ESG Disclosure Obligations
The ESAs have launched a consultation on technical standards for complying with obligations under the Disclosures Regulation which include a mandated list of unsustainable investments.
COVID-19 Business Insights:
- Important COVID-19 Update: Government Publishes Protocol for a Safe Return to Work
The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation has published a ‘Return to Work Safely Protocol’ with guidelines for employers on how to manage a safe return to the workplace. - Summary of Irish Tax Measures Announced in Response to the Spread of COVID-19
In response to the spread of the COVID-19, various business support measures have been put in place by European countries. In this article, we summarise the measures announced by Ireland up to 13 May 2020. - COVID-19 – An Inadvertent Moratorium on Forfeiture?
We consider the impact of the Emergency Measures in Public Interest (COVID-19) Act 2020 on commercial tenancies and whether it has created an inadvertent freeze on forfeiture in the sector? - COVID-19 and Returning to the Workplace – Key Issues for Employers
We consider the key health and safety, employment and data protection law issues that arise as employers start to prepare for the potential return to the workplace of their employees over the coming weeks and months. - COVID-19 & E-Commerce: Top 10 Legal Issues for Online Retailers
In this article, William Fry specialists identify ten important legal issues that apply to online retailers and offer some practical guidance on how to ensure on.