Welcome to the October issue of our Legal News. This month we report on the new Central Bank fitness and probity regime and its impact on regulated firms. We also discuss the powers of the Central Bank under its administrative sanctions procedure and its recent settlement agreement with Goldman Sachs (Europe) plc. We consider recent decisions of the High Court concerning the powers of receivers and the payment of liquidators and look at the vulnerability of asset transfers between spouses in certain circumstances. We also consider the implications of a recent US decision on Christian Louboutin’s signature red sole. Finally, we offer practical tips on the difference between ordinary and special resolutions of company shareholders and the differing voting requirements in respect of such resolutions.

Please click on the links below to read the articles:

• Social Media and the Rugby World Cup
• Central Bank Publishes Revised Fitness & Probity Regime
• Administrative Sanctions – Central Bank’s Powers 
• NAMA – Transfers to Spouses
• Welcome Clarity on Property Repossessions
• Liquidator’s Costs – Court Approval May Be Required
• In These Shoes? I Don’t Think So!
• Practical Tips – Ordinary & Special Resolutions
• Tipping the Scales: Project Procurement Challenges