News & Insights

• Sectoral Employment Orders – an update on the judgement

  • PostedAugust 26, 2020
  

  In early July we posted a piece on the recent High Court decision on Sectoral Employment Orders. At the time we predicted that the Government could appeal the decision. You...

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• The redundancy process and the steps an employer must follow

  • PostedAugust 17, 2020
  

  An employer is entitled to dismiss an employee where that employee’s role is no longer needed i.e. redundant. A genuine redundancy is a defence to a claim for unfair dismissal,...

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• Mordel v Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and it’s implications for “informed consent” in healthcare

  • PostedAugust 6, 2020
  

  Mordel v Royal Berkshire NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 2591 (QB) is a decision of the English High Court which gives guidance on the question of what constitutes “informed consent” in...

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• Redundancy: What you need to know about settlement agreements.

  • PostedAugust 5, 2020
  

  On August 5th, Bank of Ireland became the latest organisation to announce redundancies due to the economic impact of Covid-19. The bank posted a €669 million loss for the first...

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• Examinership and the pandemic

  • PostedJuly 29, 2020
  

  The examinership process is 30 years in use in Ireland this year. 2020 looks set to be a landmark year in the use and format of the process. The Oireachtas...

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• Is the USA now closed to EU personal data transfers?

  • PostedJuly 21, 2020
  

  The long-awaited judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillian Schrems (Case C-311/1) was handed down on 16th...

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