GC Collective By Ben Daniels The GC Collective collection offers insight and comment for General Counsels (GCs) and in-house legal teams.
Governance Organisations face ever-increasing expectations from Government, regulators, customers or service users, and other stakeholders, so scrutiny and demands for transparency drive accountability. In that context, and while organisations face economic…
Information Law and Data Protection By Rhiannon Webster Our market-leading Information Law team regularly publish articles and updates addressing the ever-evolving Information Law landscape.
Japan Desk / ジャパン デスクとは By Andrew Clare ジャパン デスク ジャパン デスクでは、グローバルに事業や商取引を展開する日系企業の皆様に特化してご相談を承っています。ご相談は日本語の堪能なイギリス人弁護士が承ります。御社のイギリスでの事業を取り巻く法規について実務的なアドバイスを提供いたします。世界に広がる当事務所のネットワークを通じて、各国のトップ クラスの弁護士だけでなく、経済とビジネスの中心地で活躍する現地の法務環境に詳しい専門家からのサポートも提供いたします。 …
UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill By Clive Garston On 20 May 2020, the Government introduced the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill in Parliament. The Bill is a much awaited development following the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s statement on 28 March 2020…
COVID-19: Occupiers Guidance As we anticipate lockdown being extended for at least several more weeks, we answer some of the most frequently asked real estate questions by occupiers concerned about property costs, as one of their larger outgoings.
Data Protection Commission publishes Guidance on Data Security as UK Data Regulator fines company for insufficient Data Security Measures By Charlotte Burke The Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) recently published guidance for data controllers and processors outlining appropriate security measures to be implemented in relation to data subjects’ personal data.
Working around Covid-19 remotely By David Freeman The effects of the outbreak of the Covid-19 outbreak have had far reaching effects on global businesses, offices and public services. While current restrictions have disrupted the business continuity of the Courts, we have seen other areas, such as…
Update from the Courts Service in light of COVID-19 Pandemic as of 15 April 2020 By David Freeman In response to the current outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, the Courts Service has introduced a number of measures to scale back the work of the courts. This will result in a huge decrease in the amount of hearings across all court jurisdictions.
Legal Professional Privilege: regulator not entitled to view privileged documents By David Freeman In the recent English Court of Appeal decision in Sports Direct International Plc (“ Sports Direct ”) v The Financial Reporting Council (“ FRC ”) the Court overturned the High Court's decision that Sports Direct was required to hand over its…
High Court refuses request to extend one year limitation period under Defamation Act 2009 By Simon Halpin In its recent judgment in Proudfoot v MGN Limited [2019] IEHC 871, the High Court refused an application to extend the one year limitation period for defamation actions provided for under section 38 of the Defamation Act 2009. In doing so, the High…
COVID-19: Irish company AGMs The public health measures that have been implemented in the wake of COVID-19 have triggered business continuity plans and have forced Irish businesses to adapt to extremely challenging circumstances. Our COVID-19: Business Briefing - Ireland sets…
COVID-19: Contracts - Time to look at the boilerplate By Prakash Kerai Found towards the end of the ‘boilerplate’ clauses in a contract – where many don’t usually expect to find any ‘deal-breaker’ issues – force majeure clauses are being looked at very closely by businesses right now.
COVID-19: Business Briefing - Ireland By Sharon McCaffrey This briefing note sets out some of our most frequently asked questions around COVID-19. The answers have been kept to a very brief overview, so please use the contact details provided at the end of this document, or approach any of your usual DAC…
