Ashley Hennessy

2 weeks ago | williamfry.com | Cassandra Byrne |Ashley Hennessy |Jarleth Heneghan |Liam McCabe

NEC contracts are widely used internationally and have become more common in Ireland in recent years in the utilities and infrastructure sectors. They are used on some semi-state and large infrastructure projects in Ireland.

3 weeks ago | williamfry.com | Caitlin Devitt |Ashley Hennessy

The High Court (Court) recently examined the need to reform Ireland’s discovery regime within a larger commercial conflict. In this case, it was submitted that 1.78m documents had to be searched for discovery purposes. The plaintiff argued that, based on current discovery rules, it was entitled to an order requiring the defendant to discover documents even though it already had or should have those relevant documents in its possession.

3 weeks ago | williamfry.com | Cassandra Byrne |Eilís Quinlivan |Ashley Hennessy |Liam McCabe

The High Court (Court) recently refused to enforce an adjudicator’s decision concerning a payment dispute under a statutory adjudication process under the Construction Contracts Act 2013 (Act). This followed another recent case, which also considered an adjudicator’s jurisdiction and enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision, together with the application of interest for late payments.

2 months ago | williamfry.com | Jane Balfe |Ashley Hennessy |Shane Kelleher |Louise McNabola

On 17 January 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a statement on the provision of certain crypto-asset services relating asset-referenced tokens (ARTs) and electronic money tokens (EMTs) (also known as stablecoins) that are not compliant with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR).

Jan 21, 2025 | williamfry.com | Ashley Hennessy |Conor Forde

While it may seem that we have been talking about the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) since the beginning of time, DORA’s application date finally arrived on Friday, 17 January 2025. Many firms across the financial services industry are aware of the main themes of DORA, given the extensive communications from the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), but perhaps there is less awareness of the key areas that will be in focus for Q1 and Q2 of 2025.