Emily Dornan

2 months ago | lexology.com | Eve Mulconry |Keith Smith |Amelia Walsh |Edel Curry |Emily Dornan

Following on from the commitment to defamation reform in the Programme for Government 2025 – Securing Ireland’s Future, the Government’s Spring 2025 Legislation Programme places the enactment of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 (the “Bill”) firmly back on the legislative agenda. The Bill, originally published in August 2024, had lapsed following the dissolution of the previous government in November 2024.

Dec 3, 2024 | mondaq.com | Richard WILLIS |Keith Smith |Edel Curry |Emily Dornan

Section 66 of the Act inserts Section 793A into the Companies Act 2014 which creates a new category 2 criminal offence relating to obstructing or interfering with an officer of the CEA in the course of exercising a power conferred on them under the Companies Act 2014 or impeding an officer in the exercise of their power under the Companies Act 2014. The offence of obstruction would cover non-search warrant or non-production offences.