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1 week ago | 
mondaq.com | Gail Nohilly |Lorraine Kelly |Ruairi Rynn |Barbara Galvin
Re Mercer Agencies Limited (In Administration) and anApplication for Recognition and Orders in Aid of Foreign InsolvencyProceedings [2025] IEHC 26. This significant post–Brexit decision concerned anapplication by the joint administrators of Mercer Agencies Limited(In Administration) (Company) for orders grantingrecognition to Northern Irish administration proceedings under theInsolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (1989Order).
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Byrne Wallace |Barbara Galvin |Ruairi Rynn |Gail Nohilly
The Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and
Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 (2024 Act) partially comes into
force on 3 December 2024 under a recently published commencement
order (Commencement Order).
The Act amends the Companies Act 2014 (2014
Act), introducing enhancements in corporate governance,
company law administration, enforcement and supervision, and
corporate insolvency.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
williamfry.com | Declan Keane |Ashley Hennessy |Ruairi Rynn |Fergus Doorly
In June 2024, the Privy Council delivered an important decision on the treatment of arbitration agreements in insolvency cases in Sian Participation Corp (In Liquidation) v Halimeda International Ltd UKPC 16 (Sian Participation).
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ruairi Rynn |Fergus Doorly |Barbara Galvin
In June 2024, the Privy Council delivered an important decision on the treatment of arbitration agreements in insolvency cases in Sian Participation Corp (In Liquidation) v Halimeda International Ltd UKPC 16 (Sian Participation).
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
williamfry.com | Gail Nohilly |Ashely Hennessy |Ben Conway |Ruairi Rynn
The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2023 (Collective Redundancies Amendment Act) came into operation on 1 July 2024. The legislation, which follows the publication of the government’s 2021 Plan for Action on Collective Redundancies, provides additional protections for employees in a collective redundancy situation on their employer’s insolvency.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
williamfry.com | Gail Nohilly |Joanne Cooney |Ashely Hennessy |Ruairi Rynn
The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2023 (Act) came into effect on 1 July 2024. In this three-part series, we examine the changes to the Companies Act 2014 (access here), together with the changes to the collective redundancy landscape and employees’ rights on an employer’s insolvency under the Act.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ben Conway |Ruairi Rynn |Joanne Cooney |Gail Nohilly
The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2023 (Collective Redundancies Amendment Act) came into operation on 1 July 2024. The legislation, which follows the publication of the government’s 2021 Plan for Action on Collective Redundancies, provides additional protections for employees in a collective redundancy situation on their employer’s insolvency.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ruairi Rynn |Joanne Cooney |Barbara Galvin |Gail Nohilly
The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2023 (Act) came into effect on 1 July 2024. In this three-part series, we examine the changes to the Companies Act 2014 (access here), together with the changes to the collective redundancy landscape and employees’ rights on an employer’s insolvency under the Act.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
williamfry.com | Joanne Cooney |Gail Nohilly |Ashely Hennessy |Ruairi Rynn
The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 (Act) has been signed into law but awaits a commencement order to bring it into operation. In summary, the Act amends the Companies Act 2014 (Companies Act) by modifying the attribution test for related companies to contribute to the debts of the company being wound up, broadening the operative time for unfair preferences, and varying the test for reckless trading.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Ruairi Rynn |Paul Convery
McCool Controls and Engineering Ltd v Honeywell
Control Systems Limited [2024] IESC 5.
McCool Controls and Engineering Limited
(Company) was the original plaintiff in
proceedings against Honeywell Control Systems Ltd
(Honeywell) for alleged breaches of an agreement
between the parties. The proceedings were commenced in 2005.
