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Equality law - compulsory retirement age

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • December 7 2012

In Ireland, there is no statutory mandatory retirement age, except in respect of certain public sector occupations

Financial claims - statute of limitations clarified

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • Ireland
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  • June 7 2012

The Supreme Court has clarified the rules governing the period of time within which a person who proposes to sue a bank for financial loss must act: broadly speaking, the claim must be brought within six years of the date on which the alleged loss occurred but the clock does not start to tick while there is only a “mere possibility” of loss in a case

Important redundancy update employers may now have to consider “bumping”

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • Ireland, United Kingdom
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  • March 1 2013

Bumping is a relatively well-established concept in the UK and, although not obligatory, a number of UK cases have considered the concept and

ECJ refers back key issues in Interflora v Marks & Spencer to English High Court

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • November 24 2011

The European Court of Justice issued judgment in the long running Interflora v M&S AdWord case on 22 September last largely leaving it up to the referring UK High Court to determine whether M&S's use of Interflora's trade mark in the context of online advertising

Springboard injunctions

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • Ireland, United Kingdom
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  • July 25 2012

A springboard injunction prevents former employees and their new employer from gaining an unlawful head start in competition with their former employer

Employment permits and illegality of contracts: the decision of Hussein v The Labour Court and Younis

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • Ireland
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  • December 11 2012

The recent case of Amjad Hussein v The Labour Court and Mohammad Younis (Notice Party) 2012 IEHC 364 identified a perceived lacuna in the Employment Permits Acts 2003 to 2012 (the “Employment Permits Acts”

Artists’ Resale Right extended to heirs

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • January 17 2012

With effect from 1 January 2012 the provisions of the EU Directive on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art have been extended in Ireland to the heirs of the artist and will last for a period of 70 years after the death of the artist

Recent developments in copyright law

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • July 20 2012

In this article, we take a look in brief at the latest copyright decisions which have been handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU"

The Bewley’s Café rent review decision

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • Ireland
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  • March 28 2013

The manner in which rent is reviewed under existing leases has become a matter of acute concern for landlords and tenants alike, because of the

New High Court judicial review procedure comes into effect

  • McCann FitzGerald
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • January 11 2012

The first significant changes made in a quarter of a century to the High Court’s judicial review procedure came into effect in January 2012

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