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What does "consent not to be unreasonably withheld" mean in a commercial agreement?

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
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  • February 7 2012

The UK High Court in Porton Capital Technology Funds v 3M UK Holdings Ltd & 3M Company 2011 EWHC 2895 (Comm) recently considered the meaning of the phrase "which shall not be unreasonably withheld" in the context of a requirement to obtain a party's consent in a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA

Shah -v- HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited 2012 EWHC 1283

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 29 2012

The English High Court has delivered judgment in the long-running dispute between HSBC Private Bank and a former customer of HSBC, Mr. Jayesh Shah

Assessing compensation for termination of a commercial agent's agreement: the law after McQuillan v McCormick

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 19 2010

The application of the "compensation" principle in the European Communities (Commercial Agents) Regulations 1994 and 1997 (the Regulations) has the potential to cause an injustice in the case of a principal who gives proper notice of termination of the agency, in that there is no guidance given in the Regulations on the calculation of the "compensation" due to the agent in such circumstances

Corporate manslaughter - update

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 18 2012

Another UK company has been charged with Corporate Manslaughter. A Norfolk garden nursery, PS & JE Ward, has been charged in relation to the death of an

Mandatory "say on pay" measures introduced in the UK

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 14 2013

In the UK, the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (the Act) has been passed into law, introducing a number of changes to the disclosure and

Liability at common law of a parent company to an employee of its subsidiary

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 20 2011

In a recent UK High Court case a parent company was held to owe a duty of care to an employee of a subsidiary company, where the employee had been exposed to asbestos and subsequently suffered asbestosis, in circumstances where the subsidiary company was no longer in existence

Lender claims: solicitor or valuer negligence

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 15 2010

With the recession showing no signs of abating, and property prices remaining static, recent trends in the Northern Ireland Courts are now beginning to clearly show an influx of claims by financial institutions who are seeking to recoup lost value arising out of disastrous property transactions

Recent developments in corporate governance

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 24 2012

We have set out here a round-up of some of the recent developments in corporate governance over the last month

The law on bribery and corruption in Ireland

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 21 2012

Corruption is defined in the Department of Justice’s White Paper on White Collar Crime as “the misuse of public entrusted power for private gain”

FRC issue consultation on revisions to ISA (UK and Ireland) 700 on auditor's report

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 13 2013

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) have issued a consultation on revisions to ISA (UK and Ireland) 700 entitled "the Auditor's report on financial

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