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Supreme Court deals a blow for common sense

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Ireland
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July 4 2008

The Supreme Court has described the statutory regime relating to the restriction of company directors as ‘draconian’

Too close for comfort?

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Ireland
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March 9 2009

Shoppers are used to seeing lookalike products on supermarket shelves, but how do the manufacturers get away with producing and selling such blatant imitations?

All things being equal

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Ireland
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March 9 2009

Last year over 1,000 people brought claims to the Equality Tribunal, 85 of which related to alleged discrimination in the workplace

Collective redundancies - when does the obligation to consult arise? Award of almost 3 million in Fujitsu case

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European Union, Finland, Ireland
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April 7 2010

The decision of the Finnish Supreme Court in the Fujitsu case delivered on 9 March 2010, pursuant to which Fujitsu was ordered to pay almost 3 million to dismissed employees, has relevance for Irish employers, particularly those within an international group

When fair isn't fair enough

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Ireland
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December 31 2010

Employers know that their disciplinary procedures must be patently fair and transparent, but just how fair do they have to be?

Can't buy me love

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Ireland, United Kingdom
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December 31 2010

A landmark ruling by the UK's Supreme Court could prompt Irish courts to change their attitude to pre-nuptial agreements

Redundancy: counting the cost

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Ireland
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June 22 2010

In two recent cases, the Employment Appeals Tribunal has handed down substantial awards - 127,350 and 87,000

Endeavours endeavours

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Ireland
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January 21 2011

Most parties who have been involved in any sort of commercial negotiations leading to written contracts will be reasonably familiar with the terms "best endeavours" and "reasonable endeavours", used in circumstances where it is not possible to give an absolute contractual commitment