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Supreme Court decides that companies cannot be restricted under section 150

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • December 31 2008

The Supreme Court decided on 16 December 2008 in the Worldport Ireland Limited case that bodies corporate or companies cannot be restricted under Section 150 of the Companies Act 1990

European order for payment procedure: a new method of debt recovery

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland
  • -
  • January 20 2009

On the 12 December 2008, Council Regulation (18962006) creating a European order for payment procedure, came into effect in Ireland

Directors should review management accounts on monthly basis says High Court

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • October 13 2009

The High Court has said, in a case which concerned an application to restrict two directors of an insolvent company, that company directors should review their company's management accounts on a monthly basis to enable them to assess whether their company is trading profitably

Supreme Court deals a blow for common sense

  • LK Shields
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  • Ireland
  • -
  • July 4 2008

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

New rules for debt enforcement in civil disputes

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • July 7 2009

A recent test case brought by an unemployed mother of two has resulted in the Government changing the law dealing with debt recovery enforcement procedure

The words subject to contract may not always be effective

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 24 2009

It is a well-established principle of law that an agreement made on terms that the parties do not intend to be legally bound unless and until they enter into a more formal contract is not itself legally binding

Dispute resolution clause interpreted commercially

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • November 24 2009

In a recent decision, the English High Court refused an application for an injunction preventing termination of a contract because the dispute resolution clause did not contain clear wording freezing the right to terminate during the dispute resolution procedure

Remit of Small Claims Court extended to business claims

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 12 2010

New legislation has been introduced extending the remit of the Small Claims Procedure to include certain business claims

UK Supreme Court provides helpful guidance on the characterisation of unlawful distributions of a company's capital to shareholders

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 22 2011

A regular feature of corporate reorganisations is the transfer of assets (including shares) by one company in a group to another group company as part of a change in corporate ownership

Justice denied for in-house lawyers!

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland
  • -
  • September 14 2010

Despite a battle stretching back 28 years, the EU's Court of Justice has today refused to recognise that in-house counsel may give privileged or confidential legal advice in competition matters to their corporate colleagues

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