Case Against Medical Image Firm Struck Out
Legal proceedings taken by a firm that supplies 3D medical illustrated images against a rival company set up by former employees have been struck out. Last November, Moorefilm Ltd applied to the High Court for an injunction against WKG Media Ltd, trading as the Science Picture Company, and its three directors, Eoin Winston, Eoin Kavanagh […]
Work Rights Body Recovers €2.5m in Wages Owed to 6,000 staff
Over the last 12 months, the National Employments Rights Authority recovered €2.5m in owed wages for 6,000 workers who were not paid their statutory minimum entitlements by their employers. NERA’s 2009 Review also revealed that a total of 108 employers were referred for prosecution for breaches of employment legislation in 2009 in comparison to 70 […]
Banks ‘Helping 30,000 Mortgage Holders’
As many as 30,000 mortgage holders are being facilitated by the banks due to their difficulties in meeting their monthly repayments, according to the Irish Banking Federation. Banks are working with their customers to help them though the current difficult period that has resulted in over-lending by the banks and over-borrowing by some of their […]
€2.9m Settlement for Tipperary Boy Hurt in Crash
The High Court has approved a €2.9m settlement to a four-year-old Tipperary boy who was left with severe cerebral palsy following a car accident. Ben McHale from North View, Fethard Road, Clonmel was only four months old when his mother lost control of the car she was driving and crashed into a wall on April […]
Sunday Business Post feature for Healy O’Connor Solicitors
Putting the words ‘corporate recovery’ and ‘solicitors’ in the same sentence will generally conjure up images of examinership and, perhaps, enforcement. But, just as businesspeople will turn to their accountants or financial advisers when the numbers start to look precarious, they should also talk to their legal advisors to draw on solicitor’s wealth of knowledge. […]
Abortion Law
THE COMMISSIONER for human rights at the Council of Europe has told the Government it should have “more guts” and legislate to clarify the circumstances when women can have an abortion. Thomas Hammarberg has also accused the Government of ignoring almost all of the recommendations the Council of Europe made in a damning report on […]
The Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011
LEGISLATION GIVING statutory backing to key provisions of last month’s jobs initiative has been published. The Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011 also provides for changes to the social welfare code in the pensions area and elsewhere. The Bill, which was published yesterday by the Department of Social Protection, will also put some of the […]
Solicitor Wins Appeal on Mahon Refusal
A solicitor has won his Supreme Court challenge to the Mahon planning tribunal’s refusal to hear submissions from him before proceeding to inquire into land deals in Co Dublin in which he was allegedly involved with former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor and businessman Jim Kennedy. The three-judge Supreme Court ruled that the tribunal should […]
Ghost Estates
Developers and bankers have been urged yesterday to “do the right” thing in relation to unfinished housing estates. Minister of State for Housing Willie Penrose said legislation to give local authorities power to take over “ghost estates” could form part of a solution to the problem. He was examining the Derelict Sites Act 1990 with […]
Investors Must Pay Out Over AIB Debt Default
Investors selling insurance to subordinated bondholders protecting against an AIB debt default will have to make a pay-out arising from the Government-forced changes to the terms of the bonds. The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the trade body that monitors the credit default swaps market, ruled yesterday that a credit event had occurred. This means […]
