Legal News - November 24

Welcome to our November 2024 edition of Legal News.

Here is a selection of our recent podcasts and publications.

Here is a selection of our recent publications, including podcasts recorded by our knowledge lawyers, Aisling Doran and Jane Balfe, discussing a case dealing with the complexities of insolvency and arbitration law and the recently launched National Payments Strategy.

• Stephen Keogh Formally Takes Up Role as Managing Partner at William Fry
  We are delighted to announce that Stephen Keogh has formally taken up the role of Managing Partner of William Fry. Stephen succeeds Owen O'Sullivan who returns to the Firm's market-leading Litigation & Investigations practice.
• Podcast: When Arbitration Meets Insolvency: Navigating the Legal Crossroads
  We look at a recent Privy Council decision that highlights the tension between two critical public policies: the need for a straightforward process to liquidate insolvent companies and the respect for arbitration agreements.
• Podcast: National Payments Strategy launched by the Minister for Finance
  The Minister for Finance, Jack Chambers, recently launched the National Payments Strategy for Ireland, which considers payments-related matters, including the continuing role of cash in society, payment resilience, fraud and the future of payments.
• Podcast: AI and Ireland podcast with Barry Scannell and Minister Dara Calleary
  In this podcast, Barry Scannell and Minister Dara Calleary discuss the AI Act and Ireland's role in AI regulation, Ireland's National AI strategy, as well as Government support and incentives, and collaboration with multinationals.
• Ulster Bank Successfully Appeals FSPO Decision on Tracker Mortgages
  We look at a recent Court of Appeal case, which considered an appeal by Ulster Bank Ireland DAC of a High Court judgment regarding a Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman's decision on tracker mortgages.
• Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill – A Focus on the Energy Sector
  The Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 aims to provide more certainty around the timeframe for decisions on applications for licences from the Environmental Protection Agency for the energy, food, pharma, chemicals, waste and other industrial sectors.

In Short

• Asset Management & Investment Funds Update – October 2024
• Budget 2025
• Munster In-House Lawyers Confident of their Organisations' Data Protection Preparedness

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