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2020 raised unexpected and extraordinary challenges for the directors of Irish companies as Covid-19 related health risks were exacerbated economically by Irish and international restrictions on travel, reduced business activity and increased costs arising from changes to the ways we do business.

In our recent series of articles, we have examined a number of high profile EU trade marks which have been declared invalid either in whole or in part on the basis that the mark is not been used either at all, or in all the registered classes. 

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the providers of housing in a number of ways, operationally (in terms of new development, governance and ongoing operations) and financially.

This month has been a busy one for the United Kingdom and the European Union in seeking to agree the terms of their future relationship before the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020. 

We usually like to look back around this time of year to what has happened in the property market in the last 12 months. None of us could have foreseen the unprecedented disruption of Covid-19; changing the way we live and work and how we interact with each other.

The Review Group chaired by former President of the High Court, the Hon. Mr Peter Kelly has issued its much anticipated and comprehensive report on “Review of the Administration of Civil Justice”.