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On Christmas Eve, not long before the 31 December 2020 Brexit negotiation deadline, the European Union and the United Kingdom finally reached consensus regarding the terms of their future relationship. 

As 2020 draws to a close, I would like to thank you on behalf of all at Hayes solicitors for your continued support throughout the year. 

Our update of 17 November 2020 highlighted that the European Banking Authority (EBA) was considering the status of its guidelines on payment moratoria which had been phased out at the end of September 2020.

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.