Legal News (Commercial & Business)

As 2017 draws to a close, I thank you on behalf of all of us at Hayes solicitors for your support during the course of the year. It’s been another eventful year, full of unpredictability and challenges, and I suspect it will be more of the same in 2018.

The firm was delighted to host a Breakfast Briefing on ‘Managing Risk’ for Care Centre Service Providers at our offices on Wednesday, 8 November 2017.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s revised General Commercial Communications Code came into effect on 1 June 2017. Below are some of the key changes.

The High Court has refused a challenge by a liquidator to an invoice discounting agreement entered into by the Company prior to liquidation.

The High Court recently rejected an appeal by KBC Bank Ireland to write down a portion of a debtor couple’s mortgage due to the uncertainty in the ability of the debtors to repay the warehousing portion of the loan.

The Court of Appeal recently (4 May 2017) gave judgment in a case concerning defamation by TV3 of a solicitor, Mr David Christie. In the High Court Ms Justice O’Malley had awarded damages to Mr Christie in the sum of €140,000.