Legal News (Corporate)

The Minister for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation has brought into effect the Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Act 2021, better known as “SCARP”.

2021 has been another extraordinary year for Ireland – while it brought continued uncertainty and challenges for Irish business as we adjusted to living with COVID-19, investment into Ireland and by Irish companies outside Ireland surged.

Print & Display appealed the decision of the High Court to the Court of Appeal. Hayes defended a liquidator in an action by a shareholder of a company to remove him in a long running complex liquidation of a company with foreign subsidiaries and assets.

The High Court has recently delivered judgment in a case involving an international litigant which misinterpreted Irish legal procedures with potentially damaging consequences.

High Court rules against disappointed investors seeking information on investment from liquidator of fund – Second Irish Forestry Fund PLC (in liquidation) & Ors -v- Companies Act [2021] IEHC 488 – judgment delivered 16 July 2021

The Government has approved the publication of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021.