Legal News (Litigation & Dispute Resolution)

In Dowman Imports Ltd v 2 Toobz Ltd [2020] EWHC 291 (Comm), the English High Court recently held that the respondent was unjustly enriched and awarded restitution to a claimant who provided services where a contract was anticipated, but not concluded.

Hayes recently successfully 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.

On 29 November 2019, the Supreme Court, in Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank v O’Malley [2019] IESC, overturned a decision of the High Court granting summary judgment against the Defendant. It did so on the basis that the Plaintiff failed to adequately particularise its claim. 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland and the European Union Intellectual Property Office have extended time limits for certain actions and time-limits.

On 16 April 2020 the Insolvency Committee of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies – Ireland issued guidance for insolvency practitioners in relation to the holding of meetings of creditors under Section 587.