Legal News (Retail)

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.

On 1 February 2016 the Consumer Protection Act 2007 (Grocery Goods Undertakings) Regulations 2016 were signed into law by the Irish Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. David Phelan and John Deignan outline the key points.

From 15 February 2016 new legal obligations are placed upon traders established within the EU which sell goods and/or services to consumers online. These obligations arise by virtue of new Irish regulations which trace back to European requirements for the promotion of alternative dispute resolution. Matthew Austin reports.