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The Road Safety Authority (RSA) recently published updated National Medical Fitness to Drive Guidelines for Group 1 (motorcycle/car/tractor) and Group 2(truck/bus) drivers.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014 (“IHREC”) has recently been published. The main purpose of the Bill is to merge the Human Rights Commission and Equality Authority.

Property charges have been a hot topic in recent years. However, matters are complicated further when you are trying to sell a property.

The Companies Bill was published on the 21st of December 2012. The Bill consolidates the numerous existing pieces of company law legislation which date from 1963 to 2012 into one single Act and introduces a number of reforms which are designed to make it easier to operate a company in Ireland. It constitutes a complete overhaul of Irish company law.

The Court of Justice has held that a sales consultant’s annual leave remuneration cannot be limited to their basic salary alone where such a worker is paid a basic salary and commission calculated on the basis of sales made by them. In such circumstances, that commission must also be included in the calculation of the employees annual leave entitlement so as not to deter an employee from taking annual leave

Hayes solicitors hosted a major conference on the need for radical reform of medical negligence litigation in Ireland.