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Collective Redundancies on Insolvency: Irish Employee Rights Bolstered

The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2023 (Collective Redundancies AmendmentAct) came into operation on 1 July 2024.

Ireland, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, William Fry, Insolvency
Additional Rights to Information for Employees of Insolvent Companies

The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2023 (Act) came into effect on 1 July 2024.

Ireland, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, William Fry, Insolvency
Supreme Court Rules a 'Right to Litigate' Cannot be Assigned to a Third Party

What happens if you assign your right to litigate to a person or company that is unconnected to the event that creates the right to litigate? In the recent Supreme Court case of SPV Osus Ltd –v- HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) Limited & Ors [2018] IESC 44, the Supreme Court held that this sort of transaction is void under Irish law and contrary to public policy.

Madoff ponzi scheme litigation

Ireland, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime, William Fry, Supreme Court of Ireland