Across the EU a range of broadly applied legislative and non-legislative payment moratoria were made available to borrowers to address the extraordinary effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, amongst other support measures. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has been monitoring the range of actions and notifications made to it by banks in order to support customers […]

The Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (“the Act”) is now in force. It was introduced by the Irish Government in response to the challenges posed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and seeks to meet the immediate difficulties faced in civil and criminal proceedings. Chief among the provisions introduced by […]

As published in the Business Post, September 13th 2020. The current situation, where millions of employees are working from home, looks unlikely to change any time soon. So what steps can employers take to plan for this new long-term reality? What a difference a year makes. This time 12 months ago, employers and employees alike […]

2019 Law firm of the Year, Philip Lee, has announced the appointment of Jonathan Kelly as its new managing partner. He takes over the position from Philip Lee, founder of the eponymous firm who will remain as a senior partner in its regulatory, government and infrastructure practices. Established by Philip Lee in 1993 with one […]

As published in The Irish Independent, August 29 2020. OneCoin garnered billions in investment before its leader disappeared. Tanya Sweeney writes about the hunt for the ‘Missing Cryptoqueen’, featuring head of our cryptocurrency and blockchain group, Andrew Tzialli. Article available here.

COVID-19 has thrown into sharp relief how many areas of company law compliance depend on simple face-to-face human interactions. In this environment the Oireachtas has passed the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020 (the “Companies Act 2020”), which was commenced on 21st August. The Companies Act 2020 seeks to address many of the practical difficulties […]

As published in the Business Post, August 16th 2020. COVID-19 may have dominated the workplace agenda in recent months – but employers in Ireland can’t lose sight of any of the other issues arising in the course of the employer-employee relationship. Of these, one of the most challenging is the subject of retirement age.  We […]

Philip Lee is delighted to be the exclusive legal sponsor of the Lean Construction Ireland National Conference 2020 taking place in Croke Park on November 4th. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Lean Innovation – Inspiring our Future in Construction’. Lean construction experts will gather to challenge and inspire the industry to apply lean […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the film and television industries in Ireland. A number of film and television drama producers were forced to suspend production in March 2020, which in turn led to layoffs of many crew members and other personnel across various projects. While production continued in some sectors of […]

The long awaited Irish COVID Tracker App was launched by the Health Service Executive in conjunction with the Irish Department of Health on the 6 July 2020. At the time of writing, it is reported that there have been one million downloads of the app since it went live. We published an article on 24 June […]