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Fresh Guidance on Creditors' Winding Up Petitions

The Bankruptcy Master has just issued fresh guidance on Creditors' winding up petitions in Northern Ireland

End of Year Review of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Activity in NI

Given the turbulence that has characterised so much of 2022, there has remained an encouraging amount of mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity in Northern Ireland during the year — and there are signs it is set to continue into 2023.

President signs Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (Ireland)

The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 was signed into law by the President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, on 17 December 2022

Artificial Intelligence or Real Stupidity: Using GPT-3 to Draft Contracts

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) plays an ever-increasing role in our everyday lives. It is used in Face ID and other image recognition software, emails, social media, digital assistants, online banking and driving aids, to name just a few applications

Impact of Brexit on Access to Research and Innovation Funding

Whilst much of the reporting on the impact of Brexit relates to the movement of goods and trade, the loss of funding programmes for research and innovation is often overlooked.

Minority Shareholder Rights

Under the Companies Act the right of minority shareholders to partake in the management and decision making of a company are limited.

The Disclosure of Post-accident Medical Records

Imminent Deadline for the“ROE” (Economic Crime Act 2022)

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “Act”) was speedily passed.

Good News for those requiring Organ Transplants in Ireland

In a recent positive development, the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022 (the “Bill”) approved by the Cabinet in November 2022, has now moved to the third stage before the Dáil.

World Data Protection Day: key developments in the pipeline for 2023

Saturday 28th January is world Data Protection Day. The date marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108 on the protection of personal information, the first legally binding international law in the field of data protection.