Alastair Purdy & Co are delighted to have advised Moyne Roberts Limited on the purchase of one of Ireland's leading professional security service businesses, Electronic Technology (Cork) Limited. Even amidst the current restrictions, our firm was in a position to...
O'Donovan -v- Over-C Technology Ltd & ANOR [2020] IEHC 291 Introduction On the 12th June 2020, Keane J granted a Fennelly Order as part of an interlocutory injunction application, in favour of Mr. O’Donovan [“the Applicant”] following his summary dismissal on the...
On the 22nd July 2020, as part of the Roadmap to Reopening Ireland, the “Green List” was issued by the Government, designating certain countries as permissible to those domiciled in the Republic of Ireland to travel abroad to, without the need of having to quarantine...
Keeling’s Retail Unlimited Company v Wasim Haskiya [2020] ADJ – 00012963/ UD/19/96 On the 17th August 2020, the Labour Court overturned[1] an adjudication officers decision from the WRC and awarded an employee [‘the claimant’] €50,000 pursuant to Section 8 A of the...
TRANSDEV IRELAND LIMITED V CALPIS [2020] IEHC 403[1] The High Court recently upheld the Labour Court’s decision ordering reengagement of a Luas Driver who had been dismissed for ‘moonlighting’ as a taxi driver. WHAT IS ‘MOONLIGHTING’? Moonlighting is the colloquial...
OVERVIEW On the 19th October 2020, the Irish government placed the country into Level 5 of the Plan for Living COVID-19, which took effect on the 21st October 2020 midnight for a period of six weeks, with limited exceptions for essential retail and essential services....
On the 23rd September 2020, the Labour Party have put forward the Sick Leave and Parental Leave (COVID-19) Bill 2020, which intends to introduce mandatory sick pay to be paid by employers and the extension of force majeure parental leave where a child’s school/...
A CARE ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR V A NURSING HOME[1] On the 27th July 2020, the Workplace Relations Commission [‘WRC’] found a nursing home vicariously liable for the actions of 93 year old resident, awarding 3 separate employees a total €150,000 following allegations of...
An Executive v A University [2020] ADJ – 00022851 Introduction On the 11th June 2020, an employer was found to have discriminated against a former employee on the grounds of disability for failing to reasonably accommodate their request to work from home due to their...
Alastair Purdy & Co are delighted to have advised MDI Group Limited on the sale of MDI Medical Limited and MDI Medical (N.I) Limited to the Hospital Services Limited for an undisclosed amount. Despite the ongoing restrictions, our firm was in a position to manage...
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As 2019 came to a close, the High Court issued one of its final decisions of the legal calendar, determining that the 12 non-compete clause Ryanair’s former Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Peter Bellew was unenforceable and void, following the airlines efforts to block...
The Supreme Court, in McKelvey v Irish Rail [2019], have issued a welcome clarification of an employee’s entitlement to ‘representation’ during internal disciplinary procedures; ruling that same is only permitted in ‘exceptional’ circumstances. Unless this standard is...
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