Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented T. O` Higgins Homevalue Hardware Ltd (“Respondent”) before the Work Relations Commission (‘’WRC’’) in a discrimination claim brought by an individual wishing to enter the shop who refused to wear a face mask...
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Alastair Purdy & Co, successfully defends claim of unlawful deduction in wages before the WRC
Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented Complete Lab Solutions ("Respondent") before the Work Relations Commission (‘’WRC’’) in an action brought by a former employee ("Complainant") claiming unlawful deduction in his wages. Background In this...
Alastair Purdy & Co secures award of €75,000 before the Labour Court for failing to provide reasonable accommodation
Siobhan McGowan of Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented a Complainant in the Labour Court recently resulting in an award of €75,000 for a discriminatory dismissal claim and failure to provide reasonable accommodation under the Employment...
Alastair Purdy & Co awarded Employment Law Firm of the year for Connacht & Ulster for third successive year
We at Alastair Purdy and Co are delighted to announce for the third year running, we have been awarded the Employment Law Firm of the Year for Connacht & Ulster by the Irish Law Awards. We would like to thank our team, colleagues and wonderful clients who made...
Alastair Purdy & Co passes ISO 9001 Audit for 12th successive year
Alastair Purdy & Co are delighted to announced that for the 12th year in a row, our firm has passed the ISO 9001 Audit for the 12th successive year running - a credit to all the team here. ISO 9001 is an independent, non-governmental internal organisation with a...
Alastair Purdy & Co advises on the purchase of leading security service business
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...
Deadline to register right of ways approaches – 31st November 2021
NECESSITY TO ISSUE APPLICATIONS FOR RIGHTS OF WAY A new Act was introduced in Ireland some time ago entitled the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, 2009. This piece of legislation brought in many changes to the law relating to the acquisition of a legal term that...
Alastair Purdy successfully proves that dismissal of IT Officer was proportionate
Here the employee was employed an IT Officer and commenced employment in 2018. His role was to ensure IT compliance and technical governance within the Credit Union. However in 2019, the employee was placed on a performance improvement plan ("PIP"), following an...
Alastair Purdy & Co advises on sale of MDI Medical Limited and MDI Medical (N.I) Limited
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...
Alastair Purdy successfully defends complaint of discrimination for Harvey Norman
Alastair Purdy successfully argued that "lazy eye" does not constitute a disability for the purposes of the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2018. Here the Respondent was subject a complaint of discrimination pursuant to the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2018. The...
Alastair Purdy & Co successfully defends age discrimination claims against Galway Clinic
Siobhan McGowan of Alastair Purdy & Co successfully defended a a variety of age discrimination claims on behalf of the Galway Clinic against a former employee who asserted that she was entitled to a permanent contract of employment despite attaining the normal...
Alastair Purdy & Co advises in sale of Leading Insurance Broker
Alastair Purdy & Co are delighted to have been involved as lead solicitors in the Sale of Murray & Spelman to Arachas Corporate Insurance Brokers. It is one of the largest Insurance Broker sales in the state.
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