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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Alastair Purdy & Co, advices on the share purchase of Frank Byrnes Autobody Repairs, one of the Ireland's leading accident repair specialists. As a technology orientated law firm, we were yet again in a prime position to complete a massive project despite the...
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...
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 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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