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Alastair Purdy LLP 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 LLP passes ISO 9001 Audit for 12th successive year
Alastair Purdy LLP 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 LLP advises on the purchase of leading security service business
Alastair Purdy LLP 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...
Injunctions: Termination of employee during probationary period
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...
Severance Agreements and the Importance of Independent Legal Advice
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...
Double Employment: Disproportionate Dismissal
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...
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: A Stark Reminder for the Employer
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 advises on sale of one of the Ireland’s leading accident repair specialists
Alastair Purdy LLP, 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 ongoing...
Reasonable accommodation for disabled employees includes consideration for working from home
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 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 LLP advises on sale of MDI Medical Limited and MDI Medical (N.I) Limited
Alastair Purdy LLP 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 and...
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 LLP successfully defends age discrimination claims against Galway Clinic
Siobhan McGowan of Alastair Purdy LLP 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...
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Non- Compete Clauses: Peter Bellew v Ryanair High Court – [2019]
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...
Right to legal representation in workplace disciplinary procedures
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...
Contracts of Employment: Overhaul of Sunday Premiums
In the recent case of Trinity Leisure Holdings Limited (t/a Trinity City Hotel) v Kolesnik & Anor [2019] IEHC 654, an employer was successful before the High Court in appealing the Labour Court’s decision which had previously found in favour of the two employees,...
Alastair Purdy LLP advises in sale of Leading Insurance Broker
Alastair Purdy LLP 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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