Claims of Foreign Employer Insolvency Funds in an Irish Liquidation

November 2010

Article by Frank O’Reilly, partner in Whitney Moore, published in the International Law Office Newsletter.

A recent Supreme Court decision allowed an appeal and ordered that the UK Insolvency Service be admitted as a creditor in the Irish liquidation of Bell Lines Limited (there being no separate winding-up proceedings in the United Kingdom) in respect of payments to UK-based employees of the Irish company.