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Mediation Act 2017

February 2018
The Mediation Act 2017 commenced on 1 January 2018, with District and Circuit Court rules in relation to this coming into operation on 22 January 2018. The Act…

Banking & Finance Country Comparative Guide

February 2018
We are pleased to announce that The Legal 500: Banking & Finance Comparative Guide is now live and available to access. Ann Lalor and Jamie Enright, from our…

Steps companies should take to comply with the GDPR

February 2018
Meritas, the global alliance of independent, full-service law firms, recently launched an animation which explains the steps it recommends companies should take to…

Enhanced Rights of the Individual under GDPR – Right of Access

January 2018
Every data subject has a right to obtain:

Confirmation that their data is being processed.
Access to their personal data.
Other supplementary information such as…

Does your business need to appoint a Data Protection Officer?

January 2018
The introduction of a formal role of Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) is one of the features of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). While the…

Would you like your receipt emailed to you?

January 2018
E-receipts are becoming more common but what are you actually agreeing to when you hand over your email address? The Data Protection Commissioner (“DPC”), having…

Processing Children’s Data

January 2018
In advance of the Data Protection Act 2018 the Data Protection Commissioner (“DPC”) has issued guidelines on the topic of children’s data. …

Consent as a Legal Basis for Processing Data

January 2018
In order to process personal data for your business you need to have a legal basis to do so and obtaining a person’s consent is one legal basis. If in your business…

WM Employment Seminar January 2018

January 2018
Whitney Moore hosted a breakfast seminar on Wednesday, 31 January 2018 addressing developments in employment law in the past 12 months and looking forward to 2018. …

BREXIT: Highlighting legal risks for your business (Part 2)

December 2017
As mentioned in Part 1, there are many areas that businesses should be actively reviewing in advance of the final agreement between the UK and the EU.  Almost all…