My account of the provenance of the Summary Rescue Process, as described in the ISME Magazine, bISME
https://isme.ie/bisme-issue-12/
Reforms to corporate restructure rules essential for economic recovery.
Recent information has shown the levels of insolvencies in 2020 are similar to those of 2019. This may come as a surprise to many, but it...
Further words of wisdom published in the Law Society Gazette in February 2019
I wrote this article for the Law Society Gazette in February 2019, which sets out some of the "cleansing" properties of the examinership...
Who is driving the bus carrying us out of the post Covid 19 shut down?
As the traffic builds, car parking places fill, and (socially distanced) queues for lunch grow, it is apparent that day to day the real...
The Irish experience following the banking collapse is to be repeated in Cyprus, with the attendant
1. General Impressions Cyprus is a former British colony and shares many of the same traits as common law countries; functioning civil...
Today's report by the Ombudsman is a wasted opportunity to address the fundamental structural fl
Providing treatment in other EU/EEA countries where that treatment is not available in Ireland is an obligation on the Irish State under...
With improvements in the economy, funding gaps in the banking system are being filled with asymmetri
The past ten years have been bleak for SME promoters looking for funding. We were all used to a glut of cheap credit being thrown around...
Enough of the blather. All the tools to solve the housing crisis are within easy reach of the State,
How many times have we seen it; the abject failure of the state and its institutions to see the blindingly obvious solutions to societal...
For SMEs, forget bank loans to fund growth. Now equity investment is the only show in town, but the
In or about 2005, at meetings of the Alliance of Business Lawyers of which my firm was the Irish representative, I would describe the...
Changes in what qualifies as family require a rethink on treatment of farming assets
Farmers know about the potential threat caused by marital breakdown to traditional holdings. However, remarkably few will do anything...
