RDJ Legal Insights
October 2024
Welcome to our monthly newsletter, RDJ Legal Insights. This newsletter includes our most popular Insights and analysis on the legal and business issues impacting your business.
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Our Most Read Insights:
Distribution and Agency: How to tell a Ripple from a Wave? (2 mins)
Businesses often use agents or distributors to sell their goods or services as a way to reach new markets, reduce risks and solve logistical issues.
In this insight, Elena Vassileva from RDJ's Corporate and Commercial team compares agents and distributors and highlights the key risks to be considered to ensure optimal commercial and legal outcomes. Read here.
Striking the Right Chord: McGranaghan case changes the tune for gig workers (3 mins)
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) recently ruled in favour of a Complaint who filed a complaint after he was dismissed as a fiddle player in a band. The WRC determined that the Complainant was an employee rather than a self-employed contractor under the decision-making framework for determining employment status.
In our latest insight, Claire Macken and Sarah Alexander from RDJ's Employment team examine this landmark WRC decision and highlight the importance of correctly classifying workers to ensure they receive appropriate employment rights and protections. Read here.
Consumer Rights Act 2022 - Developments and Learnings over the Past Two Years (5 mins)
The Consumer Rights Act 2022 modernised and consolidated consumer protection legislation in Ireland, strengthened the rights of the consumer, afforded the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission new enforcement powers and significantly increased the penalties for infringements.
In this insight, Elena Vassileva of RDJ's Corporate and Commercial team examines the recent developments in consumer law, highlights the enforcement focus of the CCPC and identifies practical implications of these developments that businesses and traders need to be aware of. Read here.
With great power comes great responsibility: Developments in social media influencer advertising (6 mins)
The influencer industry continues to grow and thrive with an increasing percentage of brands engaging influencers.
Elena Vassileva and Ellie Moloney of RDJ's Corporate and Commercial team report on the latest team report on the latest development in consumer protection law and advertising and marketing standards applicable to influencers and marketers engaging influencers in Ireland. Read here.
Tax: Recent Tax Appeals Commission determinations and Court judgments (3 of 2024) (3 mins)
The Tax Appeals Commission and the Courts have considered some interesting questions in recent months such as;
How do you value goodwill?
Does a debt write-off create a trading receipt?
Can defects in a Revenue notice be deemed cured by the taxpayer’s own knowledge?
RDJ Senior Associate, Mark Ludlow examines the decisions of the above questions and others. Read here.
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