The Corporate Enforcement Authority (“CEA”) recently published its first annual report covering the 18-month period from July 2022 to 31 December 2023. The report provides an excellent insight into the activities of the CEA, its approach to investigation and enforcement and case studies. We have highlighted some of the key points from the report below.

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The Companies Registration Office has issued its annual report for 2023 and we have highlighted some of the main points from the report below. Re-open of the office The question of whether the office will re-open is still being kept under review however the CRO have cited that 96% of submissions were submitted electronically in

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We have covered a couple of topics our July Newsletter Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024 European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2024 (“CSRD”) Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 Note: The content within the newsletter is provided for information purposes only and

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The European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2024 (“CSRD”) were signed into law on 5th July 2024 The legislation makes various amendments to the Companies Act 2014 and introduces the requirement for certain companies to report on their climate, environmental, social, governance and sustainability matters and the risks they face and the impacts they have

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The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 was commenced on 1st July 2024. The Act seeks to increase the protection of employees in insolvency situations and imposes additional requirements on company directors to ensure that they act responsibly particularly when a company is facing insolvency. Some of the main provisions

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The Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 was signed by the President on 10 July 2024. We are awaiting commencement orders to be signed for the new Act. The Act makes some significant changes to the Charities Act 2009, as well as updating the Charities Act 1961 and the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 respectively. Key Provisions of

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The Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke signed into law the European Union (Adjustments of Size Criteria for Certain Companies and Groups) Regulations 2024 which increases the balance sheet and turnover thresholds for ‘micro’, ‘small’, ‘medium’ and ‘large’ companies in the Companies Act 2014 by 25 per cent. The legislation comes into effect from 1st July

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The Companies Registration Office have issued a Step-by-Step guide to filing a B10 form. The guidance note highlights the “Dos and don’t’s” when filing a B10 followed by a more detailed but still informal step-by-step guide explaining how to file a B10 as well as a brief explanation of the importance of each the fields

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In this Month’s Newsletter you can get links to the new look websites of both the CRO and the RBO. You can also see our article on the guidance given in the CEA Information Note on Disqualification of Directors Under Company Law,   Note: The content within the newsletter is provided for information purposes only and

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