The General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024 was published on 15th March 2024. The Bill makes some significant amendments to the Companies Act 2014 primarily relating to four areas of company law: corporate governance company law enforcement and supervision company law administration corporate insolvency Some of the key
Its our 10th birthday and we celebrated in style with a great night out in Carlow. We’d like to thank you all so much for your support over the years, it is very much appreciated. Here’s to many more. You can read our story here: CLS 10th Birthday Newsletter
Our February Newsletter is here with information on Restriction and Disqualification of Directors and Offences under The Companies Act 2014. Note: The content within the newsletter is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal or other advice.
The Companies Act 2014 contains various offences that both a company and directors may be prosecuted for breaching. Click here to a recent article on company law offences. The two main ways in which a director may be prosecuted under the Companies Act 2014 are by way of disqualification or restriction. Disqualification of a director
We start every new year highlighting 10 Company Law and Company Secretarial points to consider for 2024. CRO Enforcement The Companies Registration Office recommenced its enforcement proceedings in July 2023. The CRO issued 10-week warning notices to companies that had the most annual returns outstanding and have continued with issuing notices to companies on a
We normally don’t issue a newsletter in December but given the challenges companies had filing annual returns and the Companies Registration Office enforcement proceedings we felt it necessary to answer a couple of the questions we have been receiving. Note: The content within the newsletter is provided for information purposes only and does not
Our November Newsletter is here with updates on PPSN for CRO filing, Audit Exemption Proposals, CRO Enforcement Letters and Christmas Deadlines for forming new companies Note: The content within the newsletter is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal or other advice.
Our October Newsletter is available now with details of the CRO blog post on the PPSN requirements for directors, their new VIFa Form that can be used for filing annual returns and news on The European Commission proposal to increase the size thresholds of companies to account for the increase in inflation. Click here to
The CRO have released the below blog post on the PPSN disclose requirements for directors and some of the issues presenters may have when filing certain CRO Forms. The requirement for company directors to provide Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSN) came into force on 11 June 2023. After three months, the system has bedded in
The Charities Regulator have issued its annual report for 2022. The following are the main points from the report. To read the full report click here 11,506 charities on the Register of Charities 73% of registered charities declare they fully comply with the Charities Governance Code 6 guidance documents published 1 investigation report published Irish