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Companies with approaching B1 filing deadlines should be aware that paper submission of B1 forms and certain other forms will no longer be accepted by the CRO from the 1st June 2017. Electronic filing will be mandatory for the following forms from this date; B1 …

Like in any personal relationship, a business relationship can quickly turn, if not to hate then certainly to apathy, frustration and irritation and all too often profitable businesses are distracted from their main purpose by acrimonious wrangling of the shareholders. Like any relationship than ends …

For those who use the CRO to check the status of companies that they deal with, the CRO has announced a change to the manner in which it presents information when a receiver is appointed to the property of a company. With effect from 22nd …

Every Company is required to maintain certain Statutory Registers (see here for more details), however, due to normal business pressures, outside of regulated or listed entities maintenance of these registers tends to drop down, and in some cases off, the ‘to do’ list. What are …

If your Company has converted under the default provisions of the Companies Act 2014 (the “Act”) you should consider updating/replacing the current Memorandum & Articles, now a “Constitution” to provide clarity and certainty for the Company going forward. LTD’s will not have a physical Constitution …

 Is your Company’s Constitution Obsolete? If your Company has not adopted a new Constitution (previously Memorandum & Articles of Association) bringing it into line with the Companies Act 2014 (the “Act”) you should consider doing so for the following reasons; Your constitution will not reflect …

The role of Company Secretary is a wide ranging one which can, at times, be complex. Directors of a company have a statutory duty to ensure that the person appointed as Secretary has the skills or resources necessary to discharge his or her statutory and …

The CRO have recently announced that paper submissions of certain forms will no longer be accepted from the 1st June 2017. Electronic filing will be mandatory for the effected forms from this date. The effected forms are as follows; B1 Form – Annual Return (including …

Following the introduction of the European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2016 (the “Regulations”) effective 15 November 2016 every company or other legal entity incorporated in Ireland must keep a Beneficial Ownership Register, with the exception of listed companies and those …

Time is running out for companies wishing to convert to a Company Limited by Shares under the Companies Act 2014 as the deadline of the 30 November 2016 approaches. As we approach the end of the period in which companies can proactively convert (by 30 …