Mona is a leading litigator and Partner in the Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Litigation and Regulation team. She represents clients in all court jurisdictions including the Court of Justice of the European Union and has particular expertise in the Commercial Court. Mona advises in all contentious and risk areas including complex litigation, commercial disputes, regulatory mandates, public and administrative law challenges, judicial reviews, EU law challenges, ESG matters, property disputes and contentious procurement. Mona manages a number of large-scale litigation projects as well as portfolios of litigation for public and private sector clients.
Mona Costelloe writes about the important CJEU ruling in the case set out below. The claimants in this case were represented by ByrneWallace.
Case: Hogan & Others v The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Ireland and the Attorney General.
Reference: Court of Justice of the European Union Case C-398/11.
Outline
ByrneWallace acted on behalf of former Waterford Wedgewood Ltd employees in Commercial Court and Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") proceedings on Ireland's failure to adequately transpose provisions of the EU Insolvency Directive. Judgment was delivered on 25 April 2013 by the CJEU, in favour of the former Waterford Wedgewood Ltd employees.
The case concerns the implementation of Article 8 of Directive 2008/94 ("Insolvency Directive") which provides
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