Company Law Blog
Plain-English guides to the company law people actually live with — shareholders, directors, strike-offs, clubs — and the deepest owners’ management company library in Ireland.
Minority Shareholder Rights in Ireland: Section 212 in Plain English
Frozen out, starved of information, outvoted into irrelevance - what the oppression remedy actually protects, and how buy-outs at fair value happen.
How to Remove a Company Director in Ireland (and How Not To)
The statutory procedure, the rights the director keeps, and why ambush removals collapse - from both sides of the boardroom door.
50/50 Shareholder Deadlock: Your Options When Nobody Can Move
The drafted mechanisms, the negotiated exit, mediation, and the court’s heavy machinery - in the order they should be tried.
Directors’ Duties in Ireland, in Plain English
Section 228’s eight duties translated - and the paper trail that proves you performed them when someone asks with hindsight.
Company Struck Off: What Happens Next
Existence ends, property vests in the State - and the 2024 Act’s new grounds mean more companies are at risk than realise it.
Restoring a Struck-Off Company in Ireland
The 12-month CRO route, the court routes up to 20 years, the OMC 6-year window - and why every month of delay costs.
The Companies Act 2024 Changes, Explained
Virtual AGMs made permanent, three new strike-off grounds, the audit exemption change from July 2025 - what small companies actually need to do.
Section 819 Restriction: The Director’s Guide
The liquidator’s letter is a process, not a verdict. What restriction does, the honest-and-responsible defence, and how the file is won.
Personal Guarantees in Ireland: What Directors Need to Know
Before you sign one, and after one is called in - construction, defences and the negotiated endgame.
SCARP: The Small Company Rescue Process Explained
The rescue route for viable businesses inside broken balance sheets - how it works, who qualifies, and why speed is everything.
The Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG), Explained
The corporate form behind Ireland’s clubs, charities and OMCs - what the committee actually signed up for.
Sports Club and Committee Disputes in Ireland
Contested AGMs, committee coups and entrenched officers - won by whoever reads the constitution first.
What Is an Owners’ Management Company?
If you own an apartment, you own part of a company. The canonical explainer: what an OMC is, what it must do, and where the managing agent fits.
MUD Act Section 24 Disputes, Explained
The Circuit Court machinery almost nobody uses: standing, remedies, court-directed mediation - and what Lee Towers teaches about insolvent developers.
Service Charge Disputes: Apartment Owners’ Rights
Charges must be approved, transparent and properly spent. Your rights under section 18 - and why withholding is the wrong weapon.
OMC AGMs: What Members Can Demand
The annual meeting and report the law requires, the information you are entitled to, and the escalation ladder when the board goes silent.
OMC Directors: Duties, Liability and Protection
Two Acts, one volunteer. What you actually took on, where the real risks are, and the annual rhythm that keeps you safe.
OMC Struck Off: Consequences and the 6-Year Restoration Window
Title chaos, insurance doubt, sales frozen - and the special restoration route the MUD Act keeps open for six years.
The Developer Never Transferred the Common Areas: What Now?
The 2011 deadline most developments missed, what it means for sales and management, and the routes to completing the transfer.
OMC Regulation and Reform: What’s Coming
Regulation moving to Housing, a Housing Agency unit committed, service-charge regulations in drafting - how boards and owners should position now.