OSM Partners is delighted to announce that the firm has achieved ISO 27001 certification for the second consecutive year.

There was a lot of media coverage this week around the issue of warehousing of debt, in the context of Personal Insolvency Arrangements.

We are pleased to announce that OSM Partners has been shortlisted for two awards at this year's AIB Private Banking Irish Law Awards 2017.

The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 was signed into law on the 23rd December 2016, amending the Residential Tenancies Act 2004.

The recent High Court decision of Mr Justice Max Barrett in Allied Irish Bank PLC v. Peter Counihan & Anor highlights the low threshold for sending applications for Summary Judgment in consumer loan cases to Plenary hearing and may have implications for the way such applications are progressed in future.

This update covers some of the more relevant Case Law and Legislative updates and a summary of some of the proposed developments of the legislature and government since April 2016.

One of the legislative responses to the financial crisis is a profound change to the law on Personal Insolvency.

OSM Partners are pleased to announce that the firm has been shortlisted as a finalist in the category Leinster Provincial Law Firm of the Year (Over 5 Solicitors) in the AIB Private Banking Irish Law Awards 2016.

The Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015, was introduced on the 8 July 2015. The Act created a new type of regulated entity being a “Credit Servicing Firm”.

The Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48) (Housing Loan Requirements) Regulations 2015