The European Council has announced that it has reached a provisional agreement with the European Parliament on a draft directive that will facilitate and promote the use of online solutions in a company's contact with national regulatory authorities throughout its life cycle. The draft directive provides for the amendment of EU company law rules to allow for greater efficiency, transparency and legal certainty in company matters through the use of digital tools.   The European Council has announced that the draft directive provides the following: Persons may ...

The Voluntary Organisations (Amendment) Act, 2018 (the "Act") was promulgated on the 6 th November, 2018 to amend the Voluntary Organisations Act and to make consequential and other amendments to the Civil Code and to the Second Schedule to the Civil Code, the Public Collections Act, the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act, the Arbitration Act and the Companies Act. The Act introduces categories of voluntary organisations ("VOs"), namely, government organisations, religious organisations and political organisations. It also incorporates new definitions f...