We are pleased to send you the Matheson Spring 2023 Horizon Trackerdescribing key Irish and EU legislative and regulatory developments, together with the status of each as of 13 March 2023.

We have monitored progress of the legislative programme through the Oireachtas session which is nearing its closure for Easter recess on 30 March 2023. We have also tracked progress of key pieces of legislation and regulation from Europe. The European influence on legislative developments is particularly evident in this Tracker, ranging from initiatives in the Employment sphere which anticipate or implement EU initiatives, to specific energy initiatives regarding fuel use and pricing, and on to the very significant initiatives across many areas relating to Consumer Protection, not least the introduction of a consumer class action framework implementing EU law. We have collated relevant legislation from a number of our practice areas under the Consumer Protection category for ease of reference. In addition, we refer back to the 2022 Horizon Trackers, where initiatives have been in the pipeline over the year (and in some cases beyond that).

Click here to browse the Horizon Tracker.

In tandem with our publication of the Horizon Tracker we have also updated and improved access to our external webinar platform, the Matheson Knowledge Hub. Our practice areas, our Professional Support Lawyers Faculty, and our Knowledge Team, collaborate to offer you a range of recorded webinars which are relevant to current developments described in the Tracker. Following a simple registration process you can access webinars such as Employment Law: The Year Ahead; Financing Outlook for 2023; a webinar on the Impact of Developments in Legal Tech on the Practice of Law and many others. We look forward to a Brexit Revisited event from our London office on 30 March and, amongst other offerings available on our Knowledge Hub, in April and May, we will host events and webinars on Corporate Sustainability, Debt Restructuring and Turnarounds, and Consumer Class Actions.

If you wish to discuss any of these developments further please see our contacts listed below or contact your usual Matheson advisor. If you wish to register for the Matheson Knowledge Hub, please email KnowledgeHub@matheson.com.