Organisation: Corporate Enforcement Authority

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<p>Chief executive of the Corporate Enforcement Authority Ian Drennan. </p>

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107 company directors penalised during the first 18 months of new agency

During its first 18 months in existence the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) has secured restrictions on 80 company directors and the disqualification of a further 27.

<p>In the weeks before the NAGP went into liquidation, its president and council resigned, expressing concerns. Picture: Anthony Devlin/PA</p>

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Former officials at GP body charged with fraudulent trading

<p>The warning comes amid widespread concerns there is a lack of understanding about the legal responsibilities entailed in becoming a director, no matter how small the company is.</p>

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Watchdog warns about legal duties of company directors

companies

Legislation may pave way for new powers for company law enforcer

business

ODCE: Business failures to rise 'substantially' amid Covid-19 crisis

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'No consent, no sale' bill opponents deny 'batting for the banks'

New agency must be fit for purpose - Fighting white-collar crime

The response to the announcement that the Government is expected to strengthen and rename the agency entrusted with overseeing company law and investigating white-collar crime must be mixed; once bitten, twice shy, as it were.

Wed, 05 Dec, 2018

Readers' Blog: Publish full report on FitzPatrick trial collapse

While the new Corporate Enforcement Authority — to replace the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) — with more powers is to be welcomed, it is still not good enough for the attorney general to simply rule or advise that the report into the role of the ODCE in the matter of the Sean FitzPatrick IBRC trial should not be published due to “potential difficulties with the Companies Act and fears the file could reveal how the ODCE operates”.

Wed, 05 Dec, 2018

Beefed-up powers for crime watchdog

The State’s white collar crime watchdog is set to be given sweeping new powers to help it investigate complex cases in the wake of the collapse last year of the Sean FitzPatrick IBRC trial.

Tue, 04 Dec, 2018