Welcome to Bloomsbury Professional’s In Company with Courtney, hosted by Tom Courtney, author of The Law of Companies and consultant with Bloomsbury Professional.

In each episode Tom Courtney speaks with a leading light in Irish company law and corporate governance.

This podcast is of interest to everyone and anyone with a passing interest in company law, so whether you are a practicing lawyer or accountant, a business person who has to manage your interactions with the Companies Act 2014 or students of company law, I hope you find at least something of interest to you in each episode.

This episode features a discussion with Shelley Horan. A practising barrister for over 19 years, Shelley specialises in commercial and regulatory law and is the author of Corporate Crime. . Shelley was an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Law in Trinity College Dublin and had in the last number of weeks been granted a Patent of Precedence by the Government and will be in practice as a Senior Counsel from next month, October 2025. She joins us on the podcast for an in-depth discussion on director's criminal liability.

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In our next episode in November, which will be the last podcast in 2025, Suzanne Kearney joins us to review the company law and corporate governance ‘year that was’ and horizon scan for 2026, marking our cards for what we should be on the look-out for.