Five grants are offered to help support smaller practices take on a new trainee and increase access to justice in more local communities around Ireland. Your practice is located outside of Dublin ...

Counties Sligo, Roscommon, Cavan, Leitrim, Longford and Monaghan have a new Revenue Sheriff. The Law Society’s Conveyancing Committee have been informed of the following changes.

The summit, hosted through fireside chats, promises to be a fascinating and inspirational event. Leading General Counsel in Ireland have kindly agreed to participate in a panel discussion on their own ...

With less than three weeks to go, the Law Society is encouraging all legal professionals to continue to register for Calcutta Run charity partners, Dublin Simon Community and the HOPE Foundation.

Loneliness and meaninglessness are constituent reasons for asking for euthanasia, a Dutch academic told the Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying today (26 September). Professor Theo Boer, a ...

The professional body for IT in Britain has called for a review of a law that assumes the reliability of computer evidence. BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, wants an end to the legal presumption ...

Jaime Carey, senior partner of Carey, Chile’s largest law firm, has assumed the presidency of the International Bar Association (IBA). Carey is the first Chilean to occupy the office in the ...

Retired Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan died yesterday (7 July) aged 86. He died yesterday and is survived by his wife, retired Supreme Court judge Mrs Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan, and ...

The recent highly-publicised High Court decision in Philip Nolan v Science Foundation of Ireland, [2024] IEHC 368 has put the spotlight back on the concept of ‘no-fault’ dismissals, writes Lewis ...

The European Parliament has called on the European Commission to introduce regulations covering third-party litigation funding (TPLF). The parliament’s committee on legal affairs last week adopted a ...

New rules introducing a minimum corporation-tax rate of 15% for large companies across the EU came into effect yesterday (1 January). Ireland signed up to the OECD measures – known as Pillar Two – in ...

The Chief State Solicitor’s Office (CSSO) is now seeking applications for the position of State solicitor. The CSSO is one of Ireland’s largest legal practices, employing over 180 solicitors. The ...