The former chief justice Frank Clarke will be one of the speakers at an event on law and economics hosted by the Trinity College Law Review next week. Patricia Lucas, former judge of the Supreme ...

The Courts Service is introducing a new appointment-booking service in the Dublin Civil Combined Offices from Monday 3 April. The move is the next step in a plan to roll out the new service nationwide ...

The Seanad has passed a bill that will set up a new dedicated Family Court within the existing courts structure. Once enacted, the legislation will provide for judges who have specialist training or ...

Property lawyer Paul McCutcheon has joined RDJ as partner and head of housing. McCutcheon (pictured) specialises in advising developer clients in all aspects of the acquisition, development and sale ...

This year’s Law Society Skillnet Wellbeing Summit 2024 is a sellout, organisers have confirmed. The popular event, on 15 October, at 2.30 pm, has over 1000 registrations to hear speakers and topics ...

Figures from PwC show a sharp rise in the number of business failures so far this year, though the firm says that the figure remains below the long-term average. PWC’s says that there were 661 ...

The International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) is developing a new standard form contract for offshore wind projects, according to William Fry lawyers. In a bulletin, the solicitors ...

The Law Reform Commission’s (LRC) report on safeguarding ‘at-risk’ adults published yesterday (17 April) proposes the broadening of the offence of coercive control and the introduction of several new ...

A report from the European Commission has repeated concerns about the composition of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC), which will make recommendations to the Government on the appointment of ...

Official figures show that there was little change in supplementary pension coverage this year, with 67% of those in employment having some form of coverage outside the State pension. The figure ...

The first solicitor-barrister legal partnership to be formed under the new regulatory framework has been welcomed by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA). Simmons & Simmons (Ireland) LLP is ...

Ciara McQuillan sets out the anti-money-laundering/terrorist-financing obligations on solicitors and provides step-by-step guidance in applying them to the client ...