The Government has decided to nominate barrister Mícheál P O’Higgins SC as a judge of the High Court. O’Higgins is a former chair of the Bar Council, who was called to the Bar in 1990, and appointed ...

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued an opinion on the use of personal data for the development and deployment of AI models. The guidance follows a request from Ireland’s data watchdog ...

The Law Society Small Practice Training Grant was given to six legal firms countrywide in 2023. The grant can make a real difference to a rural practice’s ability to continue to provide much-needed ...

The agenda has been finalised for this week’s Law Society Environmental and Planning Law Committee conference which will take place this Thursday, 21 November in the Law Society. The two main themes ...

A senior Central Bank official has said that its plans for a revised Consumer Protection Code are built on financial firms’ statutory obligation to act in the best interests of consumers. Gerry Cross ...

A total of 10,033 abortions were carried out in Ireland in 2023, the fifth year of legalised termination of pregnancy under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. The figures ...

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has argued before the Supreme Court that police officers applying for a search warrant have a duty to be clear about their intention to search ...

A total of 34 barristers transferred to the solicitors’ profession in Ireland in 2017. The figure is the same as that recorded in 2016. In 2014 and 2015, the number of transfers to the solicitors’ ...

English firm Axiom Ince was closed down last year by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, after an investigation revealed that £64 million was missing from the firm’s client account. Could a similar ...

The support services team of the Law Society has produced a detailed briefing on the proposed operation of the Temporary Covid-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme. This briefing provides legal firm employers with ...

Solicitors in Ireland are invited to participate in a survey about the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act.

Lawyer Thierry Wickers has officially assumed the position of president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) following his election at the plenary session on 21 November. Thierry ...