How public-health needs and civil liberties were balanced during the pandemic was the topic of a seminar on the impact of COVID-19 on constitutional democracies. A discussion entitled 'Legal and ...

Members of the Law Society of England and Wales 100-strong governing council will be paid directly for the first time if solicitors ratify a motion to be heard at the representative body’s October AGM ...

Law firm Matheson LLP has made new appointments in its practice covering employment, pensions, and benefits. The firm has named Alice Duffy as partner, while Rachel Barry and Jennifer Bassett have ...

The head of Psychological Services at the Law Society Antoinette Moriarty is a keynote speaker at the IBA global conference ...

Dublin-based commercial-law firm OCWM Law LLP is to merge with Holmes O’Malley Sexton LLP (Holmes) from 1 October 2024. The firms said that what they described as “an exciting development” brought ...

Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) is to hold its annual conference on commercial law in Dublin next month. The event, which is worth two CPD hours, takes place on Thursday 24 October (4pm to ...

The EU’s highest court has annulled a decision by the European Commission to accept requests from national competition watchdogs to examine a merger between two US companies. The Court of Justice of ...

Britain's competition watchdog has provisionally found that a proposed merger between two of the country’s four mobile-network operators would lead to “a substantial lessening of competition”. The ...

US law firm Vinson & Elkins is to open a Dublin city centre office, in a move that it said would enhance its ability to serve clients in the aviation sector. Partner David Berkery, who joined the firm ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris has welcomed the decision of the British Government to establish a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. This is the final outstanding inquiry ...

The Government has given the Minister for Health the go-ahead to draft legislation that would introduce further restrictions on nicotine-inhaling products (vapes). A law banning the sale of such ...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that a stand-alone exchange of confidential and strategic information may infringe EU competition law without any need to assess the ...