The tender, titled Provision of Legislative Drafting/Settling Services, is set to commence in December 2024. This initial contract will span 12 months, with the potential for further extensions.

Four in ten Irish businesses are unprepared to handle unannounced regulatory inspections, known as 'dawn raids', according to a survey by business-law firm Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC). The firm says ...

A review of the funds industry in Ireland has recommended changes in the way some investment products are taxed. It calls for the tax on Irish-domiciled investment funds and life-assurance products to ...

A €10 million safety-improvement budget is now available to assist nursing homes in improving regulatory compliance with infection prevention and fire-safety measures. Nursing-home providers are being ...

Cabinet approval for 20 additional judges to be appointed on a phased basis has been secured. The Judicial Planning Working Group (JPWG) report recommended the appointment of 44 additional judges in ...

Every solicitor complains about the price of their professional indemnity insurance at renewal time. However, the chair of the PII Committee, Bill Holohan SC, notes that premium renewal prices have ...

The EU’s Court of Justice (CJEU) has recently highlighted the importance for member states of upholding the principle of judicial independence. In its 27 February 2018 judgment in Case C-64/16 ...

The European Commission says that it has completed technical discussions with Britain on a potential new competition co-operation agreement. The proposals will now go to EU leaders to sign, while the ...

In its five years of operation, the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has directed legal practitioners to pay a total of €256,996 in compensation to clients arising out of complaints. It also ...

This is the third event in a series where the Law Society hosts distinguished leaders who have made an impact in their chosen ...

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP has appointed Lorna Smith as a partner in its financial services regulatory practice. She joins the firm having previously worked at two other large Irish law practices ...

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has reassured Ulster Bank customers that “robust consumer protections” are in place, after the bank’s parent company NatWest Group confirmed that it intended to ...