Colleagues and friends of the late Peter Crawford, a lawyer at Phillip Lee LLP, have expressed their heartfelt sadness following his recent death. Peter was with the firm for almost ten years, joining ...

New legislation to strengthen protection for whistleblowers will come into effect next year. Michael McGrath (Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform) has signed the commencement order for the ...

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced plans to move to a new Dublin office in May next year. The firm said that it was relocating to One Molesworth Street in Dublin’s city centre, due ...

Lawyers at Matheson believe an upcoming Supreme Court case will have a significant impact on how non-material damage claims are pleaded and advanced in future. The court recently granted the plaintiff ...

Minister O’Brien said: “This new state body will bring together a wealth of expertise and experience from the former public bodies of the Property Registration Authority, the Valuation Office and ...

A law that will make roadside drug testing mandatory for drivers involved in serious collisions will come into force before the June bank holiday. The measure is part of the Road Traffic Act 2024, ...

Georgia will ban paid-for commercial surrogacy from 1 January, 2024. Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said this week (12 June) that paid-for commercial surrogacy will now only be permitted for ...

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 ...

Ms Justice Niamh Hyland is to be nominated to the Court of Appeal. The vacancy follows the appointment of Ms Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh to the European Court of Human Rights recently. Nessa Cahill SC ...

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

The Government has approved the drafting of legislation to set up a new Building Standards Regulatory Authority. Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said that the move would improve compliance and ...

The Courts Service has developed a guide to the key steps involved in making a capacity application under new legislation on assisted decision-making. The legislation, which replaces the wardship ...