International law firm Clark Hill has announced today that Conor Kenny has joined its transatlantic practice as an international business co-ordinator. Based in Dublin, Kenny will focus on driving ...

Dillon Eustace has appointed Shane Harron as a partner in its Dublin-based teams that are responsible for restructuring and insolvency, and commercial litigation. Harron has more than 12 years’ ...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has welcomed a technical agreement on competition co-operation announced yesterday (29 October) by the European Commission and the British ...

‘Environmental law and climate change – shaping a greener future’ is the theme for the Law Society Diploma Centre’s 2021 Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) starting on Tuesday, 18 May. MOOCs are free ...

Firms, in-house and public sector legal teams are invited to join the Law Society of Ireland in showing their commitment to workplace wellbeing by signing the Professional Wellbeing Charter. The ...

Professor Geoffrey Shannon, the government’s Special Rapporteur for child protection, told the Cyber Threat Summit that the law must keep pace with technology to protect very vulnerable children.

The annual professional indemnity insurance (PII) renewal period once again looms, writes Simon Treanor of the Law Society. The last few years saw increases in premium levels due to ever-hardening ...

The latest report from the Child Law Project (CLP) has found an increased focus from the courts on a lack of appropriate care placements for children. The report, authored by Dr Maria Corbett and Dr ...

Over half of those surveyed at a Matheson conference last week agreed that AI would be 'very useful' or 'critical' for their business, while 44% confirmed they had an AI taskforce with a budget to ...

The case of Mallon v Minister for Justice [2024] clarifies the legality of mandatory retirement ages, write Lewis Silkin’s Síobhra Rush, (partner) and Sinead Likely (senior practice development lawyer ...

Research published by the Department of Justice has found that the number of community-service orders (CSOs) made by the courts has fallen in recent years. There were more than 2,500 such orders in ...

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.