The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has highlighted the challenges her office faces in dealing with a “sharp increase” in court activity last year, as well as the ever-increasing volume of ...

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (LPDT) has been launched by James Browne (Minister of State at the Department of Justice). The LPDT was established under section 74 of the Legal Services ...

Putting in place an enduring power of attorney should be considered as necessary and important as making a will, write Niamh Doyle, Aoife Sheehy, and Neva Watchorne. Recent research by Safeguarding ...

‘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 ...

Former Law Society President (2012-13) James McCourt has been appointed to the Circuit Court, along with senior counsel Garrett Simons who goes to the High Court and solicitor John Hughes who is ...

The Government has approved the drafting of legislation that would modernise the law on limited partnerships and business names. The proposed bill would also give the Companies Registration Office, ...

High Court President Ms Justice Mary Irvine yesterday confirmed the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) decision to impose a €145,000 fine on former Wexford estate agents. The financial ...

Law firm A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced a partnership with Harvey AI, which provides a generative artificial-intelligence (AI) platform designed for the legal profession. ALG has been using AI ...

The highly regarded Diploma in Education Law covers key topics such as grievance and disciplinary procedures, admission policies, student conduct, child protection issues, school governance and ...

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 ...

Over 250 people participated in A&L Goodbody's inaugural ‘Future of Tech Regulation’ event in Dublin yesterday. Regulators and industry experts examined the impact of incoming legislation at Irish and ...

A solicitor has alerted the Law Society to potentially malicious emails circulating using their hacked email address.