Legal-technology expert Prof Richard Susskind has said that, while most short-term predictions “hugely” overstate the effect of AI on the legal profession, most long-term predictions hugely understate ...

Fieldfisher has named Peter O’Neill as a partner in its corporate and commercial and renewable-energy law practice. He joins from Eversheds Sutherland and brings long experience in commercial and ...

Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Stg £750,000 for a data breach last year in which the ...

Lawyers at Matheson have welcomed the legal certainty provided by a recent High Court judgment that overruled a decision by the Tax Appeals Commission (TAC). In Arlum Limited v Revenue Commissioners, ...

Practising solicitors and barristers are being invited to apply for one of three positions on a body to be set up under anti-money-laundering legislation. The Department of Justice has issued a call ...

With striking red curls beneath a barrister’s wig, the commanding voice of Armagh-born Caroline Carberry KC rings out across court five in London’s Old Bailey. She is a blazing Celt, flaming at the ...

Law Society Professional Training is holding the third in a series of four lunchtime webinars on regulatory issues next month. The live Zoom webinar on cyber-crime will take place on Wednesday 9 ...

The Smyth/McAreavey case has important implications for how we think about privacy rights – and indeed rights more broadly in this jurisdiction – and what repercussions should flow from breaches of ...

The legal-services watchdog has formally introduced legal partnerships, a new business structure for the legal profession. For the first time, solicitors will be able to form partnerships with ...

The Society of Young Solicitors (SYS) is to hold its annual conference in Kilkenny on Saturday 12 October. The theme of this year’s event, which takes place at the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, is 'The ...

The competition watchdog has opened a public consultation on its proposed adoption of new guidelines for analysing company mergers. The current guidelines used by the Competition and Consumer ...

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) is to award 24 organisations a total of €350,000 in funding for projects under its 2024-25 grants scheme. This year, the scheme supported ...