When documents disclosed in discovery have been redacted, the courts face a balancing act between the public interest in the confidentiality of documentation and the public interest in securing ...

A total of 34 barristers transferred to the solicitors’ profession in Ireland in 2017. The figure is the same as that recorded in 2016. In 2014 and 2015, the number of transfers to the solicitors’ ...

The issue of risk management is so important to insurers that they have devoted the largest part of the annual professional indemnity insurance (PII) common proposal form to this subject. As we now ...

The seminal case of Child and Family Agency v AA & Anor involved a child (‘S’) who was in the care of the State and the subject of a full care order to the age of 18, pursuant to the Childcare Act ...

It is estimated that as many as 25,000 people currently live in some kind of residential care. It is hoped that their cases will be reviewed by the newly created Decision Support Service, once the ...

The Diploma Centre is inviting applications for the Certificate in Immigration Law and Practice, which offers an in-depth analysis of immigration law and its application in Ireland. Commencing on 7 ...

Places an obligation on solicitors to provide advice and information prior to the issuing of any proceeding – a statutory declaration is required to be provided to satisfy same, The court has the ...

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 ...

Resilience has become one of the biggest buzzwords in the cybersecurity field. It’s not a brand-new product that will make your firm instantly secure, or a catchy codename for the latest computer ...

Those who want to qualify as a solicitor but are unable to commit to moving or commuting to Dublin for six months now have an alternative option. The Law Society has unveiled a new version of its ...

This is a list of solicitors as of 17 October 2024. Please ensure this list has been printed today. Gardaí can search, by division, for a solicitor available to attend their local garda station to ...

The Law Society Taxation Committee has an update for the profession on the Revenue Return Preparation Facility and ROS offline. The Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) IT38 is available on the Return ...