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With less than three weeks to go, the Law Society is encouraging all legal professionals to continue to register for Calcutta Run charity partners, Dublin Simon Community and the HOPE Foundation.
Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP has announced that Stephen Gardiner has joined the firm as a partner in its asset-finance practice. The firm describes Gardiner as a highly regarded advisor with 15 ...
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Graham Dwyer against his conviction for the murder of Elaine O’Hara. The judges ruled unanimously that evidence from mobile-phone data at his trial had been ...
The Law Society Gazette is today (7 March) publishing the annual figures for Ireland’s 20 largest legal workplaces by practising solicitor numbers for the year ending 31 December 2024. Matheson LLP ...
New legislation that will require motorists to provide their driver number, and those of any named drivers, to their insurer when taking out motor-insurance policies will come into effect on 31 March ...
The Government has approved the drafting of legislation that will introduce two criminal offences linked ‘sex for rent’. The Department of Justice says that the bill will address a range of “pressing ...
The Minister for Justice says that she has accepted the recommendations of two groups set up to examine how compensation payments for personal-injuries cases are determined by the courts. One report ...
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 ...
Solicitor Jeanne Kelly, founding partner at Browne Jacobson Ireland, has been elected president of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce at its AGM (26 September). Kelly previously served as the ...
Figures on the Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) system shared by the Decision Support Service (DSS) are significantly misleading, the Law Society has said. The DSS has reported that 3,000 ...
Byrne Wallace Shields LLP has set up a Canada trade desk, with experienced lawyers providing Canadian businesses with comprehensive cross-border legal services to invest in and trade with Europe. Led ...
Cabinet approval for 20 additional judges to be appointed on a phased basis has been secured. The Judicial Planning Working Group (JPWG) report recommended the appointment of 44 additional judges in ...