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 ...

Business-law firm Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) is to provide legal expertise to Trinity College’s Corporate Governance Lab. The Corporate Governance Lab, an initiative of the university’s Business ...

Audrey Cahill has been appointed as the new director general of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). Cahill, who was appointed after an open competition managed by the Public Appointments Service ...

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has been appointed as Special Rapporteur on Child Protection for a three-year term. UCD BCL graduate Gallagher was called to the Bar of Ireland (2001), the Bar of England and ...

An Association of Irish Lawyers in England (AILIE) has been established to bring together lawyers from Ireland who now live and practise in England. The recently-formed non-profit was established in ...

The Lismullin Institute will hold a seminar on human dignity and the law this Saturday, 9 November at 11am. The venue is Lismullin Conference Centre in Navan, Co Meath C15 XW40. Attendance yields four ...

The Government has agreed to nominate senior counsel Kerida Naidoo as a judge of the High Court. The vacancy arose following the implementation of section 8 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) ...

The number of successful cyber-attacks against British law firms rose by 77% in the past year to 954, according to a new study of the threat reported by the Law Society Gazette of England and Wales.

A legal challenge has been launched by Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE), against the Irish Government over its failure to meet its legal obligations on climate change. Represented by the Centre ...

An annual survey of the legal profession has found that almost half of firms are expecting the outlook for profitability in the sector to deteriorate over the next 12 months. The Annual Law Survey, ...

The Law Society has welcomed the introduction of new Solicitors Accounts Regulations, which come into operation on 1 July. The current regulations have been in force since 2014, and the Law Society ...

Both the Central and Circuit Criminal Courts experienced an increase of 7% in new cases last year, the Courts Service 2023 annual report shows. Courts Service chief executive Angela Denning (pictured) ...