The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) says that a survey that it has commissioned shows “widespread support” for measures to tackle overcrowding through alternatives to imprisonment. The RED C poll ...

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP has appointed Lorna Smith as a partner in its financial services regulatory practice. She joins the firm having previously worked at two other large Irish law practices ...

It had been “a single ill-judged remark” that had been made in the privacy of the retiring room and “was made without malice”, the finding continued. The magistrate was issued with a formal warning ...

The email requests recipients to open an attached file. The firm has advised the Law Society that this email is fraudulent and that recipients should delete it immediately.

The Family & Child Law Conference will take place in person on 6 December. This conference has been designed by family and child care law practitioners for their colleagues in the profession and aims ...

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 ...

Bring the year to a close and top off your CPD tally with the Regulation Recap Seminar in Blackhall Place on 10 December.

Access news, Law Society resources and training for in-house solicitors in the private and public sectors. The in-house sector is expected to make up close to 30% of the profession within a few years.

The tender, titled Provision of Legislative Drafting/Settling Services, is set to commence in December 2024. This initial contract will span 12 months, with the potential for further extensions.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has suggested that law firms in England and Wales should not be able to profit from holding money on clients’ behalf. The proposal came as the SRA launched a ...

The annual professional indemnity insurance (PII) renewal period once again looms on the horizon. The last few years saw increases in premium levels due to ever-hardening markets arising from global ...