The live caseload had increased by 73% from October 2023 to November 2024 despite no increase in judges, he said. “Dealing with this demands creativity and a careful allocation of limited judicial ...

The Law Society takes seriously threats to the rule of law, including those targeted at all legal professionals. In recent months, we have been made aware of several incidents where solicitors, ...

The latest Gazette includes coverage of the most recent annual in-house conference, which heard that there are ‘extraordinary’ opportunities in a thriving sector. Applications have opened for the 2025 ...

The Government has approved a plan for Ireland to intervene in South Africa’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) case against Israel under the Genocide Convention. Filing of the intervention will ...

Pieta House is available 24/7 for anyone experiencing thoughts of suicide, self-harmed or are bereaved by suicide. Freephone 1800 247 247. Samaritans provides a listening service available 24 hours a ...

If you are a national of a Member State of the European Union and are qualified to practise as a lawyer in your home Member State, you may be able to register as a foreign qualified solicitor under ...

Judicial-review provisions contained in new planning legislation are not as radical as initial reaction to the bill suggested, lawyers gathered at Blackhall Place have heard. A conference at the Law ...

A study commissioned by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has found that many disabled people face “barrier layered upon barrier” in trying to access their legal rights. Carried ...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has said that there are “good policy reasons” why the public does not get access to the evidence and reasoning underlining the office’s decisions not to ...

Most parts of a new law that gives regulators more powers to encourage and enforce compliance with company law have come into effect today (3 December). The act will also allow companies to hold ...

The first solicitor-barrister legal partnership to be formed under the new regulatory framework has been welcomed by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA). Simmons & Simmons (Ireland) LLP is ...

The Irish legal community can be key actors in taking the first steps to a national ‘justice’ pathway that responds to the ongoing climate and energy transition, argue Raphael Heffron and Aonghus ...