The co-founder of the Elephant in the Room project, former rugby international Brent Pope, has told an event at the Law Society of his attempts to overcome what he described as a “too weak to speak” ...

The Government has appointed two High Court judges to the Special Criminal Court (SCC). Mr Justice Paul Burns and Ms Justice Caroline Biggs are to sit on the court with immediate effect. They will ...

Workers in the security industry are set to receive a pay rise from 1 July under a new Employment Regulation Order (ERO). Emer Higgins (Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail) has ...

The EU’s highest court has ruled that rules laid down by football’s governing bodies that require any new club competition to be approved by them are unlawful. The Court of Justice of the European ...

William Fry LLP has appointed nine new partners across four of its key practice areas. Its latest round of promotions also includes the appointment of two new consultants and 13 senior associates.

The head of Psychological Services at the Law Society Antoinette Moriarty is a keynote speaker at the IBA global conference ...

No commencement order has yet been made for any part of the act. It is hoped that there is not a hiatus between the commencement of the substantive sections and the establishment of the authority.

The aim of the day is to provide an opportunity for practitioners to update their knowledge in areas of law and practice management relevant to general practice. There will also be an opportunity to ...

Registration is now open for a complimentary course on the Interplay between the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The Council of Europe (CoE) Programme for Human Rights Education for ...

A solicitor has alerted the Law Society to potentially malicious emails circulating using their hacked email address. Practitioners may have received an email from '[email protected]', with a fileshare ...

Allied Irish Banks has provided information for practitioners on the transfer of certain loans from Ulster Bank Ireland DAC (the Transaction). The guidance provided by the bank is set out below: This ...

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) represents more than 1 million European lawyers in Brussels and beyond. To introduce the organisation, this article offers an overview of its ...