In response to feedback from the profession, the Law Society has launched a free regulation helpline. Regulation Answers provides a range of guidance and information resources on all areas of ...

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has promoted five lawyers in its Dublin office. Grace Lumsden and James Cullinane have been promoted to managing associate in the firm’s investment-funds group ...

The Government has approved the publication of a bill to set up a new dedicated Family Court within the existing courts structure. The proposed legislation also provides a set of “guiding principles” ...

The Law Society is here to support solicitors affected by Storm Éowyn. If you have any queries, please contact [email protected] .

Solicitor Cian Smith is now chief legal and regulatory officer at Premier Lotteries Ireland, operator of the National Lottery, after acting in the role for the past year and a half. He joined the ...

With striking red curls beneath a barrister’s wig, the commanding voice of Armagh-born Caroline Carberry KC rings out across court five in London’s Old Bailey. She is a blazing Celt, flaming at the ...

A bill that creates a statutory right to the conclusion of court proceedings within a reasonable time has passed all stages in the Oireachtas. The bill provides for a declaration and, where ...

Solicitor Madeleine Delaney has been appointed as chief executive of the Charities Regulator. The appointment, which was made by the regulator’s board after a public recruitment process, was approved ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has clarified to the Law Society that, from 1 January, the operational requirements will change for issuing emergency travel certificates for paid-for surrogacy ...

The Government has published a bill aimed at modernising the legislation governing national monuments and heritage sites. The bill will provide for a single integrated licensing system, and statutory ...

Solicitor Joan Crawford, who now leads the Legal Aid Board, says that the work has thoroughly hooked her – though, as she reveals to Mary Hallissey, she never intended to remain so long in the same ...

The Government has approved the publication of what is being described as a “wide-ranging” bill aimed at strengthening protection for victims of sexual offences and human trafficking. Among the bill’s ...