As we all no doubt recall from our ‘introduction to company law’ days, the principle of separate legal personality was established in the 1897 case of Salomon v Salomon. That is, the legal personality ...

Practitioners may have received a phishing email purporting to be from a John Melson enquiring if the practice would be able ...

Places an obligation on solicitors to provide advice and information prior to the issuing of any proceeding – a statutory declaration is required to be provided to satisfy same, The court has the ...

There is a great deal to be gained from a variety of peer support structures that can help reduce professional loneliness and isolation. Professional loneliness, as a concept, may be unfamiliar, but ...

The new Family Law Act changes more than just the minimum living-apart period. The Family Law Act 2019 was enacted on 25 October 2019 and is expected to be commenced very shortly. The act follows on ...

The Law Society has produced an action plan to help legal firms to prepare for a return to the workplace as COVID-19 restrictions begin to be gradually lifted. In a bulletin, President Michele O’Boyle ...

Since 2013 over 3,000 transition year students have completed the Law Society’s Street Law programme. Street Law is an initiative which places trainee solicitors studying at the Law Society in local ...

If you are a lawyer qualified in one of the following jurisdictions, you may take the Qualified Lawyers' Transfer Test (QLTT) in order to become a solicitor in Ireland but first you must obtain a ...