The Government has agreed to nominate senior counsel Kerida Naidoo as a judge of the High Court. The vacancy arose following the implementation of section 8 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) ...

The North’s justice minister has said that she is “disappointed” by industrial action being taken by the Criminal Bar ...

Senior counsel Orla Crowe has been named as a judge of the Circuit Court. The vacancy arises following the recent retirement of Judge Jacqueline Linnane. Orla Crowe has a BCL degree from UCD (1988) ...

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 ...

Two High Court judges have been nominated to the Court of Appeal. Ms Justice Caroline Costello and Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy were named by the Government on 10 October. Ms Justice Kennedy was sworn in ...

The Consumer Rights Bill has got the go-ahead for publication and will consolidate and modernise consumer law and give new protections for digital goods and services. Tánaiste and Minister for ...

Solicitor Susan Martin was 29 years old and eight months pregnant with her second child. She had borrowed a very large sum to buy into partnership at the practice where she was working in Dublin. Then ...

Now in its third year, the Future of Legal Practice Summit is an interactive legal education event, taking place on 9 and 10 ...

Lawyer Thierry Wickers has officially assumed the position of president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) following his election at the plenary session on 21 November. Thierry ...

The “uncomfortable question” of why so many expert witnesses only ever appear either on the plaintiff side, or on the defendant side, was raised this morning (25 February) by Mr Justice Michael Peart, ...

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 ...

International law firm Clark Hill has appointed Jennifer Fay as partner in charge of its Dublin office. Fay, who had been deputy member in charge for the firm’s Dublin office, brings over 20 years of ...