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 ...

Raymond Bradley (Malcomson Law, Dublin), Geraldine Clarke (Gleeson McGrath Baldwin LLP, Dublin), Nicola Dunleavy (Matheson, Dublin), Alison Fanagan (A&L Goodbody LLP, Dublin), Larry Fenelon (Leman ...

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 ...

The Law Society has launched the fully digital eCompendium to the Solicitors Acts, which contains all the primary legislation regulating solicitors and empowering the Society, and now includes the ...

An audit of vocational assessments is revealing about those who bring claims for loss of earnings in Irish personal injury cases. The recently published book A Guide to Expert Witness Evidence ...

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, ...

A significant shake-up in court reporting is expected as the media is granted the formal right to access documents opened in court. The 1 August change in the Rules of the Superior Courts allows the ...

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 ...

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 ...

When documents disclosed in discovery have been redacted, the courts face a balancing act between the public interest in the confidentiality of documentation and the public interest in securing ...

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 ...