Retired Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan died yesterday (7 July) aged 86. He died yesterday and is survived by his wife, retired Supreme Court judge Mrs Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan, and ...

The fact that an increasing number of people in Ireland now want to work beyond the State pension age of 66 is causing “huge issues” from an employment-law perspective, delegates at the Annual Review ...

An annual survey of the legal profession has found that almost half of firms are expecting the outlook for profitability in the sector to deteriorate over the next 12 months. The Annual Law Survey, ...

COVID-19 has prompted lawyers to rapidly familiarise themselves with the legal framework governing virtual closings and remote signings in a remote work environment. There is no doubt that COVID-19 ...

Legislation that changes the law on the duty of care owed by businesses, community groups and event organisers to visitors and recreational users has been commenced. The legislation amends the ...

A new State agency, brought about by the merger of the Property Registration Authority (PRA), the Valuation Office, and Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI), has officially begun operating. Tailte Éireann ...

Global law firm Kennedys has highlighted potential benefits and risk to the insurance market from the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Among the risks, it warns, is that of AI-generated deepfake ...

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 ...

President of the Law Society of England and Wales Nick Emmerson has congratulated Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party for their landslide election victory: “This election result marks a new chapter ...

The Central Bank has published the findings of a report that recommends improvements to the way it operates the Central Credit Register (CCR), a centralised system ...

The Law Society of England and Wales has warned that solicitors in the jurisdiction could be made bankrupt without proper oversight or scrutiny if the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is allowed ...

The reopening of the Four Courts in September 2021, as COVID restrictions eased, led to a significantly greater use of video calls, which put additional strain on the Wi-Fi in the Law Society’s ...