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 ...

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued an opinion on the use of personal data for the development and deployment of AI models. The guidance follows a request from Ireland’s data watchdog ...

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 ...

An expansion of the Courts Service’s digital court-management system is among the key objectives set out in the organisation’s latest technology strategy, published yesterday (17 December). UCMS ...

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 Central Bank is to set up a dedicated unit to oversee the system under which it approves the appointment of individuals to key roles in regulated financial institutions. The move follows a review ...

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 ...