Five grants are offered to help support smaller practices take on a new trainee and increase access to justice in more local communities around Ireland. Your practice is located outside of Dublin ...

Counties Sligo, Roscommon, Cavan, Leitrim, Longford and Monaghan have a new Revenue Sheriff. The Law Society’s Conveyancing Committee have been informed of the following changes.

The summit, hosted through fireside chats, promises to be a fascinating and inspirational event. Leading General Counsel in Ireland have kindly agreed to participate in a panel discussion on their own ...

The Employment Equality and Equal Status Acts provide protections from racial discrimination to employees and to non-employees who are accessing goods and services, and place obligations on employers ...

The recent highly-publicised High Court decision in Philip Nolan v Science Foundation of Ireland, [2024] IEHC 368 has put the spotlight back on the concept of ‘no-fault’ dismissals, writes Lewis ...

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 ...

The employment-permit application process will be updated with the launch of a Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (DETE) cloud-based system. The ‘Employment Permits Online’ system will ...

The Law Society Gazette is today (7 March) publishing the annual figures for Ireland’s 20 largest legal workplaces by practising solicitor numbers for the year ending 31 December 2024. Matheson LLP ...

Sinn Féin has named its TD for Cavan-Monaghan, Matt Carthy, as chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. The post was one of seven secured by the party. “This committee ...

Matheson has been named ‘Irish Law Firm of the Year 2024’ by the international magazine The Lawyer. A&L Goodbody (ALG) was also a winner at the ceremony in London (28 November), taking the prize for ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) must be demystified in order for the Irish public to embrace it, according to a new strategy document that set out a series of steps to ensure widespread societal buy-in.

There is major potential to de-escalate offenders going to prison by maximising the accessibility of restorative justice through the courts system, a seminar has heard. Hosted by the Ireland branch of ...