The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has suggested that law firms in England and Wales should not be able to profit from holding money on clients’ behalf. The proposal came as the SRA launched a ...

A talk by Dr Barry Whelan will form part of the Law Society public lecture series in February 2023. ‘Advancing Irish freedom: the law and the War of Independence 1919-21’ is the title of Dr Whelan’s ...

The Public Appointments Service has launched a competition to recruit a Chief Executive Officer designate for a new agency to be set up under legislation on the oversight of An Garda Síochána (AGS).

Holmes has promoted Gillian Butler to associate solicitor specialising in commercial property, construction, banking and finance, restructuring and insolvency, together with regulatory compliance.

As part of its public-information mandate, the WRC has prepared a list of the case authorities from other tribunals and courts that are most frequently cited before it. These changes will be of ...

The British Government has announced plans to build four new prisons with 6,400 spaces over the next seven years. Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood told the BBC, however, that the system could still ...

The Law Society Small Practice Training Grant was given to six legal firms countrywide in 2023. The grant can make a real difference to a rural practice’s ability to continue to provide much-needed ...

The Government has agreed to nominate Ms Justice Caroline Costello as President of the Court of Appeal. She is currently a judge in the Court of Appeal. The vacancy will arise due to the forthcoming ...

New rules introducing a minimum corporation-tax rate of 15% for large companies across the EU came into effect yesterday (1 January). Ireland signed up to the OECD measures – known as Pillar Two – in ...

New rules on sustainability reporting and individual accountability are the two measures expected to have the most significant impact on Irish businesses in 2024, according to survey by law firm Mason ...

Waterford-based Nolan Farrell & Goff LLP Solicitors has announced a new leadership team, with the addition of three new partners. The firm, founded in Waterford in 1914, is one of the largest ...

The William Fry LLP Cork office has moved to Penrose Two, Penrose Dock, Victorian Quarter, Cork, T23 YY09. The move to its new state-of-the-art office has been necessitated by the expansion of the ...