Applications are open for the spring 2025 Diploma in In-House Practice. This course is designed to provide in-house lawyers or aspiring in-house lawyers with a comprehensive understanding of the ...

Psychological safety is the foundation of high-performing teams in the workplace and central to creating a culture of wellbeing and productivity, which is why we are launching two new toolkits on ...

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 ...

EU member states have until 16 June 2024 to transpose the CSRD into their national laws, says Richard Kelly. The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) entered into force on 5 ...

Solicitor Gary Daly says that recent events underscore the pressing need for the proposed Incitement to Hatred Bill, but barrister Laoise de Brún argues that the measure risks criminalising “ordinary, ...

Cork-based solicitor Barry MacCarthy has become the 153rd President of the Law Society of Ireland. Barry will serve a one-year term as president of the 24,000-strong Irish solicitors’ profession until ...

Don’t forget to take out Law Society membership during the PC renewal period. Membership entitles you to a wide range of services, including the important right to run for and vote for your Council ...

A new law aimed at providing stronger protection for consumers and modernising consumer law came into effect today (29 November). The Consumer Rights Act 2022 was signed into law by the President on 7 ...

The first board of newly established State body, Tailte Éireann, has been announced. Darragh O’Brien (Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage) has selected David McGarry as chair of the ...

According to the Scottish Prisons Commission, “prison may sometimes do good, but it always does harm”. The essence of this statement is undoubtedly true. However, if prison administrations were ...

The Department of Justice is seeking expressions of interest from members of the public interested in serving on an advisory committee on the coronial system. The committee will support a public ...

Former Law Society President (2012-13) James McCourt has been appointed to the Circuit Court, along with senior counsel Garrett Simons who goes to the High Court and solicitor John Hughes who is ...