The Domestic Violence Act 2018 was commenced in January. It amends and consolidates the law on domestic violence and is one of the most significant family law statutes introduced in the past 20 years.

The Government has approved a plan for Ireland to intervene in South Africa’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) case against Israel under the Genocide Convention. Filing of the intervention will ...

Solicitor Shalom Binchy is among four new nominees to the Policing Authority. Shalom has 23 years’ experience as a lawyer, founding her own firm in 2002, which recently merged with Sheehan and ...

The EU’s Court of Justice (CJEU) has recently highlighted the importance for member states of upholding the principle of judicial independence. In its 27 February 2018 judgment in Case C-64/16 ...

Applications are open for the award-winning Diploma in Aviation Leasing and Finance. This course delivers an in-depth analysis of the core legal and practical issues relating to aircraft leasing and ...

To effectively comply with the AI Literacy provisions, and in line with how legal practices approach the profession’s CPD obligations, a structured approach is necessary. However, AI literacy has an ...

The fundraiser was in aid of Barnardos and Merchant’s Quay Ireland and trainees were delighted to raise over €500. The Stanhope Street Reading Programme allows Law Society students to give back to the ...

A new legal practice, Crushell & Co, is being launched today (1 September), as a specialist in workplace matters. The firm will be based at Pembroke Street Upper in Dublin 2. Founder Barry Crushell is ...

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 ...

Lawyer Kate Heffernan has returned to Mercy Law Resource Centre, after a previous internship and later work as a pro bono secondee from Arthur Cox. The Trinity LLB graduate also did a postgraduate ...

The 1916 Proclamation was a defining moment in Irish history, akin to the American Declaration of Independence. However, there also exists an Irish Declaration of Independence, whose centennial ...