Dublin-based law firm Daly Lynch Crowe & Morris LLP (DLCM) has appointed immigration-law solicitor Leah O’Leary as a partner. The firm said that O’Leary, who joined DLCM in 2019, had greatly ...

As technology continues to transform legal practice, the Law Society has launched a new resource that contains toolkits, insights, and training on topics such as AI and cyber-security. The Law Society ...

The Government has approved the drafting of legislation to set up a new Building Standards Regulatory Authority. Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said that the move would improve compliance and ...

A total of 10,033 abortions were carried out in Ireland in 2023, the fifth year of legalised termination of pregnancy under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. The figures ...

The Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 was enacted on 2 July, the culmination of over seven years’ consultation and redrafting, beginning with the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017, ...

The Council of Europe (CoE) and EU have signed an agreement to fund an advance team to establish the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. The bodies say that the aim of the ...

UCD Sutherland School of Law has appointed three new faculty members – one because of a collaboration with law firm Matheson LLP. The three new faculty members are: Dr Amanda Byer, Dr Ciara Molloy, ...

The Law Society’s Conveyancing Committee has published new guidance for practitioners outlining the appropriate steps to take in sales where first registration is pending in the Land Registry. During ...

A Law Society initiative aimed at building confidence between solicitors and their clients is now available to the profession. The Legal Services Excellence Standard (LSES) will allow solicitors to ...

Mr Justice Raymond Groarke is to retire from the Circuit Court next week. The Courts Service says that Judge Groarke’s last day of service will be 10 January. The judge had served as President of the ...

Two of Ireland’s largest law firms, ByrneWallace LLP and LK Shields Solicitors LLP, have agreed to merge their firms to create Byrne Wallace Shields. The deal is one of the largest involving two Irish ...

Lavelle Partners LLP has moved to new offices at Bankside on Dublin’s Charlemont Street. Overlooking the Grand Canal, Bankside comprises more than 85,000 square feet of fully refurbished space. The ...