Solicitors in Ireland are invited to participate in a survey about the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act.

Crisper remote video link to witnesses will result from an upgrade to HDMI cabling at the Criminal Courts of Justice, the Courts Service reports. The Dublin 7 building opened in 2009 with old hat ...

The Government has agreed to nominate senior counsel Kerida Naidoo as a judge of the High Court. The vacancy arose following the implementation of section 8 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) ...

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 ...

Sandymount Strand is closed to swimmers for this summer, Dublin City Council has confirmed. The strand will have signs warning that swimming could cause illness. The council has said that most sources ...

The Consumer Rights Bill has got the go-ahead for publication and will consolidate and modernise consumer law and give new protections for digital goods and services. Tánaiste and Minister for ...

Two High Court judges have been nominated to the Court of Appeal. Ms Justice Caroline Costello and Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy were named by the Government on 10 October. Ms Justice Kennedy was sworn in ...

Solicitor Susan Martin was 29 years old and eight months pregnant with her second child. She had borrowed a very large sum to buy into partnership at the practice where she was working in Dublin. Then ...

The European Commission has taken the first step in an investigation into Apple’s position in the music-streaming market, following a complaint by Spotify. The EU body has sent Apple a Statement of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The “uncomfortable question” of why so many expert witnesses only ever appear either on the plaintiff side, or on the defendant side, was raised this morning (25 February) by Mr Justice Michael Peart, ...