Lawyer Thierry Wickers has officially assumed the position of president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) following his election at the plenary session on 21 November. Thierry ...

The EU’s highest court has ruled that Ireland has failed to meet its obligations under an EU directive on the quality of drinking water. The action, taken by the European Commission, centred on the ...

A report from the International Bar Association (IBA) has calculated that the legal profession directly contributes $1.6 trillion (€1.47 trillion) to the global economy, or 1.7% of gross domestic ...

Judicial-review provisions contained in new planning legislation are not as radical as initial reaction to the bill suggested, lawyers gathered at Blackhall Place have heard. A conference at the Law ...

Law firm A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced a partnership with Harvey AI, which provides a generative artificial-intelligence (AI) platform designed for the legal profession. ALG has been using AI ...

The Law Society of England and Wales has commented on Britain’s Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill which has now passed through Parliament. “The bill will soon become law but it remains a ...

Commercial-law firm Philip Lee LLP has announced plans to double the size of its corporate and M&A (mergers and acquisitions) team over the next three years. It has also appointed partner Eoghan Doyle ...

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 Government has halved the levy that credit unions must pay into a fund set up to deal with any financial difficulties in the sector. The Department of Finance said that the rate for the Credit ...

The Government has appointed Ms Justice Eileen Roberts as a member of the Law Reform Commission. Ms Justice Roberts, who will serve in a part-time capacity, is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin who ...

Matheson LLP has appointed nine new partners across seven different practice areas. The appointments include seven internal promotions, effective from 1 January, as well as the recent arrival of ...

Dublin-based law firm William Fry LLP was the highest-ranked of three Irish firms listed in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Report, published on Friday (13 September). The report, which ranks ...