The Minister for Mental Health, Mary Butler has commenced a public consultation on legislation introducing a new Mental Health Legal Aid Scheme under the Mental Health Bill 2024 which will replace the ...

For many practising solicitors, the increasing demands of regulatory compliance can often feel like a thorn in the side, an obstruction to what matters most: providing clients with expert legal ...

The Law Society invites you to an evening of engaging discussion on Lithuanian-born, Irish solicitor, Michael Noyk and Ernie O’Malley,Irish republican revolutionary and writer. Cormac O’Malley, ...

A free Anti-Money Laundering (AML) talk for non-solicitors in a law firm is now available.

Employing a “Zero Trust” mentality is essential in protecting client accounts. All requests must be questioned and verified. Regular training, advanced security protocols, and vigilance can go a long ...

One of the four priority areas we highlighted in ‘A New Agenda for Justice’ last year relates to widening access to legal qualifications and proposals include extending the SUSI grant, a student visa ...

Dame Ingrid Simler, Lady Justice of Appeal, has been appointed as a justice of Britain’s Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Lord Kitchin. The Law Society of England and ...

A significant update to the procedures for judicial-review applications has been noted by McCann FitzGerald lawyers Catherine Derrig, Marie-Alice Cleary and Kate Doyle. The change means that those ...

Lawyers at Matheson have welcomed the legal certainty provided by a recent High Court judgment that overruled a decision by the Tax Appeals Commission (TAC). In Arlum Limited v Revenue Commissioners, ...

The Law Society has published an updated Guide for In-House Solicitors Employed in the Corporate and Public Sectors. Law Society President Maura Derivan has thanked the Law Society’s In-house and ...