The tender, titled Provision of Legislative Drafting/Settling Services, is set to commence in December 2024. This initial contract will span 12 months, with the potential for further extensions.

The enactment of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 was the catalyst for the admission of women to the legal profession. December 1919 was a landmark in the history of the legal profession.

The ruling in Case C-149/17 Bastei Lübbe v Michael Strotzer is the most recent addition to a series of CJEU judgments that address the balancing of fundamental rights in the context of the enforcement ...

A famous Indian yoga teacher was once asked by a student how he might give up smoking. The reply came as something of a shock: “Don’t stop smoking – very bad for your health – the effort to stop ...

Have you been seriously injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault? Yes? Well then, you probably shouldn’t publish photographs of you taking part in a triathlon on your Facebook page if you’re ...

COVID-19 may have wrestled the legal world into embracing the technological advantages of the 21 st century, but not every matter can be dealt with remotely, say judges. Law Society nominees on courts ...

The Law Society has launched the fully digital eCompendium to the Solicitors Acts, which contains all the primary legislation regulating solicitors and empowering the Society, and now includes the ...

The Courts Service is ramping up efficiencies with jury summons administration to be centralised in Castlebar, Co Mayo. And all documents for legal actions initiated offshore, which concern an Irish ...

A total of 34 barristers transferred to the solicitors’ profession in Ireland in 2017. The figure is the same as that recorded in 2016. In 2014 and 2015, the number of transfers to the solicitors’ ...

The role of solicitors in resolving disputes involving older clients is the subject of a Law Society professional training Finuas Skillnet event. Issues to be covered at the 8 May event at Blackhall ...

It is estimated that as many as 25,000 people currently live in some kind of residential care. It is hoped that their cases will be reviewed by the newly created Decision Support Service, once the ...

This is the third event in a series where the Law Society hosts distinguished leaders who have made an impact in their chosen ...