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 ...

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 ...

DWF, which provides legal and business services, has appointed Janet Keane as a new healthcare director in its Dublin office. Keane, who has over 15 years of expertise in healthcare law and clinical ...

The North’s justice minister has said that she is “disappointed” by industrial action being taken by the Criminal Bar ...

The former chief justice Frank Clarke will be one of the speakers at an event on law and economics hosted by the Trinity College Law Review next week. Patricia Lucas, former judge of the Supreme ...

Fieldfisher has named Peter O’Neill as a partner in its corporate and commercial and renewable-energy law practice. He joins from Eversheds Sutherland and brings long experience in commercial and ...

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The Government has agreed to nominate Judge Colin Daly (pictured), the current President of the District Court, for appointment as an ordinary judge to the Circuit Court. There was a vacancy on the ...

Mediation is an essential accessory in the toolkit of every litigation solicitor. Liam Guidera provides a practical perspective for solicitors who are engaged as advisors on behalf of parties involved ...

The European Parliament has backed a directive aimed at improving product-labelling that will ban the use of misleading environmental claims. MEPs voted in favour of the proposal by 593 votes to 21.

The Child Law Project (CLP) has published its latest report, which covers cases attended by its reports during the second half of 2023. This volume comprises 54 reports – 43 from the District Court ...

US law firm Vinson & Elkins is to open a Dublin city centre office, in a move that it said would enhance its ability to serve clients in the aviation sector. Partner David Berkery, who joined the firm ...