A recent High Court judgment has important implications for the aftermath of dawn raids and will inform the conduct of, and engagement between, regulators and regulated entities. Cormac Little ...

COVID-19 has prompted lawyers to rapidly familiarise themselves with the legal framework governing virtual closings and remote signings in a remote work environment. There is no doubt that COVID-19 ...

US-origin firm Squire Patton Boggs has promoted Dublin-based corporate lawyers Nessa McHugh and Ciara Downes (small picture). McHugh has been promoted to senior associate and Downes has been promoted ...

The Judicial Council has sent proposals for an overall increase of 16.7% in damages to be awarded for personal injuries to the Minister for Justice. The full council met last week to consider draft ...

The Government has appointed eight members to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) – including six new appointments and two re-appointments. The 11-member authority is responsible for the ...

International law firm Taylor Wessing has promoted two lawyers to become partners in its Irish division from 1 May. They are part of the latest round of promotions – including ten new partners – ...

Great Legal Writing: Lessons from Literature is the latest title by High Court judge Dr Max Barrett (pictured), whose previous book The Art and Craft of Judgment Writing was a finalist in the Irish ...

A conference on equality at work has been hearing that changes to the equality laws to include socio-economic status as a ground of discrimination are “crucial” to advance equality. The event, ...

The Central Bank has appointed Mary-Elizabeth McMunn as deputy governor in charge of financial regulation. She will take up her role, which involves membership of the Central Bank’s executive ...

The European Commission has fined Apple more than €1.8 billion for abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music-streaming apps to iPhone and iPad users through its App ...

Two of Ireland’s largest law firms, ByrneWallace LLP and LK Shields Solicitors LLP, have agreed to merge their firms to create Byrne Wallace Shields. The deal is one of the largest involving two Irish ...

The European Court of Human Rights has found there was no violation of privacy in a claim taken by businessman about his name being mentioned in the British House of Commons. A majority judgment in ...