Commercial-law firm Philip Lee LLP has added New York to its network through a partnership with Skylight Law LLP, which is based in the US city. The US firm will now operate as Philip Lee (US) LLP and ...

Ireland’s data-protection watchdog has handed out the biggest fines linked to breaches of GDPR rules since the regulations came into effect, according to figures published today (18 January). Law firm ...

Professor Emerita of Law at University College Cork Carline Fennell is to chair the board of Cuan, the new agency being set up to tackle domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence. The board members ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is inviting applications for paid internships in its legal division. The internships will be for a maximum of 18 months and will start in the third quarter ...

The Minister for Finance Michael McGrath has signed a statutory instrument that extends NewERA’s remit to the Land Development Agency (LDA). New Economy and Recovery Authority (NewERA) provides ...

Lawyers at Eversheds Sutherland have described a recent ruling by the EU’s Court of Justice (CJEU) as marking “a pivotal moment” in European patent litigation. They say that the decision allows EU ...

The penalty in costs on failing to beat a lodgement or tender in party-and-party adjudication can be significant and, sometimes, unjust. Denis O’Sullivan blows out the candles. The provisions in ...

A bill that regulates the use of human tissue in Ireland has been passed by the Dáil (8 November). The Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022 ...

Loneliness and meaninglessness are constituent reasons for asking for euthanasia, a Dutch academic told the Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying today (26 September). Professor Theo Boer, a ...

The professional body for IT in Britain has called for a review of a law that assumes the reliability of computer evidence. BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, wants an end to the legal presumption ...

The recent highly-publicised High Court decision in Philip Nolan v Science Foundation of Ireland, [2024] IEHC 368 has put the spotlight back on the concept of ‘no-fault’ dismissals, writes Lewis ...

Retired Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan died yesterday (7 July) aged 86. He died yesterday and is survived by his wife, retired Supreme Court judge Mrs Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan, and ...