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 ...

The Government has decided to nominate barrister Mícheál P O’Higgins SC as a judge of the High Court. O’Higgins is a former chair of the Bar Council, who was called to the Bar in 1990, and appointed ...

The chair of a practitioner group in Britain has told the country’s Ministry of Justice that criminal-defence solicitors do not have the capacity or resources to support 24-hour courts. According to ...

History was made today (9 October) as 17 solicitors from throughout Ireland were formally granted Patents of Precedence, and given the designation of Senior Counsel, in an online ceremony. Law Society ...

Dr Des Hogan and Dale Sunderland took up their roles as commissioners with the Data Protection Commission (DPC) yesterday (20 February). Dr Hogan, who had been Assistant Chief State Solicitor in the ...

Armagh-born Caroline Carberry KC has been named the England-and-Wales 2024 Crime Silk of the Year in recognition of her work on several ground-breaking cases. Carberry was named winner of the Legal ...

The second IHREC evaluation report on progress to combat human trafficking has been published. The EU Anti-Trafficking Directive is analysed through assessment of actions and outcomes undertaken ...

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 ...

William Fry LLP has appointed Sean Murray as a partner in William Fry Tax Advisors. Sean Murray has over 20 years of experience in advising domestic and international clients on financial services tax ...

The Academy of Leadership Sciences Switzerland (ALSS) has launched a second edition of its online course on dispute resolution in sport. The course, Introduction to Dispute Resolution in Sport, has ...

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued an opinion on the use of personal data for the development and deployment of AI models. The guidance follows a request from Ireland’s data watchdog ...

There is no right to assisted dying under European human-rights law, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled by a 6-1 majority (13 June). The judgment states ...