It had been “a single ill-judged remark” that had been made in the privacy of the retiring room and “was made without malice”, the finding continued. The magistrate was issued with a formal warning ...

The Family & Child Law Conference will take place in person on 6 December. This conference has been designed by family and child care law practitioners for their colleagues in the profession and aims ...

The email requests recipients to open an attached file. The firm has advised the Law Society that this email is fraudulent and that recipients should delete it immediately.

Bring the year to a close and top off your CPD tally with the Regulation Recap Seminar in Blackhall Place on 10 December.

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 Law Society of England and Wales has commented on Britain’s Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill which has now passed through Parliament. “The bill will soon become law but it remains a ...

Drafting of a bill to significantly reform the Coroner Service to increase efficiencies and minimise the impact of the death-investigation process on the bereaved has been approved by Government. A ...

The former chief executive of the Legal Aid Board has been appointed to the management board of the Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland. Solicitor John McDaid is one of a number of new board ...

Dillon Eustace has appointed Shane Harron as a partner in its Dublin-based teams that are responsible for restructuring and insolvency, and commercial litigation. Harron has more than 12 years’ ...

The Law Society Small Practice Training Grant was given to six legal firms countrywide in 2023. The grant can make a real difference to a rural practice’s ability to continue to provide much-needed ...

The revised District Court scale of costs has been issued. The new costs will see increases of at least five points across the board, the first such rise since 2014. The scale of costs has been ...

A law that imposes a windfall tax on profits made by energy companies as a result of big increases in wholesale gas prices as a result of the war in Ukraine has come into effect from today (2 August).