Psychological safety is the foundation of high-performing workplace teams and central to creating a culture of wellbeing and productivity, which is why we are launching two new toolkits on Thursday 6 ...

Applications are open for the spring 2025 Diploma in In-House Practice. This course is designed to provide in-house lawyers or aspiring in-house lawyers with a comprehensive understanding of the ...

Don’t forget to take out Law Society membership during the PC renewal period. Membership entitles you to a wide range of services, including the important right to run for and vote for your Council ...

A Maynooth University project has the goal of reducing barriers to third-level education for those with convictions. ‘Unlocking Potential’ seeks to provide a fair admissions toolkit for higher ...

The Health Service Executive (HSE) is facing 473 data-protection lawsuits as a result of the 2021 cyberattack. RTÉ News reports that there have also been 140 pre-action letters issued to the HSE. The ...

Judicial-review provisions contained in new planning legislation are not as radical as initial reaction to the bill suggested, lawyers gathered at Blackhall Place have heard. A conference at the Law ...

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 Law Society’s Practice Management Member Services team has produced two information leaflets for practitioners, covering the steps involved in setting up a partnership and the succeeding-practice ...

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 ...

Lawyers at Fieldfisher say that a Circuit Court judgment delivered last week provides some clarity in relation to the level of compensation to be awarded in cases involving non-material damage. In a ...

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 ...

Law firm RDJ says that a recent High Court decision may provide guidance on future proceedings where individuals or organisations are sued for defamation over posts on social media. Earlier this month ...