We know that solicitors are extremely busy, and receive a large volume of emails from clients, professional contacts, and organisations including the Law Society. Based on your feedback, we have ...

January is an excellent time to kickstart your mental health and psychological fitness by embarking on a suite of subsidised psychotherapy sessions. LegalMind is operated through the Law Society’s ...

Building upon your solicitor qualification, the LLM provides an ideal opportunity for professional development in a specialised area of law. You will undertake in-depth study of an agreed legal topic ...

The North’s justice minister has said that she is “disappointed” by industrial action being taken by the Criminal Bar ...

Lawyer Thierry Wickers has officially assumed the position of president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) following his election at the plenary session on 21 November. Thierry ...

Official figures show that there was little change in supplementary pension coverage this year, with 67% of those in employment having some form of coverage outside the State pension. The figure ...

The Government has approved a plan for Ireland to intervene in South Africa’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) case against Israel under the Genocide Convention. Filing of the intervention will ...

Legal-services group DWF has named James Colville as the new managing partner of its Dublin office. He will also be head of insurance in Dublin, taking up both roles in January. Colville has qualified ...

The final provisions of 2021 legislation on the Irish language are to come into effect on 21 December this year. The measures will give Irish speakers more language rights, as well as placing new ...

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal awarded €8.7 million to victims of violent crime last year, its annual report shows. This was up from just over €8 million in 2022. The body administers a ...

British government plans unveiled yesterday (19 December) to increase criminal legal-aid rates for solicitors by a further 12% are a boost to the profession and to access to justice, the Law Society ...

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is to grant temporary release to 138 prisoners this Christmas. The IPS says that many of the prisoners being released are nearing the end of their sentences, adding that ...