Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP has announced that Stephen Gardiner has joined the firm as a partner in its asset-finance practice. The firm describes Gardiner as a highly regarded advisor with 15 ...

Plans to introduce new hate speech laws have been shelved, justice minister Helen McEntee has confirmed. The minister is to withdraw section 2 of the bill, which is the hate speech element, following ...

With less than three weeks to go, the Law Society is encouraging all legal professionals to continue to register for Calcutta Run charity partners, Dublin Simon Community and the HOPE Foundation.

The Law Society Gazette is today (7 March) publishing the annual figures for Ireland’s 20 largest legal workplaces by practising solicitor numbers for the year ending 31 December 2024. Matheson LLP ...

Georgia will ban paid-for commercial surrogacy from 1 January, 2024. Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said this week (12 June) that paid-for commercial surrogacy will now only be permitted for ...

A seminar on the evolving topic of social media posts as grounds for dismissal will be held at the Distillery Building in Dublin 7 next Wednesday 22 January. Presented jointly by the Employment Bar ...

Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud happens when victims are deceived into making immediate payments to bank accounts managed by fraudsters pretending to be legitimate payees, write Paul Convery and ...

The Government has agreed to nominate High Court judge Mr Justice Michael MacGrath for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal. The Appeal vacancy arose after the retirement of Mr ...

A recent Supreme Court decision represents a welcome clarification of the test for ‘employee’ status. Maeve Regan pays cash in hand In October 2023, the Supreme Court delivered its decision in Karshan ...

The Circuit Court has awarded €7,500 in a personal-data-breach claim against a Government agency, the highest such award, write Rachel Hayes, Adele Hall and Aoife Keenan of William Fry. The case ...

The Government has announced the publication of the bill that will set up a new auto-enrolment system for pensions. The Department of Social Protection says that the legislation will bring around ...