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 ...

Leinster law firm McGroddy Brennan LLP Solicitors has completed a merger with Donal O’Kelly and Co Solicitors, with the deal coming into effect yesterday (1 December). McGroddy Brennan, which has ...

New legislation on the screening of non-EU investments in key areas of the economy will come into force on 6 January next year. Dara Calleary (Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and ...

Cabinet approval for 20 additional judges to be appointed on a phased basis has been secured. The Judicial Planning Working Group (JPWG) report recommended the appointment of 44 additional judges in ...

International law firm Bird & Bird has expanded its team in Ireland with confirmation of the appointment of intellectual-property (IP) and data lawyer Ann Henry. She starts at the firm on 1 February.

A secular ceremony in the Round Hall of the Four Courts for the opening of the new legal year was addressed by Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell and Attorney General Rossa Fanning (2 October). The Chief ...

The Courts Service chief executive has told trainee solicitors that one of her main objectives is to improve the courts’ case-management system. Angela Denning was speaking to Law Society course ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...