COVID-19 has prompted lawyers to rapidly familiarise themselves with the legal framework governing virtual closings and remote signings in a remote work environment. There is no doubt that COVID-19 ...

Only 27 enduring powers of attorney (EPAs) have been created since the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 came into force on 26 April last year, attendees of a Law Society Professional ...

The Minister for Housing has signed an order putting into effect new legislation on tenancies and licences for student-specific accommodation. Darragh O’Brien said that the bill was a response to a ...

Solicitor Máire Conneely will make her declaration as a judge of the District Court this morning in the Supreme Court. And solicitor Brendan O'Reilly will make his declaration as a judge of the ...

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into social-media platform TikTok under legislation aimed at providing stronger protection for users of digital services. The commission is to ...

An EU directive aimed at achieving a more balanced gender representation on the boards of listed companies across all member states has come into force. The European Commission says that the current ...

The latest Child Law Project report shows a continuing difficulty with finding suitable care placements for children in care, with added difficulties in securing social workers and support services.

Lawyers at A&L Goodbody (ALG) have described as “significant” a recent High Court judgment that centred on the treatment of insurance contracts in a winding-up. The decision concerned CBL Insurance ...

The Government's legislative programme for the upcoming Dáil session, which runs for 13 weeks, includes 61 bills. The Government Chief Whip Minister Hildegarde Naughton (pictured) said that 29 bills ...

The EU’s 'common charging' requirements for mobile phone and other similar electronic devices have come into effect since 28 December. These requirements will also apply to laptops as of 28 April 2026 ...

Workers in the security industry are set to receive a pay rise from 1 July under a new Employment Regulation Order (ERO). Emer Higgins (Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail) has ...

Practitioners may have received a phishing email purporting to be from a John Melson enquiring if the practice would be able ...