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 ...

Kim O’Neill has been appointed as partner in the Eversheds Sutherland LLP Dublin projects-and-construction group. O’Neill joins from another large Irish corporate firm and brings almost a decade of ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Principal Probate Registry in Dublin experiences an error rate of over 60% in new applications for probate – dropping to just over 50% for second applications ...

Solicitors are becoming concerned about what is covered by certificates of compliance in relation to houses served by septic tanks. Rory O’Donnell lays the groundwork In June 2023, the Environmental ...

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

In response to feedback from the profession, the Law Society has launched a free regulation helpline. Regulation Answers provides a range of guidance and information resources on all areas of ...

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