If you are a national of a Member State of the European Union and are qualified to practise as a lawyer in your home Member State, you may be able to register as a foreign qualified solicitor under ...

The Law Society has presented a cheque worth €325,000 to its Calcutta Run charity partners, the Hope Foundation and Dublin Simon Community. Both charities received €160,000, with a further €5,000 ...

The EU's highest court has ruled that German law can prevent purely financial investors from taking a stake in a law firm. The case centres on a 2021 decision by the Munich Bar Association to revoke ...

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 ...

A legal watchdog has referred lawyers Shepherd & Wedderburn (S&W) to the Law Society of Scotland over its handling of the sale of Sheffield United and the advice given to the then co-owner, property ...

Solicitors who want to be placed on the Criminal Legal Aid (CLA) panel for 2025 are required to submit some documentation, the Law Society Criminal Law Committee has said. A completed application form ...

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 ...

Official figures show that annual growth in the price of residential property eased for the second month in a row in October. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said that home prices rose by 9.7% ...

The total number of homes approved in the third quarter (Q3) of this year fell by almost 11% compared with the same period last year, according to official figures. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) ...

An expansion of the Courts Service’s digital court-management system is among the key objectives set out in the organisation’s latest technology strategy, published yesterday (17 December). UCMS ...

Corporate-law firm William Fry is in talks with senior representatives of the Irish division of global firm Eversheds Sutherland about a potential agreement, according to a report in the Irish Times.

The Government has appointed eight members to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) – including six new appointments and two re-appointments. The 11-member authority is responsible for the ...