Analysis

Developing a personal brand allows solicitors to differentiate themselves from their competitors and stand out in a crowded legal marketplace. A solid reputation can attract new clients and facilitate career advancement. Unfortunately, many of the brightest legal minds remain unknown because they ha

The Synthesis Report published three weeks ago by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) came as no surprise to many — including Dublin lawyer Rose Wall — when it stressed that climate-related impacts are hitting the world much more quickly than previou

Philip Lee partner Clare Cashin and senior associate Michael Cahill discuss a High Court case which highlights the high threshold to be met in order for a defendant party to succeed in an application to strike out proceedings for want of prosecution. In the case of Barrett v Traymount Construct

Dr Ian Marder and Dr Joe Garrihy look at the new prisons and detention bill and assess its potential impact on prison oversight. March saw the publication of the Oireachtas joint committee on justice’s report on the draft Inspection of Places of Detention Bill. This bill has significant implic

Nathan Campbell, employment and business immigration associate at Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin, reflects on recent changes to the Immigration Rules and considers how the amendments could impact businesses in Northern Ireland. A new statement of changes to the Immigration Rules has been publi

Matheson partner Rory O'Keeffe and solicitor Samuel Elliott discuss a recent English court ruling and what it means for cryptocurrency developers. In a significant case for investors in, and developers of, cryptocurrencies and other blockchain assets, the English Court of Appeal delivered judgment i

Stuart Nevin, principal associate in the Belfast office of Shoosmiths, analyses the trends in Northern Ireland's real estate market.

In advance of a public webinar today, Tim O'Connor BL examines the issues around the liability of clubs, societies and other unincorporated associations. The current consultation from the Law Reform Commission, on The Liability of Clubs, Societies and other Unincorporated Associations, has gone larg

Fieldfisher partner Zoe Richardson considers the wide-ranging recommendations of the Judicial Planning Working Group. The publication of the report of the Judicial Planning Working Group on Friday was largely welcomed by industry and government, reflected in the widespread coverage of the recommenda

Colin Murray, professor of law and democracy at Newcastle University, considers the Windsor Framework. It takes a long time for the fury and animosity to subside over an event like Brexit. We’ve spent seven years going back and forward over the reasons why imposing a customs and regulatory bor

David Leonard BL explores internal relocation in the context of EU asylum law. Internal relocation is governed by EU law. Article 8 of the Qualification Directive states that Member States may rely on it. Is it discretionary? Transposing Article 8 to allow reliance on internal protection is discreti

Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell this morning opened a second two-day conference on access to justice, this time focusing on civil legal aid. We reproduce below the bulk of his opening address. Civil legal aid might indeed have been an obvious focus of the first conference of the Access to Justice Grou

It’s not the conventional opening to an Irish Legal News interview. Aonghus Kelly is speaking via Zoom from Kyiv and has recently emerged from the air raid shelter beneath his building. “I’m sitting in my kitchen and just got out of the shelter a little while ago as we’ve had

Matheson partners Brendan Colgan, Kevin Gahan, Julie Murphy-O'Connor and Tony O'Grady look at important changes to the Companies Act 2014, together with guidance provided by the Corporate Enforcement Authority, to assist directors in understanding what their obligations are and when they might be tr

There remains some way to go before Ireland has fully implemented the Collective Redress Directive, writes Orla Clayton. Over the course of 2022, we reported on the key steps in Ireland's implementation journey in relation to the EU Collective Redress Directive (EU) 2020/1828 — from the public