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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said he would support removing reference to the time period before a court can grant a divorce from the Constitution altogether, The Times reports. A referendum is expected to take place next year to reform article 41.3.2 of the Constitution, which has remained

Maples and Calder has retained its position as the number one legal adviser to Irish-serviced funds for the sixth consecutive year, according to the Monterey Insight Report 2018. Monterey Insight is a leading independent fund industry research company that provides the only comprehensive statistical

PIAB recently launched a solicitor portal. It is a secure, web-based platform where authorised users can access information to their clients’ claims and correspond with PIAB. The PIAB solicitor portal is available on the PIAB website www.piab.ie.

The UK government has announced a new package of workplace reforms it calls the "largest upgrade in workers' rights in over a generation". The announcement takes forward 51 of the 53 recommendations made last summer by the Taylor Review, led by Matthew Taylor, CEO of the Royal Society of Arts and fo

Co Down solicitor Elaine Mary Early has been spared jail after admitting a series of fraud and money-laundering offences linked to client accounts, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Ms Early, formerly of Elaine Early and Co Solicitors in Comber, transferred thousands of pounds from client accounts to h

The High Court will consider whether to freeze the accounts of suspended Ballaghderreen solicitor Declan O'Callaghan and his former practice, Kilrane O'Callaghan & Co. Solicitors, on Friday, The Irish Times reports. The Law Society of Ireland announced last week that it would seek orders freezin

Judge Harry McKibbin has retired after more than two decades on the Magistrates' Court bench. The Law Society of Northern Ireland wished the judge, who was appointed in March 1995, "all the best in his retirement on behalf of all the solicitors' profession".

A sex worker advocacy organisation has marked International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Sex Workers today by calling on the Government to decriminalise the sale and purchase of sex in Ireland. Kate McGrew, director of the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI), said the Criminal Law (Sexual Offen

A developer who tore down a historic San Francisco house has been ordered to build an exact replica - and install a plaque outside explaining what happened. Property speculators have made a game out of tearing down historically protected homes, then retroactively applying for demolition permits, and

A receiver has had his motion claiming possession of a woman’s holiday house in Killarney refused in the High Court. Finding that the receiver had not sufficiently made out the case that he was entitled to possession of the property, Mr Justice Senan Allen pointed to a number of gaps “in

Legislation providing for access to abortion on request up to 12 weeks has been approved by TDs and Senators. The Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 will now go to President Michael D. Higgins to be signed into law, six months after the referendum on the repeal of the Eighth A

Hayes Solicitors has compared its performance over the past year to the fortunes of Irish rugby, with a "tremendous" second half of the year. Ken Casey, who joined the firm as partner and head of corporate in January, has focused on building the firm's transaction services offering.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has congratulated its two research interns following their graduation and award of Master's degrees from Ulster University.

A detective found guilty of harassing a State solicitor by sending abusive letters and emails is seeking to have her conviction overturned on grounds that the State retained her data under a "doomed" Irish law. Eve Doherty, 50, was found guilty by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of harassing

Partner Joanelle O'Cleirigh and associates Alan Coyne and Tara Roche at Arthur Cox in Dublin write on the future of surveillance in Ireland. Do regulatory agencies have phone tapping powers? For now, no – but there have been calls for the Government to give certain regulatory agencies, such as