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Property website daft.ie has been ordered to remove discriminatory adverts after they were found to breach the Equal Status Acts. The Workplace Relations Commission yesterday handed down its ruling in the long-running proceedings, which were brought by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission

Mason Hayes & Curran has launched a guide to artificial intelligence, examining the use of AI technology in healthcare and fintech as well as everyday life. The guide, available from the firm's website, gives an overview of how the AI industry is developing in Ireland as well as how EU guidance

UK officials will withdraw from most EU meetings, including important meetings on European law and policy, with effect from 1 September 2019. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs last month that “very many brilliant UK officials” are “trapped in meeting after meeting in Brussels a

Staff at Ronan Daly Jermyn were among nearly a thousand people taking part in the recent Dublin City Triathlon (DCT).

Maureen Daly, partner and head of technology and intellectual property at Beauchamps, writes on recent changes to Irish copyright law. The Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 was signed into law by the President on 26 June 2019, but the Act has not yet commenced. A Comm

A prison has installed a stairlift for elderly inmates amid an increase in requests for walking frames, thermal underwear and wedge pillows, The Times reports. Cells and showers have also been adapted to accommodate inmates with mobility problems.

Claire Edgar, partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors in Belfast, writes on new pensions guidance which has been published to help family law practitioners in ancillary relief cases. A recently published report provides guidance for how pensions should be treated in divorce. The Guide to the Tr

Global law firm Dentons has appointed one of its lawyers as chief mindfulness officer in Europe. Warsaw partner Karina Furga-Dabrowska's appointment comes after she launched the firm's NextMind program, which aims to help its lawyers reduce stress.

A Polish government minister has resigned following reports that he conspired to discredit judges critical of the country's controversial judicial reforms. Lukasz Piebiak, who has not commented on the allegations broken by Polish web portal Onet.pl on Monday night, said he was stepping down from his

A woman in El Salvador who was jailed for 30 years following a court case that drew international attention to the country's strict anti-abortion laws has been acquitted following a re-trial. Evelyn Hernández, 21, was arrested in 2016 and charged with aggravated homicide after police recovere

Three unmarried adults in a polyamorous relationship have been legally recognised as the parents of a child. The mother of the child did not know which of the two men was the biological father, a court in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador was told.

Plans to double processing fees for claims submitted to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) by post have come under fire from solicitors. The processing fee for claim application forms submitted by post or email is set to increase to €90 from 1 September 2019, but will stay at €4

Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie has announced the appointment of Hannah Simpson as a solicitor in the firm's litigation department. Ms Simpson, a graduate of Newcastle University and the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS), joins from a rival Belfast firm.

International law firm Kennedys, which employs over 30 staff in its Dublin office, has announced the appointment of its first global managing partner. English lawyer Suzanne Liversidge takes up the role and will work alongside recently re-elected senior partner Nick Thomas on the strategic and opera

Only two-fifths of court fines handed out in 2017 and 2018 have been paid, according to new Courts Service figures. Court fines worth €22 million were imposed in 2017 but only €10.9 million, around 49 per cent, has been paid.