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Richard Hammond, partner at Hammond Good Solicitors, was elected president of the Southern Law Association (SLA) at the association's AGM in Cork last night. Patrick Dorgan, the Cork solicitor who was recently elected president of the Law Society of Ireland, attended the meeting along with Law Socie

Three of Ireland's biggest law firms - A&L Goodbody, Matheson and William Fry - have signed up to a pledge to significantly reduce their carbon emissions. The firms are among 43 companies who have signed the low carbon pledge, an initiative launched by the Business in the Community Ireland (BITC

The Court of Appeal has an equal number of men and women following the appointment of Ms Justice Caroline Costello and Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy. The pair were appointed by President Michael D. Higgins yesterday after their nomination by the Government early last month.

Gardaí have launched an investigation into how photos of an accused in the dock at Swords District Court were taken and distributed on social media. A photo of the 24-year-old woman, a teacher accused of engaging in a sex act with a teenage boy, appeared online after a hearing, the Irish Inde

HOMS Solicitors and tech firm ActionPoint joined forces at the Savoy Hotel in Limerick for a "multi-pronged" breakfast briefing on cyber security.

US law firm Tully Rinckey, which expanded into Dublin this summer, has announced a Thanksgiving event on doing business in Ireland and the US. The business briefing in Dublin next Thursday morning will see a panel of speakers discuss the relative merits of Ireland and the US as locations for busines

Eversheds Sutherland sponsored the latest Dublin Chamber of Commerce (DCC) Leaders event, which heard from Philip Lane, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. Ciaran Walker, consultant at Eversheds Sutherland, and Aebhric McGibney, director of public and international affairs at DCC, also addresse

A High Court judge has called for the introduction of strict legal and ethical standards for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the legal sector. Mr Justice Robin Knowles made the call while giving evidence to the Law Society's technology and the law policy commission, Legal Futures reports.

A teenager who broke the speed limit on his electric scooter has been slapped with penalty points on his future driving license. A court in Cleveland, England gave the 15-year-old six penalty points "which will be added to his driver's license when he is able to have one", police said.

A greyhound owner who brought an application for judicial review of a decision taken by the Control Appeal Committee of the Irish Greyhound Board has had his application dismissed in the High Court. The Appeal Committee had dismissed the man's appeal against a finding that a prohibited substance was

Leman Solicitors has announced a range of senior appointments as John Hogan takes over as managing partner. Mr Hogan has taken the reins from Larry Fenelon, now head of litigation at the firm, which has just doubled its footprint with an office renovation and expansion.

Northern Ireland's criminal justice watchdog has warned that the justice system is "struggling" to deliver acceptable outcomes for victims of sexual violence and abuse in spite of over a decade of warnings. Brendan McGuigan, the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland, said the polic

The Mental Health Commission has rejected a claims that the chairman of a mental health tribunal subjected a solicitor to discriminatory remarks. In a sworn statement, Ashimedua Okonkwo told the High Court that tribunal chairman Eamonn Walsh BL stopped her representing a woman detained under the Men

A team from UCD Sutherland School of Law have bested their Dublin City University opponents to emerge champions of the biggest National Moot Court Competition yet.

Human rights commissions on both sides of the Irish border have called for a new UK-Ireland treaty to protect the smooth operation of the Common Travel Area (CTA) after Brexit. The joint committee of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has