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ByrneWallace has an equal number of women and men partners for the first time, The Times reports. The firm said it had reached the gender milestone in its partnership over the summer.

The appointment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will further undermine the court's international reputation, according to Irish legal experts. Senator Ivana Bacik, a qualified barrister and legal academic who has co-authored texts on crime, human rights

International legal business DWF, with offices in Dublin and Belfast, has announced it has agreed to an "exclusive association" with US law firm Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP (WSHB). WSHB is an LA-based full-service law firm with 56 partners and 250 lawyers across its 22 US offices, and gene

More than half a dozen law firms have been shortlisted for awards from the LGBT+ magazine GNI MAG. International law firms Pinsent Masons and Allen and Overy have been shortlisted in the Business Contribution to the Community category.

Gardaí have failed to report almost 1,600 incapacitating spray incidents to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) within the necessary timeframe, The Irish Times reports. Figures obtained by the newspaper show that 1,794 reports of Garda use of incapacitating spray on s

Divorce judges will assign custody over pets on a similar basis to custody over children under new legislation in the US state of California. Judges are now legally required to consider an animal's best interests in divorce proceedings, and can order shared ownership of a pet.

The directors of a construction company who, along with their wives, signed guarantees in respect of the indebtedness of their company to the Bank of Ireland, have lost their Supreme Court appeal against the €1 million summary judgment granted by the High Court in 2011. Finding that there was n

In a first for any Irish law firm, A&L Goodbody has announced the appointment of solicitor Eithne Lynch as a full-time pro bono associate. Ms Lynch joins from the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) and will oversee the firm's pro bono programmes and initiatives, the Irish Independent reports.

Dublin firm Philip Lee has announced its appointment to the Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS) legal panel, the first formal legal panel for the organisation. The panel will provide legal advice and support to the company across the UK and Ireland.

Ronan Daly Jermyn has advised Goethe-Institut Irland on the recent redevelopment of its cultural centre at Merrion Square. Construction partner Finola McCarthy led the team advising on the construction contract for the extensive renovation and remodelling of the Samuel Sproule-designed 1787 house an

Matheson and UCD Sutherland School of Law have jointly hosted the first Brexit-focused event at the newly-opened UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland. "Cultivating New Opportunities: The Agri-Food and Beverage Perspective on Brexit and China" heard from industry and legal experts, as well as Agricult

The Court of Appeal has ruled that thousands of people may have been unlawfully held in immigration removal centres in recent years. In a case brought by five asylum seekers who were challenging the provisions of the Dublin III regulations, judges ruled that detained people could not be held indefin

A man has become the first person to be jailed under new modern slavery laws after he used children in a "county lines" operation. Zakaria Mohammed, 21, a drug dealer, was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court for his drug operation which he ran between Birmingham and Lincoln