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Global law firm DLA Piper has announced plans to double its workforce in Ireland after achieving an initial target of recruiting 100 lawyers and business professionals. The firm established its Irish operations in 2019 and has since grown to a full-service law firm. It relocated last year to a six-f

A top official with Italy's National Association of Referees has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in international drug trafficking. Rosario D'Onofrio was the body's chief prosecutor until he and dozens of others were arrested by Italy's financial police in a major operation on Saturday.

The long-awaited review of Ireland's civil legal aid scheme has begun with the opening of a consultation for stakeholders. The consultation, which will run from today until Friday 6 January, marks the first part of a multi-phase consultation process aimed at capturing a broad range of views across s

Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs has announced plans to establish an Irish office in Dublin next year, led by current Pinsent Masons partner Dennis Agnew.

Followers of the popular Irish Legal News Linkedin pages have reached 18,000 with the number of unique visitors to our website, www.irishlegal.com, now averaging 100,000 per month. LinkedIn followers are increasing by just under 500 per month and last month 169 new subscribers to the free Irish Lega

Arthur Cox has been named as a sponsor of Belfast-based women's hockey club Pegasus. The club is one of the most successful in the history of Ulster and Irish hockey and was one of only eight teams to compete in the Women's Euro Hockey League earlier this year.

The Irish government should commit to bringing the UK government to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) if it presses on with controversial legislation to address the legacy of the Troubles, Amnesty International has said. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation Bill) propose

Tipperary solicitor Maura Derivan has been appointed as president of the Law Society of Ireland for 2022/23. Ms Derivan, managing partner of Derivan Sexton & Company, becomes the 152nd president of the Law Society and the sixth woman to serve in the role. This is the second time in history that

Ireland cannot ratify the EU–Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) unless changes are made to the legislation governing arbitration, the Supreme Court has ruled. The constitutional challenge to the trade deal was brought by Green Party TD Patrick Costello, who claimed that CETA

Auditors hired by the Vatican to tidy up its accounts claim they were fired for digging up too much dirt – and are now suing the Holy See for €9.3 million.

Those unlike archetypal judges have the least trust in the UK judiciary, according to a new poll. The survey of 5,000 adults undertaken by YouGov for the Good Law Project (GLP), found that 28 per cent of people have no trust in judges, while 31 per cent said their level of trust had fallen in recent

Over £18 billion worth of Russian assets have been frozen as a result of UK sanctions, according to the first official figures. The figures have been published by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in its first annual review since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which led to

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Plight of Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah overshadows COP27 | FT

Law students Emilia Lye and Chong Zheng Yang have won the Queen's University Belfast Law Society's annual novice moot for 2022.

The Law Society of Ireland has encouraged solicitors considering a return to work after a career break or an extended period of leave to join its returners programme, which commences today. The returners programme is designed to support Law Society members on their journey returning to practice, wit