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An expert group chaired by former competition chief Isolde Goggin has been established to examine the possibility of including an individual complaints mechanism in Ireland's landmark online safety legislation. The group, which includes distinguished barrister Ronan Lupton SC and experts on children

Employees who lost out on redundancy pay due to their period on lay-off during Covid-19 restrictions will receive a special tax-free payment under new legislation. The Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill provides for a special payment of up to a maximum payment of €1,860 tax-free to bridge the

Loyal fans of Hollywood star Ana de Armas are suing a film studio for $5 million after renting a film in the mistaken belief that she was in it alongside actress Lily James. Ms de Armas – who shot to fame with her appearance in Blade Runner 2049, Knives Out and No Time to Die – appeared

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has said it returned to a "pre-pandemic growth trajectory" last year after recording a 23 per cent rise in revenue to €98 million. The only major firm to release turnover figures, it said all areas of the firm grew, with particularly strong contrib

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Matheson is advising Irish-registered biotech ProKidney LP on its announced transaction to go public through a business combination with the Nasdaq-listed SPAC Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp

Ireland should have a dedicated environmental court along the lines of the Workplace Relations Commission or the Labour Court, experts will tell the Climate Bar Association's inaugural symposium this afternoon. Taoiseach Micheál Martin will open the online event, hosted in association with Th

Seven vacancies on the board of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) will be filled by next week at the latest, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. The board has been unable to meet since September 2021 due to the unfilled vacancies because it is unable to reach the quorum to make decisions.

Legislation to expand Northern Ireland's spent convictions regime will be brought forward following strong support in a consultation, justice minister Naomi Long has announced. New legislation will reduce the length of time that it will take for some convictions to become spent and allow more senten

The Department of Justice is the only Executive department facing cuts in Northern Ireland's draft budget for 2022-25, an independent watchdog has said. An analysis by the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council found that justice would see its funding cut by between one and two per cent while other departm

Ordained lawyer Reverend Robert Marshall has been appointed as diocesan and provincial registrar in the Church of Ireland's United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough. The provincial and diocesan registrar is part of the legal team of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and of the wider Pro

Irish solicitor Claire O'Brien has been appointed as lead commercial counsel at Dublin-headquartered fintech company Wayflyer. Wayflyer, with offices in the US and across the EU, provides a range of financing and market analytics tools designed to equip eCommerce businesses with the working capital

Women have been banned from the front seats of trucks in Uganda after being branded a road hazard. Ugandan authorities have claimed male truck drivers are liable to be distracted by women wearing revealing clothing in their driver's cabin, Kenya's The Star reports.

Professor Conor Gearty, of LSE, has surveyed the jurisprudence of the UK Supreme Court under Lord Reed's leadership, suggesting that it has "reverted to an approach rooted in legal formalism, an extremely narrow reading of the rule of law, while displaying an old-school lack of interest in the lived

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Chinese rights lawyer Xie Yang detained for ‘inciting state subversion’ | Hong Kong Free Press

A special joint Oireachtas committee is being established by ministers to make recommendations on international surrogacy. There is currently no regulation of surrogacy, either altruistic or commercial, in Ireland. The Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill will regulate surrogacy within Ireland,