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An investigation has cleared gardaí of mishandling a complaint from a woman who reportedly accused a judge of inappropriate behaviour towards her. According to the Irish Independent, the woman filed a complaint in 2016 after the judge presiding over her civil case phoned her after a hearing,

Irish lawyer Marie Doyle-Rossi has been promoted to special counsel at US-headquartered law firm Covington & Burling LLP. Dr Doyle-Rossi, who is based in Dublin, joined the firm as an associate in 2010 and was promoted to senior associate in 2018.

New legislation is required to protect the rights of children in cases of donor-assisted human reproduction (DAHR) and surrogacy, a new report has recommended. The government has published a review by Professor Conor O'Mahony, special rapporteur on child protection, of children's rights and best int

Lady Justice Rose will be sworn in as a justice of the UK Supreme Court in a closed event next Tuesday. Only a small number of guests will be allowed to attend the ceremony in person, but it will also be streamed live from the UKSC website.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Matheson has advised Simon Murphy, the largest shareholder in Irish alarm monitoring company HomeSecure, on the sale of the business to PhoneWatch.

Philip Flynn, founder and owner of legal consultancy PF Solicitors, explores the future of in-house legal services. The nature and make-up of legal functions/departments varies considerably from growth stage companies, to larger multi-nationals. This is driven by more obvious factors, such as the si

The Home Office has come under fire after confirming plans to send asylum seekers to live in "squalor and inhumane conditions" at a former military site. The Napier Barracks site in Kent, run by private contractor Clearsprings Ready Homes, was the centre of controversy earlier this year after nearly

Police have seized luxury cars, villas, cash and shares from a ring of lottery workers who allegedly used their positions to reap in millions of euros. An IT worker at Lottomatica, Italy's national lottery, allegedly developed software to identify which packets of scratch cards had a winner and whic

Lawyers are showing a "lack of willingness" to engage with the informal resolution or mediation process following consumer complaints, the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has said. The legal watchdog's latest complaints report marks the first time that it has reported on complaints that h

Ireland has been left with "third world infrastructure" in the family courts and urgent investment is needed to prevent children and vulnerable people from paying the price, the Law Society of Ireland has said. Helen Coughlan, chair of the Law Society's family and child law committee, said the gener

A landmark Supreme Court ruling on the operation of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) could lead to cases being dealt with more quickly, a leading employment lawyer has said. The court yesterday rejected, by a 4-3 majority, a legal challenge arguing that the 2015 legislation underpinning the

Lawyers have been urged to review their online, print and other advertising to ensure it is fully compliant with regulations brought in last year. Three lawyers have been contacted by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA), which assumed responsibility for regulating advertising in December,

The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) has extended its contract for the use of the International Convention Centre (ICC) as a courts venue for a further three months. The ICC was deployed in January as Northern Ireland’s first “Nightingale venue” to facilitate c

A massive dataset of personal information from 553 million Facebook users which surfaced online over the weekend may predate the GDPR, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) has said. In a statement yesterday, the watchdog said it is continuing to "establish the full facts" in connection with the data

Sinn Féin's former justice spokesperson Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has settled a defamation claim against broadcaster RTÉ for over €150,000, according to reports. Mr Ó Laoghaire, who studied law at UCC, launched proceedings in the High Court last summer following disparag