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Large parts of the landmark Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 were commenced by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan through statutory instrument earlier this month. S.I. No. 502/2019 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2019 has come into force as of

Financial services experts explored the Central Bank of Ireland's new Senior Executive Accountability Regime (SEAR) at a conference jointly hosted by Matheson and UCD Sutherland School of Law today.

A law lecturer has launched a survey seeking the views of legal practitioners and user representatives in employment law and industrial relations on workplace dispute resolution services in Ireland. Dr Brian Barry, lecturer at TU Dublin, previously conducted surveys on the subject in 2011 and 2016.

LK Shields has launched a new partnership with NUI Galway which will see the law firm working with artist James Riordan to develop a programme of workshops for NUIG Access students. The "SOAR" initiative has been made possible by the law firm's relationship with Business to Arts and the Creative Ire

The UK government has launched a new "counter-drone" strategy, setting out plans to crack down on the misuse of drones through legislation and policing. The strategy follows on the government's announcement of the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill, which will give police increased po

A 93-year-old former Nazi has gone on trial in Germany over charges he helped kill hundreds of people at the Stutthof concentration camp near the end of the war. Bruno Dey, who was an SS guard as a teenager, appeared in Hamburg youth court yesterday to deliver a prepared statement, The Times reports

A police officer has been slapped with a £600 fine and six penalty points after crashing into traffic lights outside Perth's police headquarters. Mark Chance, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving after careering straight into the lights while trying to overtake a bicycling collea

A man who was found guilty of raping his wife has had his custodial sentence increased from three years to five-and-a-half years' imprisonment in the Court of Appeal. Finding that the sentencing judge had not adequately assessed the gravity of the offending conduct, Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy said th

Dublin firm Denis McSweeney Solicitors has announced the promotion of family lawyer Niamh Kennedy to partner. Ms Kennedy, from Portmarnock and now living in Co Dublin, joined the firm 13 years ago and helped to build its family law department after completing the Law Society diploma in family law.

International legal business DWF has appointed two directors, one senior associate, four associates and nine solicitors in Belfast over a year of significant growth.

The Department of Justice has appointed Jacqui Durkin as chief inspector of criminal justice for Northern Ireland. Ms Durkin will assume leadership of Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJINI) at the end of November for an initial three-year term.

An 158-year-old law criminalising abortion in Northern Ireland will be repealed at midnight tonight under a law passed by MPs this summer. Under section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act 2019, sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 are repealed in Northern I

Pupils from Carndonagh Community School in Co Donegal have become the first to take part in a video conference with Supreme Court judges under a new initiative aimed at helping young people understand the work of the court.

The Court of Session in Edinburgh has delayed a decision on whether the Prime Minister has complied with a law that compels him to seek a Brexit extension. Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to Brussels requesting a delay, accompanied by a signed letter saying he thought that doing so would be a

Dozens of damages claims brought by Irish hauliers against Europe's biggest truck manufacturers who allegedly engaged in anti-competitive practices will most likely be heard in 2020. The claims arise out a determination by the European Commission in 2016 which found that five major truck manufacture