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The general scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024 has been published. The bill is the legislative vehicle for the transposition of the Network and Information Security Directive EU 2022/2555, also known as the NIS2 Directive.

Irish SMEs are benefiting from nearly record levels of venture capital funding, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePulse survey published today in association with William Fry. A total of €494 million in venture capital funding was invested into Irish SMEs in the second q

The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has published the draft regulations for legal partnerships. The regulatory framework for legal partnerships, a new business structure for the delivery of legal services, is to be introduced in the coming months.

More than a third of Irish people would include a gift to charity in their will if tax breaks were available to beneficiaries, a new survey for My Legacy has found. Published to coincide with the launch of My Legacy Month, the poll suggests that only 27 per cent of over-18s in Ireland have made a wi

Legislation aimed at protecting victims of sexual offences from being "retraumatised" in the course of a criminal trial has come into effect. Justice minister Helen McEntee has now commenced parts 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024.

Practitioners have welcomed the commencement of legislation allowing for victims of stalking to apply to the District Court for a civil order to prohibit such behaviour continuing. Keith Walsh, solicitor and co-author of the award-winning book Domestic Violence Law in Ireland, told Irish Legal News

A cannabis business has been sanctioned for handing out free ice cream. While cannabis can now be bought and sold for recreational use in Ohio, one dealer has been slapped with a fine of $150,000 – around £115,000 – for handing out free sweet treats as well.

Older prisoners in England and Wales could be held in secure social care in the community to account for their specific health needs, a landmark new report has suggested. The report by Dr Jayne Price, published today by the Prison Reform Trust, calls on the Ministry of Justice to publish a national

South Korea's top court has found that the government's climate targets are too weak to protect the constitutional rights of younger people in a landmark case brought by hundreds of children and young people. Woodpecker et al v South Korea was brought on behalf of 254 plaintiffs, including 'Woodpeck

Northern Ireland firm Turley Legal has welcomed lawyers Eileen McKendry-Gray, Kathryn O'Hagan and Rachel Scroggie to its team. Ms McKendry-Gray joins as a consultant, bringing over a decade of industry experience as a group general counsel and a background with a UK Top 50 regional firm.

A record 1,411 racist incidents and 891 racist crimes were recorded by the PSNI in the year ending June 2024, according to new data. The annual figures from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) show that racist crimes represented 0.9 per cent of all recorded crime during the p

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Iran: Concern at 76-year-old lawyer’s re-imprisonment | Law Society Gazette

Police in Brazil have launched a crackdown on claw machines on the basis that their unreliable controls defraud players. While many players believe winning prizes — often stuffed toys — from the machines is a matter of skill, they are actually games of chance, according to authorities in

Nazia Latif has been appointed to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Her appointment by Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn will take effect from 1 September 2024 for a period of three years.

Mairead Holder has been appointed as a commissioner to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC). Mrs Holder, a barrister who is the current official solicitor for Northern Ireland, will take up the appointment with effect from 1 September 2024.