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Newly-adopted national targets will aim to bring the length of conveyancing and probate processes to a maximum of eight weeks. An expert group on conveyancing and probate established by in December 2023 has told ministers that the conveyancing target could be met "in 2025" and the probate target cou

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has launched a new analysis of trends and regulatory shifts in the EU's digital health sector over the past six months. The Mid-Year Digital Health Guide focuses on critical developments that are shaping digital health in 2024 and lays the groundwork for wh

Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs has opened its 17th European location with the launch of an office in Geneva, Switzerland. Financial services partner and commodities and shipping group co-head Kate Sherrard will lead the office, which will focus on building around core strengths including commod

An increasing number of people are joining the solicitor and barrister professions though the number of new devils starting pupillage at the Law Library has declined, according to new figures from the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA). The LSRA's annual report for 2023 on the admission poli

A ban on French women athletes who wear hijabs from competing at the Olympic Games breaches international human rights laws, Amnesty International has said. In a 32-page report published ahead of the Paris Olympic Games later this month, the rights organisation highlights the devastating impact that

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) issued twice as many compliance notices and three times as many fines in 2023 compared to the year before, new figures show. The watchdog's 2023 annual report shows it issued 24 compliance notices to 14 businesses, a 100 per cent increase, an

New legislation is to streamline information on road collisions and end the need for paper tax discs. The Roads Bill 2024 will provide the necessary legislative basis to facilitate the flow of information so that local authorities, in their role as road authorities, may request, receive, and process

Fake olive oil worth almost $1 million (around €914,000 or £767,000) has been seized from an alleged criminal gang in Italy. Italian police arrested seven people and raided more than a dozen garages and warehouses in the major overnight operation last week, CNN reports.

Ms Justice Caroline Costello has been picked by government ministers as the next president of the Court of Appeal. She will succeed Mr Justice George Birmingham, who has held the post since 2018 and is due to retire on Sunday 4 August 2024.

Ireland's enduring powers of attorney (EPAs) system is at "crisis point" and immediate government intervention is needed, the Law Society has told ministers. Only 10 EPAs have been activated since a new online system was introduced almost 15 months ago, compared to 1,245 the previous year.

Dentons' Dublin office has been accredited as a menopause-friendly employer. The global law firm has secured accreditation from Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace for its UK, Ireland and Middle East offices following an independent assessment covering five key areas: culture, policies and practic

EY Ireland is to relocate its Dublin headquarters to Wilton Park in two years' time as part of an expansion and consolidation.

Northern Ireland solicitors, barristers and judges of the future have been given the opportunity to shine in the UK Supreme Court’s new essay competition. The competition, which marks the court’s 15th anniversary, is open to all students at UK universities and other higher education prov

The UK's new Labour government is expected to maintain the previous administration's objections to proposed international arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials, according to an Israeli newspaper. Karim Khan KC, the chief prosecutor of the International Cri

An art gallery which became embroiled in a discrimination row over a women-only exhibition space has admitted the supposed Picasso paintings displayed there were fake all along. A court ruled earlier this year that Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) could not lawfully bar men from its Ladie