Law Society Of Ireland

An updated pre-lease enquiries precedent has been published by the Law Society of Ireland's conveyancing committee. The new precedent has been updated to reflect changes to property law and should prove invaluable to solicitors dealing with commercial lease transactions.

Three Irish trainee solicitors have won a prize at the prestigious InterNational Academy of Dispute Resolution (INADR) 2025 mediation competition in Tbilisi, Georgia. DLA Piper's Gráinne Ní Fhrighil, William Fry's Kate Lyttle and Dillon Eustace's Cian McAllister were named as Best Clie

The Law Society of Ireland's director of representation and member services, Teri Kelly, has been appointed to the national leadership of the Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII). Ms Kelly has over 25 years' experience in the technology, energy, legal and financial services sectors.

The Law Society of Ireland has congratulated 40 transition year (TY) students from across the country on completing its Solicitors of the Future programme. The week-long programme, which aims to teach students about the law and to consider a future legal career, took place at the Law Society in Dubl

The Law Society of Ireland has welcomed government plans to invest in justice and law reform as a "significant step in the right direction". The professional body for solicitors today congratulated Fianna Fáil TD Jim O'Callaghan SC, formerly a practising barrister, on his recent appointment a

The Law Society of Ireland has paid tribute to the late Judge Marie Quirke. The District Court judge, who passed away on Tuesday, practised as a solicitor prior to her appointment to the bench in 2012.

The Law Society of Ireland has presented a cheque worth €325,000 to its Calcutta Run charity partners, The Hope Foundation and Dublin Simon Community. Both charity partners received €160,000, with a further €5,000 being donated to the Southern Bar Law Association for its charity partn

The Law Society of Ireland has invited schools to sign up for an initiative that gives students the opportunity to learn about the law and explore a future career as a solicitor. Over 2,000 students participated in the Law Society Legal Ambitions course — an innovative Transition Year (TY) mod

The Law Society of Ireland will host a special pre-election webinar tomorrow to discuss how issues of justice and law reform have featured in the campaign. Law Society director-general Mark Garrett will be joined by panellists including The Irish Times political editor Pat Leahy, Irish Independent c

Cork solicitor Eamon Harrington has been elected as president of the Law Society of Ireland for 2024/25. Mr Harrington is a senior partner at Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP, with offices in Cork and Dublin.

Transition Year students have been invited to enter the Law Society of Ireland's 2025 Gráinne O'Neill Memorial Legal Essay Competition. To enter, students are asked to submit a 1,500-word essay examining "the role the law can play in addressing hate crime" by Friday 22 November.

The Law Society of Ireland has welcomed the government's commitment to appointing 20 additional judges. Helen McEntee, the justice minister, announced yesterday that she had secured support from her ministerial colleagues for legislation paving the way for the second phase of appointments recommende

The Law Society of Ireland has published the provisional results of its 2024 Council election. Fiona McNulty, Rosemarie Loftus, Áine Hynes SC, Martin Lawlor, Maura Derivan, Brian McMullin, Stuart Gilhooly SC, Tony O’Sullivan, Graham Kenny, Garry Clarke, Cri

The Law Society of Ireland has expressed concern over the absence of practising solicitors and barristers on the new Judicial Appointments Commission. Justice minister Helen McEntee yesterday unveiled the membership of the Commission, which is to be established from 1 January 2025.

The Law Society of Ireland has said it is seeking a meeting with justice minister Helen McEntee over her decision to keep legal aid fees at a level "still far below what was paid more than a decade ago". An eight per cent increase in criminal legal aid fees will take effect from 1 January 2025, Mrs