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Sitting judges seeking promotion to a higher court will have to undergo an interview under the government's proposed reform of the judicial appointments process. The Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022, which was published today, will introduce the most significant reforms to the judicial app

Arthur Cox partners Rosemary Lundy and Richard Armstrong set out the key dates and next steps for the UK's new standard contractual clauses for personal data transfer. Data protection rules in the EU and United Kingdom generally restrict transfers of personal data to third countries which have a leg

William Fry partners Jeffrey Greene and Nuala Clayton consider the latest case law on whistleblowing in Ireland. With Ireland due to implement the EU Whistleblowing Directive in the coming months, the Supreme Court has recently issued a key decision regarding what constitutes a protected disclosure

The High Court has determined that a hotel was not entitled to insurance cover for pandemic losses under an RSA policy of insurance. The policy required a notifiable disease to be “manifesting itself at the premises” for the policy to cover any losses. In a 94-page judgment, Mr Justice D

President of the UK Supreme Court Lord Reed has resigned as a judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal a day before he is due to deliver a lecture in Edinburgh on human rights. Lord Reed, who has submitted his resignation along with Lord Hodge, said that he has been "closely monitoring and asses

Dublin-based commercial law firm Leman Solicitors LLP has merged with international law firm Ogier, becoming Ogier Leman LLP from June 2022. The combined firm will offer legal services to the Irish market in the areas of corporate, real estate, dispute resolution and employment, and an international

Matheson has announced the appointment of 13 new partners across 12 different practice areas, bringing the total number of partners and tax principals in the firm to 105. The new partners are tax lawyer Tomás Bailey; litigation lawyers Ailbhe Dennehy, Kevin Gahan and Justin Sayers; corporate

The proliferation of artificial intelligence tools used in the justice system without proper oversight, particularly by the police, has serious implications for human rights and civil liberties, according to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee. In its report Technology rules? The a

Singapore is under pressure to stay the imminent execution of an intellectually disabled man who was found guilty of drug offences. If he is not given clemency, Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a 34-year-old Malaysian who has an IQ of 69, will be put to death.

A guide for EU lawyers and law firms on the use of artificial intelligence in legal practice will be published at an event in Brussels tomorrow. The guide is the result of two years of work in the framework of the AI4Lawyers project co-funded by the Justice programme of the European Union.

The Irish government's ambition to create a "circular economy" where waste is minimised will become a statutory requirement under landmark legislation announced today. The Circular Economy Bill will define the term "circular economy" for the first time in Irish domestic law as "an economic model and

The British Museum is facing legal action after refusing to allow 3D scanning of part of the famous Parthenon Marbles. The Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA), which wants to use technology to create a replica of the collection as a possible solution to the drawn-out international dispute over th

Irish judges have offered assistance to their Ukrainian colleagues who are in Ireland or are travelling to Ireland. The Association of Judges of Ireland (AJI) has added a strictly confidential form to its website specifically for Ukrainian judges and their families to get in touch.

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has rejected all grounds of a challenge relating to the Northern Ireland Protocol. They found that the post-Brexit arrangements were not affected by 1800s legislation, and the loss of EU representation for Northern Ireland did not amount to a breach of fundam

The Court of Appeal has held that the suspension of a consultant by the HSE should be lifted despite the fact that there was an ongoing investigation into alleged misconduct. The consultant had previously performed experiments on five women during hysteroscopy procedures without their knowledge or c