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Legislation providing for the mandatory open disclosure of serious patient safety incidents is to be commenced in the coming days. The Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 was signed into law by the President last year, and a number of preparatory steps required to enab

Former finance minister Michael McGrath is to be appointed as the new European commissioner for justice. Ursula von der Leyen today unveiled the make-up of the new European Commission, who begins a second five-year term as president.

Nearly half of the UK's biggest law firms last year saw their best revenue results since the financial crisis of 2008. Only 11 firms in the top 100 failed to grow last year, new research shows, with 44 firms recording revenue increase of 10 per cent or more.

Keir Starmer has been urged not to replace the previous UK government's Rwanda scheme with a new Albania scheme. The prime minister met yesterday with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, who has struck a deal with Albania for asylum seekers to be processed there.

An eight-year-old girl was caught by police driving herself to a Target store to go shopping. Police in Bedford, Ohio said the child had been reported missing shortly before they received a report about a "small child" driving a car.

Cantillons Solicitors has promoted Marian Fogarty, Aisling Maher and Amy Connolly to partner. The Cork-based firm poked fun at the county's long-standing sporting rivalries as it announced the summer promotions.

Dr Sarah Arduin has been appointed as assistant professor in EU law at Trinity College Dublin as a result of a partnership between the university and Matheson. Trinity and Matheson last year launched the partnership which supports Trinity Law School in the teaching and research of EU law.

Justice is "increasingly likely" to be devolved to Wales but should not lead to the creation of a separate Welsh legal jurisdiction, a new report from the Law Society Wales Office has said. The Reimagining Justice in Wales 2030 report highlights serious concerns around ‘legal deserts’, s

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal will this week hand down a judgment with significant implications for the future protection of human rights in the jurisdiction, according to a new report. The UK government is appealing part of the High Court's ruling in the Dillon case, in which the court held th

Global law firm DLA Piper is celebrating five years since launching its Irish office, which now has a headcount of 115 including 20 partners and 13 legal directors. The firm says it will formally mark the anniversary at its Transatlantic Summit in The Round Room at the Mansion House on Wednesday, wh

William Fry LLP has been ranked by FT as Ireland's most innovative law firm. The firm was ranked at 34 — the highest of any Irish law firm — in a new report naming the 50 most innovative law firms in Europe.

At least 135 prosecutors in Northern Ireland have received special training on stalking since new legislation was introduced two years ago. The Stalking Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 became law in April 2022, creating the new offences of stalking and threatening or abusive behaviour. The law also led

An unruly passenger whose behaviour forced his plane to divert has been ordered to repay the airline for the additional fuel costs. In an unusual move, a court in Perth, Australia ruled that the 33-year-old man should pay $8,630 AUD (around €5,200 or £4,400) to the airline to cover fuel c

Public inquiries should be given a clear deadline in their terms of reference to avoid unnecessary and excessive costs, a House of Lords committee has recommended. The Lords statutory inquiries committee has today published a report urging a major overhaul of the way public inquiries are set up and

Matheson partner Mairéad Ní Ghabháin has been appointed to the board of Foras na Gaeilge, the body responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout the island of Ireland. Her appointment, along with that of Irish language broadcaster Gemma Ní Chionnaith, was