Law Society Of Ireland

The Family Courts Bill represents long-awaited progress to reform Ireland’s family courts system in the public interest. Since this was first promoted by the Law Reform Commission in the 1970s, families have faced long delays, courthouses not fit for purpose, and unequal access to ancillary se

Legislation providing for the establishment of a Family Court as divisions within the existing Irish court structures requires significant improvement and will fail without greater investment, the Law Society has said. Peter Doyle, principal solicitor at Doyle Fox & Associates and chair of the L

The Law Society of Ireland has congratulated fifth class students from Stanhope Street Primary School on their graduation from its Apple Everyone Can Code programme. Since 2019, the Law Society has been teaching the students of Stanhope Street Primary School about coding through Everyone Can Code. T

Trainee solicitors Steven Scanlan, Andrea Whelton, Niamh Ferry and Sarah Courtney have emerged as winners of the 2023 Michael Peart Challenge Cup. Mr Scanlan, of RDJ, and Ms Whelton, Ms Ferry and Ms Courtney, all of Arthur Cox, represented the Law Society of Ireland at the competition in Belfast.

Trainee solicitors Mariah Donnelly and Doreen McCarthy have triumphed in the Brown Mosten International Client Consultation Competition. Ms Donnelly, of Michael Kelleher Solicitors, and Ms McCarthy, of A&L Goodbody, represented the Law Society at the competition in Maastricht University in the N

The Law Society of Ireland has published the shortlist for the Justice Media Awards 2023. This year, there was a record 340 entries across 15 categories. The competition is growing each year, demonstrating a high calibre of legal journalism in Ireland.

The Law Society of Ireland has published a new version of the Guide for In-house Solicitors Employed in the Corporate and Public Sectors. Produced by the Law Society's in-house and public sector committee, the updated Guide is now available on the Law Society website as an interactive PDF with links

Solicitors now have until Friday to respond to a consultation being carried out by the Law Society of Ireland to assist in the development of its strategy for 2024–28. The first phase of the strategic review consultation process began last month with an anonymous survey sent to those on the ro

Over 160 solicitors attended the Law Society of Ireland and the Central Bank of Ireland's joint event on new regulations earlier this week. The "Enhanced governance, performance and accountability in financial services – the Individual Accountability Framework" event took place at Blackhall Pl

Solicitors will be required to do more to protect client moneys under new regulations coming into effect this summer. The Solicitors Accounts Regulations 2023 will come into force from 1 July 2023, replacing most of the Solicitor Accounts Regulations 2014.

Louth transition year student Saorla McDonagh Sharkey has been named winner of the Law Society of Ireland's inaugural National Gráinne O’Neill Memorial Legal Essay Competition. The competition invited 1,500-word essays on the topic "The law and social media: striking a balance between f

A new protocol governing the commissioning of medical reports by solicitors has been published by the Law Society of Ireland in response to recent judicial comments. The Law Society's litigation committee developed the protocol with reference to the decision of Mr Justice Cian Ferriter in McLaughlin

Rachel Minch SC has been appointed as chairperson of the Law Society of Ireland's new environmental and planning law committee, which is to be formally launched next week. Ms Justice Nuala Butler will address a launch event for the new body on Wednesday 29 March, the Gazette reports.

Proposals to overhaul Ireland's planning system could restrict access to justice for citizens as they currently stand, the Law Society of Ireland has warned. Rachel Minch SC, chair of the Law Society's environmental and planning law committee, appeared before the join Oireachtas committee on housing

An American judge who heads the country's first mental health court will deliver the Law Society of Ireland's annual human rights lecture this year. Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren is currently the presiding County Court judge of the Misdemeanor Mental Health Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward C