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Newcode Ireland joined an international community of legal practitioners, policymakers, and business leaders to discuss the future of dispute resolution at Dublin International Disputes Week 2026 last week in Dublin. Organised by Ireland for Law, the programme provided a forum for discussion and col

Legal departments are being flooded with AI-generated correspondence, according to a new report by Dentons.  Employee grievances, customer complaints and GDPR requests are now routinely drafted using AI tools, which has placed a significant burden on in-house legal teams.

What does it mean to be human, and what are we seeking to protect in the age of AI? On Friday evening, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson joined Centre for Digital Ethics (CDE) founder Niamh Lenihan at Trinity College Dublin for ‘The Human in Human Rights: Dignity, Autonomy and Democrac

Daniel J. Schendzielos argues that meaningful human oversight of high-risk AI requires genuine authority, expertise, independent checks and the practical ability to intervene. Drawing on aviation law, he sets out six conditions that can turn EU AI Act compliance from a box-ticking exercise int

Matheson has launched Matheson In the Loop, a new podcast series bringing together leading voices from business, technology, academia and public policy to explore the opportunities and challenges shaping the future of organisations in an increasingly digital world.

The courts and judiciary must play a central role in shaping how artificial intelligence (AI) is used in legal systems if public trust and legitimacy are to be maintained, experts stressed at an event hosted by University of Limerick. The issue was explored during a panel discussion entitled ‘

DWF has hosted the second annual conference for the In-House Lawyers Group Northern Ireland (IHLGNI), bringing together in-house legal professionals from across Northern Ireland to explore the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession. The conference, which took place on Thursday 8 O

Addleshaw Goddard brought together a select group of general counsel, senior legal professionals and business leaders for a commercial litigation roundtable exploring how artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are reshaping the disputes landscape. The event, held on 8 October at Lennan&rs

In new podcast from the Irish Independent legal affairs editor Shane Phelan talks about an experiment undertaken at the Kilkenny Law Festival where four AI models, Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok were asked to sit as judges of the High Court. The event which took place in Kilkenny Courthouse on Fr

The Centre for Digital Ethics (CDE) is convening The Human in Human Rights: Dignity, Autonomy and Democracy in the Age of AI at the Trinity Long Room Hub on Friday 16 October 2026, from 6.00pm. Mary Robinson will deliver the opening keynote address, with Miriam O’Callaghan moderating the

Ireland’s first AI enablement programme for legal professionals has been launched by agentic platform Newcode, it was announced today. The six-week programme, a landmark national initiative designed to accelerate responsible, governed AI adoption in the legal sector, will see 475 professionals

New practice directions on the use of generative AI in the Court of Appeal and the High Court come into force today.

An expert witness in a US case has been left red faced as his Chat GPT conversations were exposed.

Legal AI firm Newcode has been selected as AI provider for the Bar of Ireland.  The company, whose Irish operations are led by former Mason Hayes & Curran LLP solicitor and Cork native Donna O’Leary, has now increased its headcount to 60 following its establishment in Ireland in

The UK government has announced the introduction of AI on the police's non-emergency line with the aim of cutting waiting times, reducing pressure on call handlers and ensuring the public reach the right department quicker.