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With less than three weeks to go, the Law Society is encouraging all legal professionals to continue to register for Calcutta Run charity partners, Dublin Simon Community and the HOPE Foundation.
Solicitors based in Leitrim, Donegal and Limerick and bordering counties can book now for the annual Law Society Skillnet cluster events in their region. If you’re based in Leitrim, Longford, ...
Measures setting out standards of conduct for top financial executives in a new individual-accountability framework have been signed into law by the President. The new legislation is aimed at giving ...
The Supreme Court will sit in Letterkenny Courthouse, Donegal today (28 April). It will be the first sitting of the Supreme Court in the north-west, and the fifth sitting of the court outside of ...
A ‘paradigm shift’ in the EU judicial system has taken place with the recent amendment to the protocol of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the vice-president of the European General ...
International firm Squire Patton Boggs has appointed André Vermeulen as director to set up a new Irish practice covering tax strategy and benefits. Vermeulen focuses on advising large companies and ...
A review of the effectiveness of legislation known as ‘Coco’s Law', introduced in 2021, has described the early indications as “positive”. The law criminalises the sharing of, or threatening to share, ...
Law firm McCann FitzGerald has made two appointments aimed at strengthening its senior management team amid what it describes as “significant growth” in recent years and confidence about its long-term ...
The Central Bank has confirmed that it will set up a regulatory ‘sandbox’ programme later this year to encourage the development of innovative projects in the financial sector. Regulatory sandboxes ...
Legal-services group DWF has named James Colville as the new managing partner of its Dublin office. He will also be head of insurance in Dublin, taking up both roles in January. Colville has qualified ...
The Central Bank has launched a consultation process on proposed changes to the system under which it approves the appointment of individuals to key roles in regulated financial institutions. The ...
Busy barrister Siobhán Ní Chúlacháin has pivoted to become director of research at the Law Reform Commission. Mary Hallissey pores over the fine print Barrister Siobhán Ní Chúlacháin caused a ...