The Health Service Executive (HSE) is facing 473 data-protection lawsuits as a result of the 2021 cyberattack. RTÉ News reports that there have also been 140 pre-action letters issued to the HSE. The ...

The Government has decided to nominate barrister Mícheál P O’Higgins SC as a judge of the High Court. O’Higgins is a former chair of the Bar Council, who was called to the Bar in 1990, and appointed ...

The Law Society’s Practice Management Member Services team has produced two information leaflets for practitioners, covering the steps involved in setting up a partnership and the succeeding-practice ...

Lawyers at Matheson believe an upcoming Supreme Court case will have a significant impact on how non-material damage claims are pleaded and advanced in future. The court recently granted the plaintiff ...

The second IHREC evaluation report on progress to combat human trafficking has been published. The EU Anti-Trafficking Directive is analysed through assessment of actions and outcomes undertaken ...

The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) has launched a new mediation service, as well as announcing a change of name. The organisation will now be known as the Injuries Resolution Board. Its ...

The Academy of Leadership Sciences Switzerland (ALSS) has launched a second edition of its online course on dispute resolution in sport. The course, Introduction to Dispute Resolution in Sport, has ...

The Central Bank has appointed Mary-Elizabeth McMunn as deputy governor in charge of financial regulation. She will take up her role, which involves membership of the Central Bank’s executive ...

This year marks the 850th anniversary of the Norman invasion of Ireland. James Meighan considers the Brehon legal system that was in place before the invasion and discusses its common law replacement.

There is no right to assisted dying under European human-rights law, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled by a 6-1 majority (13 June). The judgment states ...

Solicitors in Ireland are invited to participate in a survey about the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act.

The North’s justice minister has said that she is “disappointed” by industrial action being taken by the Criminal Bar ...