The professional body for IT in Britain has called for a review of a law that assumes the reliability of computer evidence. BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, wants an end to the legal presumption ...

Retired Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan died yesterday (7 July) aged 86. He died yesterday and is survived by his wife, retired Supreme Court judge Mrs Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan, and ...

An annual survey of the legal profession has found that almost half of firms are expecting the outlook for profitability in the sector to deteriorate over the next 12 months. The Annual Law Survey, ...

The fact that an increasing number of people in Ireland now want to work beyond the State pension age of 66 is causing “huge issues” from an employment-law perspective, delegates at the Annual Review ...

Corporate-law firm William Fry is in talks with senior representatives of the Irish division of global firm Eversheds Sutherland about a potential agreement, according to a report in the Irish Times.

COVID-19 has prompted lawyers to rapidly familiarise themselves with the legal framework governing virtual closings and remote signings in a remote work environment. There is no doubt that COVID-19 ...

Former William Fry managing partner Bryan Bourke has been appointed as chair of AirNav Ireland, a newly established commercial semi-State body. The move is part of a shake-up of aviation regulation ...

The EU’s highest court has ruled that Ireland has failed to meet its obligations under an EU directive on the quality of drinking water. The action, taken by the European Commission, centred on the ...

A new State agency, brought about by the merger of the Property Registration Authority (PRA), the Valuation Office, and Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI), has officially begun operating. Tailte Éireann ...

Solicitor Emer Walsh has joined the senior leadership team at Gas Networks Ireland (GNI). Walsh, who had been head of legal at the company, has now been promoted to become chief legal officer. She ...

Global law firm Kennedys has highlighted potential benefits and risk to the insurance market from the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Among the risks, it warns, is that of AI-generated deepfake ...

The Government has announced the publication of the bill that will set up a new auto-enrolment system for pensions. The Department of Social Protection says that the legislation will bring around ...