To obtain a parental order for the non-biological parent, the surrogacy must be a “permitted surrogacy” (section 65 domestic and section 102 international). To date Irish international surrogacies ...

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 ...

The outgoing head of the legal profession’s umbrella regulator in England and Wales has said that a failure to root out systemic misconduct is starting to undermine public confidence in lawyers.

The head of Psychological Services at the Law Society Antoinette Moriarty is a keynote speaker at the IBA global conference ...

Georgia will ban paid-for commercial surrogacy from 1 January, 2024. Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said this week (12 June) that paid-for commercial surrogacy will now only be permitted for ...

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive came into force on 5 January. It is expected to transform how large companies manage sustainability matters. Richard Lee lowers the temperature. As ...

The Law Society of England and Wales has commented on Britain’s Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill which has now passed through Parliament. “The bill will soon become law but it remains a ...

Over 250 people participated in A&L Goodbody's inaugural ‘Future of Tech Regulation’ event in Dublin yesterday. Regulators and industry experts examined the impact of incoming legislation at Irish and ...

Legislation that changes the law on the duty of care owed by businesses, community groups and event organisers to visitors and recreational users has been commenced. The legislation amends the ...

The number of successful cyber-attacks against British law firms rose by 77% in the past year to 954, according to a new study of the threat reported by the Law Society Gazette of England and Wales.

The International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) is developing a new standard form contract for offshore wind projects, according to William Fry lawyers. In a bulletin, the solicitors ...

New rules introducing a minimum corporation-tax rate of 15% for large companies across the EU came into effect yesterday (1 January). Ireland signed up to the OECD measures – known as Pillar Two – in ...