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 ...

More than three-quarters of senior executives in Irish firms say that inflation is the issue that has had the biggest impact on their business over the past 12 months. The finding comes in a ...

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has welcomed what it has described as “an important decision” by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in a case taken against a third-level ...

The Government has agreed to nominate senior counsel Kerida Naidoo as a judge of the High Court. The vacancy arose following the implementation of section 8 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) ...

The co-founder of the Elephant in the Room project, former rugby international Brent Pope, has told an event at the Law Society of his attempts to overcome what he described as a “too weak to speak” ...

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 ...