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

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 award-winning Law Society Diploma Centre has been providing continuing professional education and training for over 20 years. Courses delivered by leading experts are open to solicitors, trainees, ...

Mason Hayes & Curran has appointed Conor Lynch as partner in its financial-services team. Lynch will be based in the firm's London office, where he will play a crucial role in advising both domestic ...

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (LPDT) made determinations in 19 cases of alleged misconduct against legal practitioners last year, according to its inaugural report. It made ...

The Law Society Small Practice Training Grant was given to six legal firms countrywide in 2023. The grant can make a real difference to a rural practice’s ability to continue to provide much-needed ...

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by 1.0% in Q2, CSO data shows. Modified Domestic Demand (MDD), a broad measure of underlying domestic activity that covers personal, Government, and investment ...

Protecting electronic information and IT assets is paramount for all organisations, including law firms. A cyber security assessment is a structured analysis of how effectively an ...

The Disability Appeals Office (DAO) 2023 annual report shows it received 72 files last year, and processed 44. All 44 cases related to the HSE’s failure to complete ‘assessments of need’ within the ...

High Court proceedings taken by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) against social-media platform X have been struck out. Welcoming the development, the DPC said that the proceedings had ended on the ...