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

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 nominations of 22 candidates for the Law Society Council election have been accepted, including two candidates for the Leinster provincial seat. More details about each candidate, to include their ...

Presidents, a Secretariat, a Secretary General, and committees and working groups. The current President is a Swiss lawyer, Pierre-Dominique Schupp, whose term lasts for one year before he will be ...

A new legal practice, called ODS Solicitors, has opened in Cork city. The practice, co-founded by solicitors Annette and Helene O’Donovan, provides legal expertise across a broad range of services ...

A Philip Lee briefing note by Patrick Walshe has warned that legal recourse is rarely the best option for those who feel overlooked for workplace promotion. It says that as a general principle, a ...

Allied Irish Banks has provided information for practitioners on the transfer of certain loans from Ulster Bank Ireland DAC (the Transaction). The guidance provided by the bank is set out below: This ...

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has welcomed the judgment delivered by the Supreme Court in a case that explored the lawfulness of the procedures under which someone can be kept ...

The EU’s Court of Justice (CJEU) has recently highlighted the importance for member states of upholding the principle of judicial independence. In its 27 February 2018 judgment in Case C-64/16 ...