42+ min ago   (321+ words) Lawyers at Eversheds Sutherland have warned company directors that the Companies Registration Office (CRO) has stepped up enforcement action against non-compliant firms. The firm says that CRO enforcement activity has "shifted into high gear" one year after the office fully…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago   (693+ words) The legal professions here and in the England-and-Wales jurisdiction have reached a state of equilibrium, Law Society Director of Education T P Kennedy said at the London Irish Network event at Chancery Lane, (3 September). This had been driven by reciprocal…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1658+ words) AI is moving out of experimentation and into the day-to-day machinery of legal practice. Ger Perdisatt looks at what firms are finding and why the next constraint may have surprisingly little to do with AI models themselves The new High…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (199+ words) Law Society past-president James MacGuill SC has died aged 63. A native of Dundalk, Co Louth, he served as President of the Law Society in 2007-2008. As well as president, he chaired several Law Society committees – including the Criminal Law Committee and…...

4+ hour, 37+ min ago   (823+ words) The deadline for the Law Society’s anti-money-laundering (AML) thematic review of business-risk assessments is 30 September. However, in his presentation to the DSBA webinar, Focus on Clients: Care, Complaints, GDPR and AML Considerations (2 September), Niall Cawley suggested that AML compliance should…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (326+ words) A survey of chartered accountants working in Leinster has shown that their average salary package this year is €130,960. While this is slightly down from last year’s peak of €131,654 in 2025, it represents a 20% increase compared with 2018. The annual survey of nearly…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (231+ words) The European Commission has announced plans to gather feedback on a possible revision of EU rules on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in cross-border civil and commercial cases. It has launched a public consultation and a call…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (821+ words) Over the last few months, independent, second-hand booksellers across the world have experienced mysterious bulk orders from foreign-based buyers, writes Dr Mark Hyland. Irish booksellers have not been immune from this strange phenomenon, with both MW Books in Claregalway and…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (229+ words) Law firm Arthur Cox has appointed Amy McDermott and Christopher O’Reilly to lead its London office from 1 September. They succeed Conor McCarthy, a partner in the firm’s corporate and M&A (mergers and acquisitions) group, who returns to Dublin after…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (393+ words) The High Court has ruled that DAA, which operates Dublin Airport, acted in breach of competition legislation in its treatment of a car-hire company. The case was taken by low-cost car-hire company ER Travel Limited, which operates exclusively online. It…...