A law that compels open disclosure of any serious safety incidents in a healthcare setting has now come into effect. The Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 provides a ...

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 ...

Plans to introduce new hate speech laws have been shelved, justice minister Helen McEntee has confirmed. The minister is to withdraw section 2 of the bill, which is the hate speech element, following ...

A seminar on the evolving topic of social media posts as grounds for dismissal will be held at the Distillery Building in Dublin 7 next Wednesday 22 January. Presented jointly by the Employment Bar ...

Legislation that clears the way for rules on the use of e-scooters on public roads has been signed into law by President Higgins. The new law, which is aimed at modernising Ireland’s regulatory system ...

London-based law firm Schillings is to open an office in Dublin, saying that it will give its clients the opportunity to access legal services in the EU. The firm says that the expansion will enable ...

Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud happens when victims are deceived into making immediate payments to bank accounts managed by fraudsters pretending to be legitimate payees, write Paul Convery and ...

The Government has agreed to nominate Ms Justice Caroline Costello as President of the Court of Appeal. She is currently a judge in the Court of Appeal. The vacancy will arise due to the forthcoming ...

International law firms Shearman & Sterling and Hogan Lovells have neither confirmed nor denied rumours that the two are in early-stage merger talks, according to the Law Society Gazette of England ...

Just over half of workers in Ireland have either experienced or witnessed discrimination in the workplace, according to a survey. The survey of 1,400 people, by recruitment firm Matrix, found that 20% ...

The Central Bank will publish a revised Consumer Protection Code (CPC) in Q1, bringing about significant changes for firms. Mason Hayes and Curran (MHC) has set out steps for firms to ensure readiness ...

Law students from disadvantaged backgrounds may apply to work in the Law Reform Commission (LRC), the Office of the Attorney General (AG) or the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ...