The Supreme Court has ruled that a man whose long-term partner died in 2021 is entitled to a widower’s contributory pension (WCP) John O’Meara and Michelle Batey, who died in 2021, had lived together ...

In recognition of Pro bono week, the Law Society invites you to Blackhall Place on Thursday 12 June.

A Canadian province has become one of the first jurisdictions in the world to require lawyers to tell the court if and how they have used artificial intelligence (AI), according to the Law Society ...

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm in Ireland, has appointed 19 lawyers following a period of exceptional growth and activity. Five senior lawyers were appointed to partner ...

Retired Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan died yesterday (7 July) aged 86. He died yesterday and is survived by his wife, retired Supreme Court judge Mrs Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan, and ...

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 ...

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP has announced that Stephen Gardiner has joined the firm as a partner in its asset-finance practice. The firm describes Gardiner as a highly regarded advisor with 15 ...

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 ...

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.

Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) has said that it is supporting the proposed ‘family’ amendment in the forthcoming referendums, but will not be supporting the proposal on ‘care’. The group, which ...

The Government has approved the publication of a bill that will reform the law on defamation. The Department of Justice says that the bill will be published on the website of the Houses of the ...