Cry freedom Two judgments delivered in recent weeks appear to have created something of an earthquake in the usually tranquil field of freedom of information (FOI) law. Among the comments from ...

Solicitors must be ‘trusted to ends of earth’ – Irvine The first ever virtual parchment ceremony for newly-qualified solicitors from the Law Society at Blackhall Place took place online last night.

The two-day Summer School will feature interviews, panel discussions and keynote speeches on Protecting Democracy in the Digital Age, Countering the Rise of Extremism and Public Protests in Democratic ...

Safety nets What is psychological safety? Does the legal profession need it? And how can it get it? How confident would you be to speak up in a work meeting and share an idea, where it may be ...

Green light Rachel Minch SC is chair of the Law Society’s Environmental and Planning Law Committee. She tells us that Ireland is failing to put enough resources into the application and enforcement of ...

The Law Society’s Conditions of Sale 2019 for conveyancers came into effect on 1 January 2019. They provide that title is now investigated before the contract is entered into. The conditions radically ...

Over 150 representatives from the legal profession, government, policymakers, NGOs and civil society organisations attended an enlightening Summer School, the first from the Law Society’s Centre for ...

Following the launch of the Law Society of Ireland’s AI Policy, the Intranet now features the most current and essential information on the use of AI systems and tools within the organisation. What’s ...

Email scanning is a cyber security service that automatically analyses incoming and outgoing emails to detect and block some of the most common threats, including: ...

What is reflexivity and how does it help you become a more effective legal professional. To browse these articles, event galleries, and much more, open the July 2025 Gazette. And for the latest legal ...

If instructed in an intestacy situation, where the family are quite sure that the deceased never made a will, the solicitor may proceed or for certainty may place a notice in the Gazette. Where the ...