A report from the International Bar Association (IBA) has calculated that the legal profession directly contributes $1.6 trillion (€1.47 trillion) to the global economy, or 1.7% of gross domestic ...

A webinar hosted by Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has heard that the expulsion of students from special schools should only be a “last resort”. The event discussed key legal considerations for boards of ...

A recent High Court judgment has important implications for the aftermath of dawn raids and will inform the conduct of, and engagement between, regulators and regulated entities. Cormac Little ...

An EU court has dismissed a challenge to EU restrictions on the provision of legal services to Russia that were introduced after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The measures taken, which apply to ...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has urged solicitors in England and Wales to move on from the Axiom Ince scandal, despite last week’s heavily critical report into the watchdog's handling of the ...

Regulations have been signed into law which increase by 25% the balance sheet and turnover thresholds for ‘micro’, ‘small’, ‘medium’ and ‘large’ companies under the Companies Act 2014. Minister for ...

A recent order of the German Federal Supreme Court has decided that AI cannot be named as an inventor, an Eversheds Sutherland briefing note has pointed out. This follows a series of decisions issued ...

Global law firm Dentons has severed formal ties with Chinese firm Dacheng, according to the Law Society Gazette of England and Wales. The tie-up between the two made Dentons the biggest global legal ...

The penalty in costs on failing to beat a lodgement or tender in party-and-party adjudication can be significant and, sometimes, unjust. Denis O’Sullivan blows out the candles. The provisions in ...

Lawyer Thierry Wickers has officially assumed the position of president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) following his election at the plenary session on 21 November. Thierry ...

International law firm Clark Hill has appointed Jennifer Fay as partner in charge of its Dublin office. Fay, who had been deputy member in charge for the firm’s Dublin office, brings over 20 years of ...

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