A trainee solicitor has said she feels disgusted that female students are being objectified by their male counterparts.

A solicitor has accepted responsibility for failing to "twig" a client had informed him of two previous accidents following a consultation about suing in relation to a third, the High Court has heard.

Struck-off solicitor Michael Lynn has lost his latest legal challenge ahead of a trial next year for alleged theft of almost €30 million.

Cork solicitor Catherine Kirwan is the latest legal eagle to turn her hand to writing novels. The two trades to well together, she tells Colette Sheridan.

The Law Society will apply on Friday for court orders freezing the personal accounts of suspended solicitor Declan O’Callaghan along with the accounts of a practice in Co. Roscommon previously operated by him.

The President of the High Court has refused to strike off a solicitor, who is also a coroner in Co Kerry, over a finding of professional misconduct against her for causing a deficit of €259,000 on a client account.

A Kerry solicitor has lost her appeal over a finding of professional misconduct against her for causing a deficit of €259,000 on a client account after negotiating a "disquieting" settlement for herself in that sum and lodging it in a personal account.

A solicitor has denied arranging for his daughter to be subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) as a punishment for taking money from a piggy bank.

A garda detective has been found guilty of harassing a state solicitor by sending her abusive letters and emails.

A barrister has failed in her bid to be allowed to represent clients without having to be instructed by a solicitor.

Legal colleagues and the sporting community in West Cork have paid tributes to the late PJ O’Driscoll, a West Cork-based solicitor who died suddenly on Sunday.

Update 5.20pm: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Charlie Flanagan has responded to the appeal by the Hickey family for Government intervention by issuing a statement.

Confidentiality agreements could prevent the salaries of senior staff at the IFA from being revealed, according to a solicitor.

A former Cork solicitor has been returned for trial on a single charge of arson at a solicitor’s office and pub, five charges of theft and four charges relating to fraud offences.

The top earning criminal legal aid lawyer in the country, Frank Buttimer, said yesterday that if legal aid pay rates are reduced any further, it will become uneconomical for lawyers to provide a legal aid service.