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Led by corporate lawyer John Given, KPMG Law has big plans to expand in Ireland. How has its first 10 months gone and where does it plan to go next?

In the last decade, the churn of High Court judges has nearly doubled. The judges are typically younger and have shorter tenures creating new scheduling and resourcing problems.

UK law firm Browne Jacobson took the plunge last year, opening its first overseas office with an IT-fronting practice in Dublin. Partners Jeanne Kelly and Ciaran Markey talk tech regulation, expansion and their ambitions for the future.

Former head of Meta Ireland Gareth Lambe has just joined the advisory board of alternative legal services provider Johnson Hana. He talks about AI in law firms, start-ups and the tech meltdown – and comeback.

Criminal barristers will once again down tools in a protest over stagnant fees today. Despite this week's unprecedented announcement in support of strike action in the autumn, representative body the Bar Council is not fully on board with all the practitioners' demands.

US legal firm Clark Hill's analysis of Ireland's renewable energy environment finds that the expected lead time for offshore wind farms could potentially double as a result of weaknesses in rules and state agencies due to support their development.

In an unprecedented move, the Bar Council is backing protest action by criminal law barristers. It follows a number of informal walk-outs by practitioners over the failure to restore Fempi-era pay cuts.

Jeanne Kelly's specialism in technology, IP and data law once placed her in a small niche – until multinationals made Dublin a global tech centre. Now a founding partner of Browne Jacobson in Ireland, she discusses competition among law firms, GDPR and challenging the legal white boys' club.

Over two decades as a finance lawyer, Nollaig Murphy got closer and closer to the aviation industry. The opportunity between investors and owners of aircraft seeking buyers triggered his transformation into an entrepreneur.

With the pandemic receding, Declan Black, managing partner of Mason Hayes & Curran, believes the biggest threat is now the societal risk posed by inflation. He also discusses how Covid impacted the 540-person firm and changed its future.