Practice Management
Tools, guidance, and support you need to run your practice efficiently, stay compliant, and deliver outstanding client service
Information and resources for starting a firm
Run and develop your practice effectively
Selling your practice and retirement planning
Tools and information on the Solicitors Accounts Regulations
Understand the complaints process and respond effectively
Manage Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) renewal
Resources and information to stay compliant
Guidance on the Solicitor Advertising Regulations
Manage your firms applications, payments and more
Learning & CPD
Professional development and qualification pathways for all stages of your legal career
View upcoming conferences, online training and in-depth courses.
See your route to qualifying as a solicitor in Ireland
Stay on top of your obligations under the CPD Scheme Regulations.
View resources to support your studies at the Law School and your traineeship
Courses and targeted programmes for the public.
Resources
Updates & Events
Stay up-to-date with the latest news and guidance for solicitors
The Law Society is partnering with MyHome to help people buy and sell property with greater confidence and fewer delays.
The Law Society has partnered with RIP.ie to highlight the importance of making a will and help people to plan ahead.
A new report evaluates the Irish justice system across four core areas: trust, policing, courts, and prisons.
The Law Society invites print, broadcast and online journalists throughout Ireland to enter the annual Justice Media Awards.
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Ireland's legal fundraiser returns on Saturday 23 May.
Conveyancing searches and GDPR
Statutory data protection duties apply to solicitors, as data controllers, as they apply to other individuals and companies processing personal data.
In processing the personal data of third parties (for example, the other party to a conveyance), solicitors need to be clear on the legal basis for the processing.
When personal data is furnished to law searchers to carry out conveyancing searches on closing, law firms should bear in mind that all controllers who engage processors to process personal data on their behalf are obliged to enter into a data processing contract and Article 28(3) of the GDPR sets out the terms that must be stipulated in the contract.
You should ensure any data processing contract with your law searchers to which you are a party is up to date and fully in compliance with the GDPR, and that it contains, at a minimum, the provisions which are prescribed and mandatory under Article 28(3) GDPR.
Law firms should identify processors carrying out data processing on their behalf and ensure that they undertake appropriate due diligence. The Law Society has published guidance and templates which may be of assistance. There is also guidance and resources on the Data Protection Commissioners’ website www.dataprotection.ie.
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