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Northern Ireland's Labour Relations Agency (LRA) has strengthened its independent appeals hearing service with a new governance framework and 16 new panel chairs. The independent appeals service is one of a suite of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services provided by the LRA, mostly to organis

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Solicitor Catherine Chambers has been appointed to the board of Northern Ireland's Education Authority (EA). Mrs Chambers has over 20 years' experience as a solicitor with specialist educational law experience, having worked as a partner in private practice and subsequently as a solicitor in the Edu

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Brian Kennedy SC has been appointed as the inaugural chief adjudication officer of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). Mr Kennedy has practised as a barrister in Ireland for over 27 years, having called to the Bar in 1997 and to the Inner Bar in 2012.

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Ciarán Finn has been promoted to legal counsel at I-RES following the completion of his solicitor traineeship. Mr Finn began his traineeship with the Law Society of Ireland and I-RES general counsel Anna-Marie Curry in December 2022.

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Lavelle Partners LLP has welcomed four new solicitors following the completion of their traineeships with the firm. Liam Tully, now a property solicitor, has a particular focus on the acquisition, disposal, leasing and financing of both commercial and residential property.

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Solicitor Catherine Chambers has been appointed to the board of Northern Ireland's Education Authority (EA). Mrs Chambers has over 20 years' experience as a solicitor with specialist educational law experience, having worked as a partner in private practice and subsequently as a solicitor in the Edu

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Legislation expanding official recognition of baby loss has been introduced to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill will provide for the issuing of certificates which recognise stillbirths or the loss of a baby during pregnancy.

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Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been awarded the Silver Diversity Mark Accreditation by Diversity Mark. Diversity Mark is the awarding body of the Diversity Mark Accreditation, a ‘mark of progress’ awarded to organisations committed to building a culture of diversity and

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Trainee solicitors from the Law Society of Ireland have emerged as winners of the 2025 Corn Adomnáin, the annual international humanitarian law (IHL) competition hosted by the Irish Red Cross. This year's competition involved 11 teams representing Queen's University Belfast, University Colleg

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Ian Cooper proposes a novel alternative to Canada joining the United States. The Liberal Party of Canada's new leader Mark Carney replaced Justin Trudeau as prime minister last week. As a former central bank governor in Canada and the UK, Carney was chosen as the candidate with the skill and experie

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Even by the standards of the bewilderingly swift advances in the social media arena, TikTok is a phenomenon. Launched in 2016, the app began its dizzying ascent to become a giant with more than 1.04 billion monthly active users, a scale of growth that took Instagram and Facebook almost a decade to a

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The nature of the law means that major modifications to the status quo come rarely and after long consideration. But while the wheel turns slowly, it’s hard to stop once in motion.  So, when October last year saw the introduction of new legal partnerships — which enable barristers a

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Recent years have seen an impressive influx of significant international law firms to Ireland. They have arrived in the country to service multinational businesses attracted to the country by seamless access to the EU post-Brexit as well as the country’s growing reputation in areas such as tec