Northern Ireland firm Wilson Nesbitt has committed to a 50 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 and a 100 per cent reduction by 2050. The law firm is the latest signatory to Business in the Community NI's climate action pledge, designed to encourage organisations to commit to reducing thei

A&L Goodbody has welcomed newly-qualified solicitors Catherine Sheppard, Holly Emerson, Holly Molloy, Luca StClair, Martyn Doherty and Niall O’Hare to its Northern Ireland team. The six join the firm following their completion of its trainee solicitor programme, bringing the headcount in B

Scottish lawyers may be celebrating their national football team's success in the World Cup qualifiers, but are licking their wounds after their own bruising defeat by the Bar of Northern Ireland.

UK government ministers will meet next month with the families of those killed in the 1994 Chinook helicopter disaster, who are campaigning for transparency and a judge-led public inquiry. A total of 29 service personnel died when the helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre en route from Northern

The University of Limerick's law school has hosted a first-of-its-kind workshop delivered by the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The University of Galway has welcomed 19 research students to campus as part of the 2025 Hardiman PhD Scholarship. The new scholars in the College of Business, Public Policy and Law include Pratik Purswani and Amil Jafarguliyev, who are researching legal topics.

UCD Sutherland School of Law has welcomed Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC, Professor Neil H Buchanan, the Honorable Patricia Lucas and Dr Nikolaos Pitsos as adjuncts. Ms Ní Ghrálaigh, who has been appointed as an adjunct full professor, is a leading international and human rights

Wider use of community sanctions can help to improve public safety while tackling the prison overcrowding crisis, write Dr Ian Marder, Dr Eoin Guilfoyle, Dr Lousie Kennefick, Dr Niamh Maguire and Professor Nicola Carr. Amid extensive debate on public safety in recent weeks, one proven tool rema

October is European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM), the EU's annual campaign dedicated to promoting cybersecurity among its citizens and organisations, and to providing current online security information. Ironically, it has coincided with Amazon Web Services (AWS) experiencing a recent major outage in

The view from Andrew McGahey’s home office south of Navan in Co Meath is an idyllic one. The vista of tranquillity that takes in the Hill of Tara and the River Boyne ends here, though — the EMEA managing partner of Kennedys Law LLP is responsible for seven offices, where daily life is di

The quest for knowledge has advanced beyond imagination in the millennia since Plato and Aristotle first proposed their theories of epistemology. For legal firms at the leading edge of meeting today’s exacting demands, ‘knowledge’ now involves a multitude of practical applications,

A solicitor who was forced out of her home by a relentless campaign of criminal harassment has urged legal professionals to break the “taboo” of speaking out about abuse. Emma Lyons, who runs a family and criminal law practice in west Belfast, joined the Law Society of Northern Ireland&r