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Belfast-based Diamond Heron Solicitors has announced the appointment of Karen Edwards as a solicitor in the firm's family and matrimonial practice. Ms Edwards brings almost 10 years' experience in the area of family and matrimonial law. She completed her degree in Law with Economics before embarking

President of the UK Supreme Court Lord Reed has resigned as a judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal a day before he is due to deliver a lecture in Edinburgh on human rights. Lord Reed, who has submitted his resignation along with Lord Hodge, said that he has been "closely monitoring and asses

Convicted murderer Graham Dwyer has succeeded in his EU court challenge to an Irish data retention law that played a crucial role in his trial and conviction.

Regulatory issues are seen as the greatest challenge to digital transformation in Ireland's financial services sector, according to a survey conducted by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. The business law firm surveyed more than 100 professionals attending its recent webinar on the legal and regulatory

The resignation of Lord Wolfson over the 'partygate' scandal is one the UK government can "ill afford", Joshua Rozenberg QC (Hon) has said. The legal journalist pointed out that Lord Wolfson, who tendered his resignation as parliamentary under-secretary of state for justice yesterday, was "pers

A recent Court of Appeal judgment, In the matter of a Bankruptcy Petition by Allied Irish Banks PLC v Flynn [2022] IECA 60, confirms that the Rules of the Superior Courts can be used to substitute a creditor in bankruptcy proceedings. The background of this case was that AIB sold a debt to Everyday

Law students Aoife Stewart and David Cotter have been chosen as this year's recipients of memorial bursary established in memory of late Arthur Cox partner Niamh Burke. Ms Stewart, from Drogheda in Louth, and Mr Cotter, from Oranmore in Galway, impressed judges with their commitment to working to ta

Philip Lee partner Gerard Byrne has helped to raise more than €25,000 for autism charity AsIAm by taking part in a 131km kayaking challenge. Mr Byrne and five friends smashed through their initial €10,000 fundraising target for their ambitious effort to kayak the full length of the Grand C

A former lawyer breached his duty of care to his client, a Kazakh mining giant, while the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) acted with "bad faith opportunism" before a major criminal investigation, the High Court has ruled. Former Dechert lawyer Neil Gerrard, who represented Eurasian Natural Resources Corp

The High Court has quashed a decision by the Minister for Justice and Equality to revoke the EU residency status of Georgian man on the basis that no oral hearing of the application took place. The Minister had determined that the applicant had engaged in a marriage of convenience for immigration pu

Emily Paisley, associate at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast, explores what Northern Ireland parents can do if their child is refused admission to their preferred secondary school, or has been unplaced. As pupils look towards the summer holidays and the school year begins to wind down in May, parents

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the use of CCTV security footage to investigate an employee discipline issue was unlawful because the footage was collected and processed for the specific purpose of security. It was held that this difference in purpose was in contravention to the Data Protection A

Claire Morrissey, partner at Maples and Calder, examines the common themes which have dominated the GDPR landscape in Ireland and across Europe. Yesterday marked the fourth anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). Over the course of its first four years, some commo

Dublin firm McKenna & Co Solicitors has announced the appointment of Méabh Flynn as a trainee solicitor. Ms Flynn joined the firm during the pandemic as a paralegal after completing an LLB Law with French degree at Queen's University Belfast.

Amanda Stewart, the chief executive of the Probation Board for Northern Ireland, has been recognised with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Ms Stewart said: "I feel very humbled to have received this honour and it is recognition of all those working within justic