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Keir Starmer is under pressure to stand up for the legal community following the UK government's remarks about “lefty lawyers”. The news comes amidst growing concerns about the wellbeing of immigration solicitor Jacqueline McKenzie, who has become the object of a “targeted campaign

Dublin firm McGrath Mullan LLP has welcomed Elaine O'Sullivan, Eoghan McMahon, Hannah Clinton and Taise Azevedo as partners. In a statement, the firm said: "The entire team at McGrath Mullan LLP is excited about this new chapter. As we welcome our new partners, the firm is not only poised for contin

A reprimand issued to Airbnb by Ireland's data protection authority can help other businesses comply with rules on data minimisation and retention in the GDPR and avoid "purpose creep", Pinsent Masons partner Andreas Carney has said. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) recently published its decisi

Almost 98 per cent of women surveyed for a report into violence against women in Northern Ireland experienced at least one form of violence or abuse in their lifetime. The report, 'Every Voice Matters!' Violence Against Women in Northern Ireland, led by Ulster University, also reveals that seven out

The Department of Justice has issued a scam warning following the circulation of fraudulent letters relating to extradition.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Laos deports human rights lawyer who was fleeing state pressure back to China | The Independent

An English Court of Appeal judge has endorsed the use of ChatGPT but sounded a note of caution on using AI in areas beyond one's expertise. Lord Justice Birss admitted to incorporating content generated by the AI chatbot into a judgment. He described it as "jolly useful" for providing a concise summ

Post Office workers who have had their convictions for theft and false accounting reversed will be offered compensation of £600,000 each, the UK government has said. There are suspicions that evidence from defective accounting software might have influenced approximately 700 prosecutions of br

The legal community's collaborative initiative to support Ukrainian refugees in Ireland has been recognised at the Chambers Ireland Sustainable Business Impact Awards 2023. Matheson and A&L Goodbody led the collaborative effort, which involved six other law firms — Arthur Cox, William Fry,

Solicitor firms in Northern Ireland have been left “shell-shocked” after being told they face HMRC enforcement action if they do not pay up to tens of thousands of pounds in back pay to trainee solicitors, Irish Legal News has learned. For years, many, if not most, trainee solicitors in

The High Court has dismissed an appeal arising from a decision of the Data Protection Commissioner which attempted to run points which were not previously raised, and which failed to identify the point or points of law forming the basis of the appeal. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justi

A new partnership between Trinity College Dublin and Matheson is to support Trinity Law School in the teaching and research of EU law. The collaboration will support the appointment of a new assistant professor in EU law, award a PhD scholarship in EU law, and create a new Trinity Matheson EU semina

The scoping inquiry into historical sexual abuse in day and boarding schools run by religious orders has been granted a six-month extension to the deadline for its report. Mary O'Toole SC was appointed in March to lead the scoping inquiry, which was originally due to report to the minister for educa

Northern Ireland’s High Court has determined that a social care trust was entitled to cease funding day care services for two ‘in need children’, noting that although the decision may have been "difficult" it was neither unfair nor illegal. Delivering the judgment, Mr Justice David

Peter McKenna explains the significance of this year's Law Society Council elections — the first with electronic voting in place. The Law Society Council election is held every year in which 15—16 ordinary members, and two provincial delegates, are elected to serve for a two-year period.