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Meta's "pay or consent" advertising model on Facebook and Instagram does not comply with the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission has said. The Commission yesterday informed the social media giant of its preliminary findings that the binary choice forces users to consent to the comb

Brazil, Egypt, India, Malawi and Morocco have been added to the list of 'safe countries of origin' used for processing asylum claims. Under an accelerated decision-making process introduced in November 2022, applicants from 'safe countries' are currently receiving first decisions in less than 90 day

Matheson partners Davinia Brennan, Anne-Marie Bohan, Carlo Salizzo, Sarah Jayne Hannah and Michael Byrne consider a recent EU court ruling on GDPR compensation claims for "identity theft". The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in joined cases C‑182/22 and C‑189/22, Scalable Capital,

The High Court has dismissed the HSE’s appeal of a decision of the Information Commissioner which determined that the HSE could not withhold registers concerning its employees' interests following a request by RTÉ. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger det

A criminal ban on buying sex does not violate the rights of sex workers, the European Convention on Human Rights has ruled. The Strasbourg court yesterday handed down its judgment in a case brought by 261 men and women of various nationalities who said they habitually and lawfully sell sex in France

Letterkenny solicitor Annabel Caldwell has established a new firm, Caldwell-McGlynn Legal. The firm offers a wide range of legal services including property, commercial leases, wills and probate.

A former chairman of the National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) has pleaded guilty to company law offences following an investigation by the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA). Dr Andrew Jordan, former chairman and secretary of the now-defunct NAGP, appeared in the Criminal Courts o

Robert Shiels reviews a new book on one of the UK's best-known spying scandals. There is an aphorism along the lines of history is past politics and present politics is future history, and that might well be a suitable introduction to a new book on the Spycatcher affair.

The Law Society of Ireland is inviting solicitors to attend the first in its Law Society In Conversation with Leadership Series. The first event on Thursday 5 September will feature Law Society director general Mark Garrett in conversation with Paschal Donohoe, the minister for public expenditure, N

DWF has welcomed 10 new legal professionals and six newly-qualified solicitors to its team in Belfast.

Dublin-based Crowley Millar Solicitors LLP has appointed Simon Deane-Johns as a senior consultant solicitor. Mr Deane-Johns specialises in online financial services, e-commerce, IT, SaaS, privacy, personal data, cryptoassets, smart contracts and AI.

Judicial review proceedings have been brought against the Law Society of Northern Ireland in relation to the disclosure of orders of the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal for Northern Ireland. Granite Legal Services is challenging a decision by the Law Society's registrar not to hand over copies of

A lawyer representing thousands of officers involved in the PSNI data breach has welcomed proposed mediation in the case. The unprecedented PSNI data breach last year saw the names, roles and other personal details of all serving police officers and civilian staff inadvertently published on its webs

JMK Solicitors is celebrating one year since opening its office in West Belfast on the Andersonstown Road. Managing director, Maurece Hutchinson, said: “We are delighted to celebrate our first year in our West Belfast office on the Andersonstown Road. Over the past year, we’ve had the pl

Dublin firm Edward Healy Solicitors has rebranded as Healy Pentony Solicitors LLP. The firm said the change of name "reflects the company’s growth in recent years, providing exceptional legal services in private client, property, commercial litigation and banking".