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Stoney Road Press is pleased to launch: View of the Four Courts and Liffey, Dublin by artist Martin Mooney.

All practising lawyers have vital skills to offer a charity, NGO or social enterprise in need, a panel discussion has heard. An event in Dublin has put the spotlight on how preventive, transactional legal support — on matters including governance, structuring, contracts and compliance —

Three pupils from Northern Ireland schools gained a rare behind-the-scenes look at life in Clyde & Co through a mentoring programme aimed at empowering future women leaders. The global law firm again collaborated with the SistersIN leadership programme, an initiative that empowers 16-18-year-old

Foot Anstey McKees has appointed hospitality and licensing specialist Richard McLaughlin as a legal director in Belfast. Mr McLaughlin brings more than 25 years’ experience working with clients across the hospitality, leisure and licensing trade including securing the liquor licence for the 15

Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm in Ireland, has promoted two senior lawyers to partner and five to of counsel. The appointments form part of a wider global promotions round totalling 11 partners and 14 of counsel across the Maples Group.

The University of Limerick has been fined €98,000 following a series of personal data breaches. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) yesterday published its final decision following an own-volition inquiry into the breaches, which occurred between November 2018 and January 2020.

Court fees in Northern Ireland are set to increase each year for the next three years. A "general inflationary uplift" will be implemented from 1 April 2026, with a five per cent increase in the first year and then two per cent increases in the two following years.

An English pub which was told selling pints for 25p would be illegal decided to give them away for free instead. Whitelocks, in Leeds, had intended to offer pints of a popular 1970s beer, which had been recently relaunched, at 1970s prices.

The UK will no longer grant refugee status on a permanent basis, instead reviewing cases every 30 months to identify refugees who can be sent back home. The sweeping changes announced yesterday by the UK's home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, follow her recent visit to Denmark, which she says has reduce

Rock Consultancy director Elaine Morrissey has been appointed to the board of Blackrock Credit Union. Ms Morrissey told Irish Legal News: "I was delighted to be asked to join the board of Blackrock Credit Union.

The Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Dame Siobhan Keegan, has reflected on the importance of judicial independence in maintaining public confidence in justice systems in a wide-ranging conversation published by Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI).

The Law Society of Ireland has congratulated another 40 Transition Year students on completing its Solicitors of the Future programme.

The UK government is seeking views on banning under-16s from social media through a formal consultation launched today. Many countries, including Ireland, are considering following in the footsteps of Australia, which introduced a world-first ban in December.

A new Motor Insurance Transparency Code has been published in a bid to improve how insurance premiums are presented to consumers. The code has been developed by a working group comprising insurers and intermediaries, with the support of the Department of Finance and the Central Bank of Ireland, and

O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors has appointed Anne Donnelly as an associate solicitor within its property and private client department. Ms Donnelly brings over 25 years of extensive experience in property and private client law to the firm, having advised a broad spectrum of clients including com