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Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the promotion of senior associate Deirdre Munnelly to partner in the firm's insurance & risk team. Ms Munnelly acts for Irish insurers, UK underwriters and self-insured companies in the defence of public liability, employers liability and other liability cl

Cork solicitors J.W. O'Donovan recently hosted legal colleagues from across the continent at the ADVOC Europe Open Board Meeting.

The solicitor representing the family of Denis Donaldson has criticised the Irish State following the 22nd adjournment of the inquest into his 2006 murder. Ciaran Shiels of Madden & Finucane Solicitors said the family of Mr Donaldson, a former Sinn Féin official and police informant, are

Members of The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee organised a coffee morning and cake competition to raise funds for charity today.

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that the country's controversial identification system – Aadhaar, which means "foundation" – is constitutional, noting that the measures in place to protect data are sufficient and that it is difficult under the scheme to perform surveillance of citiz

The American Bar Association (ABA), which represents over 400,000 attorneys in the United States, has called for an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The US Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday heard testimony from Professor Christ

In Murphy v Attorney General [1982] IR 241, a married couple challenged the constitutionality of ss. 192-198 of the Income Tax Act 1967 which deemed the income of a married woman, living with her husband, be her husband’s income for tax purposes and not her own. The case was supported by the

A man who hit a parking warden with his car in a bid to avoid airport drop-off fees has been spared jail by a judge who recently faced them. Judge Bernard Lever slapped Graham Benbow, 55, with a six-month sentence suspended for two years.

The Child And Family Agency (Tusla) has been granted orders pursuant to the Adoption Act 2010 for the adoption of a child in favour of foster parents who have cared for him since October 2000, when he was thirteen weeks old. The birth parents opposed the adoption, however Mr Justice Michael MacGrath

Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of Matt Dunn as a partner and head of the firm's project and infrastructure finance group. Mr Dunn joins from Clifford Chance, where he was a partner in the finance department.

Legislation allowing courts to make awards of damages in cases of catastrophic injury by way of periodic payments orders will be commenced in October, the Government has announced. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan yesterday signed the commencement order for parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Civil Liability (

A summit hosted by Pinsent Masons welcomed in-house counsel from across Ireland to hear insights from leading members of the profession.

Two directors at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors have been awarded a market-leading diploma in adjudication after training with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Directors Patrick Fleming, head of dispute resolution and construction, and Aaron Moore have obtained the Diploma in Adj

Michael Donnellan, director-general of the Irish Prison Service, has announced that he will be stepping down at the end of November. Mr Donnellan was re-appointed to the post last January for a second five-year term, but will now depart on 30 November 2018.

Northern Ireland's prison population declined by more than two per cent in 2017/18, according to new Department of Justice figures. The latest statistical bulletin reveals that the overall average daily prison population in 2017/18 was 1,439, down 2.2 per cent on the year before.