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Belfast firm MKB Law has announced the appointment of Aine Toner as a family law and litigation solicitor. Ms Toner studied at Ulster University School of Law and the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS), qualifying as a solicitor in 2016.

A major judge-led review of the administration of justice in serious sexual offence cases in Northern Ireland has issued 220 draft recommendations for consultation, including the provision of publicly-funded legal advice to complainants and restricted public access to trials. Sir John Gillen, a reti

Solicitors in Galway have been invited to a meeting to discuss the roll-out of a new drug and alcohol programme pioneered in the US. The Western Region Drugs and Alcohol Task Force will meet with solicitors in Court Room 2 on Wednesday at 9.45am, according to the Galway Solicitors' Bar Association (

Law lecturer Dr Susan Leahy, co-author of Sexual Offending in Ireland: Laws, Procedures and Punishment, writes for Irish Legal News on the conduct of rape and sexual assault trials in Ireland. In light of the publicity surrounding a recent Cork rape trial where details of a complainant’s under

A barrister has warned that insurance company plans to popularise "dashcams" in Ireland may fall foul of EU data protection rules. William Bulman BL told the Irish Independent that the indefinite storage of footage recorded from a car dashboard could breach the EU General Data Protection Regulation

The UK Supreme Court has refused the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union permission to appeal against interlocutors of the Inner House of the Court of Session in the Article 50 case. President of the court, Lady Hale, Deputy President Lord Reed and Lord Hodge set out the reasons f

Draft legislation to provide redress to victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse has been published for consultation. A redress scheme was one of the key recommendations of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry conducted by Sir Anthony Hart.

Belfast solicitor Pauline Morgan, partner at Haugheys Solicitors, has passed away. Mrs Brown, née Morgan, was a trained mediator and became partner at Haugheys on the Upper Lisburn Road in 2003.

A senior judge has warned that too few people are qualifying as criminal lawyers, The Brief reports.

A small village of just 120 people has slapped over 58,000 drivers with speeding tickets in just the 10 days after installing traffic cameras. Temporary cameras were installed in Acquetico, an Italian village on the border with France, after locals complained about cars speeding through.

A man who sought to set aside the judgment and order of the Court of Appeal, alleging that Senior Counsel for the receiver misled the Court in relation to the admission of new evidence granted in an earlier hearing, has had his application refused by the Court of Appeal. Stating that it was regretta

Dublin firms McDowell Purcell has welcomed two new partners to the team following a merger with Barry Doyle and Co. The deal will see solicitors Alan Doyle and Maeve Larkin from the specialist environmental and planning law practice join McDowell Purcell as partners.

Beauchamps has announced a new three-year partnership with the National Centre for Family Business at Dublin City University (DCU). The law firm will join existing partners AIB and PwC, who have supported the centre since 2015.

The High Court has ordered the surrender of Polish man Artur Celmer to face trial in Poland despite finding "generalised and systemic" violations to the independence of Poland's judiciary. Polish authorities had sought the surrender of Mr Celmer, 31, to face trial in his native Poland on drugs

EU citizens who are unwelcome in the UK could be banned from Ireland to prevent them crossing the border into Northern Ireland, according to a report in The Irish Times. Security sources told the newspaper that Government officials are working on a mechanism to prevent EU citizens using Ireland to "