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Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Christine O'Donovan as their new head of international asset finance.Ms O'Donovan's practice focuses on international transactions in the areas of aircraft financing, big-ticket equipment financing, shipping, and-cross border leasing. She adv

The European Commission has fined Google €4.34 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules by imposing illegal restrictions on Android device manufacturers and mobile network operators, since 2011, to cement its dominant position as the leading internet search engine. The tech giant must now bring

As many as 67 new driving test inspectors are being hired by the Department of Transport ahead of the introduction of new stricter road traffic laws, the Irish Independent reports. The Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill, which gives power to gardaí to seize a car driven by an unaccompanied learner

The group established to review the operation of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 has set out recommendations around gender recognition for children and non-binary people. Employment Affairs and Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty thanked the review group for "their work and commitment in deliv

The Department of Justice has announced that AccessNI has become the first criminal history service in the UK to offer criminal check certificates digitally. AccessNI also remains the only UK service offering online applications for all types of checks.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has been fined £200,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after sending a bulk email that identified possible victims of non-recent child sexual abuse. The inquiry, set up in 2014 to investigate the extent to which institutio

Divorcees looking for additonal payments from their former spouses were dealt a blow after the Supreme Court ruled a woman who spent all her settlement money cannot claim more from her ex-husband. Graham Mills, 52, challenged a Court of Appeal order mandating that he pay an extra £4,090 a year

An Bord Pleanála have been unsuccessful in appealing an order of certiorari granted by the High Court which quashed its decision to grant planning permission for a wind farm development in County Clare. Finding that the permission granted should be quashed “on much narrower grounds” than those

The Irish courts saw an increase in defamation and personal injury cases last year, amid a decline in divorce applications and possession orders. Over 655,000 new matters were introduced to the courts last year in total, including a 16 per cent increase in new appeals to the Supreme Court.

The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has called on parliamentarians to write laws with "greater clarity" on their meaning. He issued the "cry" for clarity while speaking at the launch of the Courts Service of Ireland annual report yesterday, according to The Irish Times.

The partners at Cork firm McCullagh Wall Solicitors have gone separate ways and established two new law firms, Harry McCullagh Solicitors and Regan Wall Solicitors. Harry McCullagh, who founded and managed his own practice prior to setting up McCullagh Wall with Adrian Wall, is continuing to practic

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has published legislation to repeal the offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter from Article 40 of the Constitution.

Karen Bradley Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has set out plans to legislate for key public appointments if the Northern Ireland Executive is not restored by the autumn.

Lady Hale The text of Lady Hale's speech delivered in Edinburgh in June has been published.

Legal changes aimed at criminalising assistance to irregular migrants – meant to deter human trafficking – must not imperil human rights, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has said. The CCBE said in a statement that it "wishes to express its utmost concern regarding the rest