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Pictured (l-r): Rachel Kavanagh, Christine O’Donovan, Kevin Power and Gerard Kelly Mason Hayes & Curran has named the four new leaders of its healthcare & medical law, international asset finance, insurance & risk and intellectual property teams.

Michael Meghen Total Produce plc has announced the appointment of lawyer Michael Meghen to its Board as a non-executive director from July 2018.

A High Court judge will refer the case of a man wanted in Northern Ireland on a murder charge to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for determination on the impact of Brexit on extraditions to the UK. The man is facing charges of murder and rape in Northern Ireland and was arrested in

Pictured (l-r): Brian Shanks, Sian Wells and Hannah Simpson Belfast-based legal firm Wilson Nesbitt put its best feet forward in the Belfast Marathon to raise funds for Simon Community NI.

Deirdre MacCarthy The Dublin office of international law firm Maples and Calder advised Cantor Fitzgerald on its agreement to acquire Merrion Capital Group.

A loan management company and its bankruptcy receivers have lost an appeal against a declaration granted to a farmer that he is entitled to be registered as full beneficial owner of lands by virtue of his adverse possession. ACC Loan Management Ltd and bankruptcy receivers Declan Taite and John Coul

Three of the common law world's most prominent judges have been honoured with the first-ever Hibernian Law Medals.

Beauchamps has been named Ireland's Law Firm of the Year at the annual Irish Law Awards. Over 90 firms, practitioners and in-house teams attended Friday's ceremony, which was opened by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and hosted by RTÉ presenter Miriam O'Callaghan.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has congratulated two gardaí who have qualified as solicitors while remaining in post.

The Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) has criticised "misleading" media coverage of mediation in reporting on the Vicky Phelan case. President Sabine Walsh said: "The government's proposed mediation process to help the women affected by the cervical check controversy has rightly received extensi

The Supreme Court has begun hearing an appeal by a mixed-sex couple who are fighting to have a civil partnership instead of a marriage. London-based couple Rebecca Steinfeld, 36, and Charles Keidan, 40, lost their case at the Court of Appeal last February following a ruling that said they could not

Over 600 businesspeople attended the inaugural ByrneWallace Business Forum to discuss the role they can play in helping to bring the Government’s ambitious Project 2040 to fruition.

The Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA) has announced a twist in the run-up to their annual golf day, sponsored by Traction Finance.

Members of The Bar of Northern Ireland have handed a £70,000 cheque to Belfast homelessness charity the Welcome Organisation.

Members of the legal profession in Northern Ireland braved the rain for a walk and run through Belfast in aid of Marie Curie Northern Ireland, which cares for and supports people with a terminal illness.