Pictured (l-r): Pat O’Hagan (CIArb); Andrew Singer BL; Jarlath Kearney (CIArb); and Julie-Ann McCaffrey (Cleaver Fulton Rankin) Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been thanked by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) for hosting a recent construction mediation masterclass for CIArb me
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Seven Northern Ireland lawyers raised over £7,000 for a charity working to stop false imprisonment in Kenya by going behind bars in Downpatrick County Museum Jail. The International Justice Mission (IJM) fundraising initiative saw the lawyers locked up and challenged to raise a "bail" amount of £5
of the member states as the provisions of the agreement relating to non-direct foreign investment and to dispute settlement between investors and states do not fall within the exclusive competence of the European Union, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. On 20 September 2013, the
Maurice Frankel Proposals to extend the reach of the Official Secrets Act 1989 would "threaten journalists and whistleblowers", the Campaign for Freedom of Information (CFOI) and Article 19 have warned.
Allied Irish Bank Plc has successfully appealed a finding of the High Court that it did not have a right-of-way to gain access to apartments through a common area held by a management company, which was based upon an erroneous understanding of a court-ordered deed. Mr Justice Sean Ryan, President of
Pictured (l-r): Richard Martin from Ronan Daly Jermyn and David McLaughlin, head of AIB Private Banking Ronan Daly Jermyn was named Ireland's Law Firm of the Year at the sixth annual black tie gala AIB Private Banking Irish Law Awards.
Pictured (l-r): William Hanly with Pat Mullins, partner, and Tom Leahy, CEO of BDM Boylan Solicitors & Business Advisory Munster firm BDM Boylan Solicitors & Business Advisory has announced the appointment of William Hanly as a commercial solicitor.
Pictured (l-r): Niall Rooney, TJ McIntyre and Fred Logue A leading expert in IT and privacy law, Dr TJ McIntyre, has joined Dublin solicitor firm FP Logue as a consultant.
Dara Murphy The General Scheme of a bill to enforce the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Directive has been published.
Richard Bruton Firms that sell completed essays to Irish students will face prosecution under a new proposed law.
Anna McClimonds An associate at Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been shortlisted for a young leadership award.
High street solicitors’ days are numbered according to a new report. As alternative business structures and niche firms make further incursions into the territory of small practices, respondents to a Lexis Nexis survey anticipated losing work.
An asbestos consultancy firm which was granted a contract with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in 2013 has been ordered by the High Court to provide all timesheets in relation to the contract in an ongoing dispute over compensation for the agreed works. Mr Justice Deeny criticised the consult
Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published proposals for a major reform of Garda compensation claims.
Leo Varadkar A bill to extend access to gender recognition for young transgender and non-binary people has been approved at the second stage in Seanad Éireann.