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ByrneWallace has announced the appointment of Neil Keenan,Paraic O'Kennedy, Emmet Whelan and Helen Flynn as partners in the firm’s corporate, banking, employment and property practices respectively.

Michael Jackson, managing partner at Matheson Dublin firm Matheson has been awarded eight Deals of the Year 2016 by the monthly Finance Dublin publication.

Previously confidential documents published this week reveal the extent of UK government surveillance kept secret from the public and Parliament for the last 15 years. Revealed in a case brought by Privacy International about the use of so-called “Bulk Personal Datasets” (BPDs), the extracts sho

of the formal investigation procedure and, on the other, the aid schemes had not been notified to the Commission in any way. The undertakings in question therefore could not reasonably believe, despite the delay in the investigation procedure, that the Commission’s doubts no longer existed and th

The Bar of Ireland and The Bar of Northern Ireland will go head-to-head in their annual rugby match tomorrow. The match takes place at 2pm tomorrow at Wanderers FC, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, followed by a dinner in the Bencher's room of the King's Inns at 6.30pm.

and/or progression of the disciplinary proceedings. The applicant was accused of a breach of discipline under Regulation 5 of the An Garda Síochána (Discipline) Regulations 2007 and under the Criminal Justice (Treatment of Persons in Custody) Regulations, 1987.

David Barniville SC, chairman of the Council of The Bar of Ireland The Bar of Ireland will introduce a range of measures to better support women at the Bar after a survey of female practitioners revealed a number of areas of concern.

Two cases where a suspended sentence was to be activated have been dropped in the wake of the High Court ruling on Tuesday. Mr Justice Michael Moriarty declared that section 99 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, governing the activation of suspended sentences, is unconstitutional.

Michael Humphreys QC, chairman of the Commercial Bar Association Leading lawyers from across Northern Ireland and the UK convened this morning for the start of the British Irish Commercial Bar Association (BICBA) conference.

Theresa May MPs, civil servants and councillors who may be involved in corruption will be the target of a new law proposed by the UK Home Secretary.

Managing partner John White Dublin firm Beauchamps has taken on 45 new members of staff in the last year, including four new partners, the company has revealed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhMI6akmjWE Professor David Ormerod QC's lecture on the evolution of the law surrounding the doctrine of joint enterprise has been published online.

Dalriada School pupils are flying to London this weekend to compete in the national finals of The Bar Mock Trial after winning the Northern Ireland heat in November 2015.

The Court of Appeal has set aside an order of the High Court in relation to an accident which left a man requiring to have his leg amputated, finding that the trial judge’s assessment of the damages was “perverse”. The plaintiff, Blaine Murphy, was struck by a car while attending the Galway In

Acting Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Acting Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said emergency legislation could be introduced "within days" of a High Court ruling that said the law governing the activation of suspended sentences is unconstitutional.