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John Whelan, head of the International IP & Technology team at A&L Goodbody A&L Goodbody has become the first firm to be named Ireland's IP Law Firm of the Year at the Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) awards three times, following its latest win last night.

The High Court in Dublin yesterday heard that the Health Service Executive (HSE) has reached a settlement in a case brought over the death of Savita Halappanavar. Praveen Halappanavar brought the medical negligence suit against University Hospital Galway staff and management over Ms Halappanavar’s

Justice Minister David Ford Justice Minister David Ford has welcomed the findings of a report into the standard of interviews with young victims and witnesses of crime.

Giles Murphy, head of the professional practices group at Smith & Williamson A new survey of law firms across Great Britain has found that most managing partners and leadership figures do not receive enough strategic support.

Justice Minister David Ford

Over 250 UK lawyers will today launch a group to campaign for the UK to remain part of the EU. Lawyers in for Britain, which includes 27 QCs, judges and the current and former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, intends to debunk common misconceptions people have about the UK’s legal re

A solicitor firm has been found to have breached its duty to inform a mortgage provider of the true nature of a property transaction between a man and a company solely owned by him. However, the High Court of Justice found that the plaintiffs had failed to demonstrate causation between that failure

A record of almost 10,000 people were sent to prison in 2015 after failing to pay court fines, according to new figures from the Irish Prison Service. Data published by the Irish Examiner shows a 7 per cent rise in the number of committals in 2015 and a 6 per cent rise in the number of people jailed

Deirdre Duffy, deputy director of the ICCL A coalition of Irish civil society organisations will today highlight key human rights issues at a meeting in Geneva.

Tughans has scored two major accolades at Insider magazine's Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards 2016.

The Bar of Ireland yesterday hosted a dinner at the King's Inns to celebrate women in law.

The medical negligence case against the Health Service Executive (HSE) over the death of Savita Halappanavar will not proceed after the HSE reached an out-of-court settlement with her husband. Ms Halappanavar’s death at a Galway hospital in 2012 due to complications of a septic miscarriage sparked

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that bonuses awarded by banks to employees in the form of redeemable shares in offshore companies, in order to take advantage of ITEPA provisions, should be treated – for income tax purposes – as if they had been paid in cash. Lord Neuberger, Lord Mance, Lord Reed,

The UK Supreme Court's decision to yesterday dismiss the appeal of a company which claimed a rival had infringed on its design of a ride-on suitcase for children will have "disastrous" implications, a senior lawyer has said. Magmatic, manufacturer of the Trunki case, brought the case against PMS Int

The UK Supreme Court's decision to yesterday dismiss the appeal of a company which claimed a rival had infringed on its design of a ride-on suitcase for children will have "disastrous" implications, a senior lawyer has said. Magmatic, manufacturer of the Trunki case, brought the case against PMS Int