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ByrneWallace and LK Shields Solicitors have completed their merger to create Byrne Wallace Shields. The firm said on Friday that the merger, first announced in November 2024, was now completed, creating a merged firm with over 430 employees, including 220 solicitors.

Every pound spent on legal aid in Northern Ireland creates £8.32 of social value, according to a groundbreaking new report from the Law Society of Northern Ireland. The 56-page report, The Social Value of Legal Aid, was launched on Monday in the Northern Ireland Assembly at an event which hear

European consumer watchdogs have accused Meta of continuing to breach EU law with its "pay-or-consent" policy. Meta first introduced a pay-or-consent model in November 2023, offering EU users of Facebook and Instagram the option of either paying a monthly fee to use ad-free versions of the social ne

DLA Piper partner Caoimhe Clarkin has been appointed to the global law firm's international board. Ms Clarkin has headed the firm's litigation and regulatory practice in Ireland since 2019.

Human rights expert Professor Aoife Nolan has been re-elected as president of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR). The ECSR is the monitoring body of the European Social Charter. It is composed of 15 independent, impartial members elected by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Mini

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A&L Goodbody has welcomed Steven Duggan, Eimear Keane and Jeff Greene to the firm as partners. Mr Duggan joined the firm's Belfast corporate and M&A team in November, while Ms Keane joined the Dublin investment funds and asset management team in December and Mr Greene joined the Dublin emplo

Barrister and Fianna Fáil TD Jim O'Callaghan has been named as minister for justice, home affairs and migration in the new government.

An award-winning board game inspired by Sicily's mafia wars has sparked outrage in Italy. Originally developed in Germany, La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War has now been released in Italy, where it has provoked a backlash among the families of mafia victims, The Guardian reports.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been asked to issue arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds. Prosecutor Karim Khan KC has filed applications for warrants of arrest in respect of the Taliban's "supreme leader", Haibatul

Courthouses north and south of the border have closed for the day as Storm Éowyn brings extremely high winds across the island. The Courts Service of Ireland has published a lengthy list of court closures on courts.ie, which it has said may be updated throughout the day.

Donald Trump's return to the White House has put the legality of EU-US data transfers in doubt once again, privacy campaigners have warned. Three of the four sitting members of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) have reportedly been sacked by the new president, leaving the wa

Legal aid spending in Northern Ireland should be seen as an investment that lessens demand for other services including health and social care, the Bar of Northern Ireland has told MPs. The Bar has made a 15-page submission to Westminster's Northern Ireland affairs committee, which is currently cond

New EU rules aimed at strengthening the IT security of financial entities such as banks, insurance companies and investment firms are finally here, write William Fry lawyers John O'Connor, Claire O'Connor and Conor Forde. While it may seem that we have been talking about the Digital Operational Resi

An international legal team led by Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has called on the UN to intervene on behalf of imprisoned Bangladeshi journalists Farzana Rupa and Shakil Ahmed. Ms Rupa and Mr Ahmed, a married couple, were arrested and detained on 21 August 2024, just weeks after mass student-led protest