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Northern Ireland businesses have been issued with civil penalty notices for employing illegal workers as the Home Office leads a multi-agency crackdown on organised immigration crime across the UK. 

A social housing tenant has been awarded €2,500 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) after she was barred from using an on-site gym at her apartment complex because she was a social housing tenant.

Former Supreme Court judge Hugh O’Flaherty has passed away at the age of 88. 

The Law Society of Ireland has told justice minister Jim O'Callaghan that two issues remain critical to resolving the ongoing dispute over the new flat fee system for criminal legal aid.

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The Christian Brothers have issued a statement that “contrary to recent commentary” the organisation is focused on settling claims “without the stress and delays of litigation”. This comes in light of a controversial legal strategy where the failure to appoint a nominee in a

The Hope and Courage Collective is calling on Coimisiún na Meán to engage with Meta after a new report found that social media platforms are playing a significant role in amplifying anti-Muslim hatred in Ireland.

Four re-appointments have been made to the Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland (PCNI). Mr John O’Neill and Mr Matthew Corkey have been re-appointed as Legal Commissioners with Dr Christine Kennedy and Dr Jeremy Kenney-Herbert re-appointed as Psychiatry/Psychology Commissioner.

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has announced the appointment of a former senior civil servant from the Department of the Taoiseach, Mary Doyle, as its first chair.

Walkers has announced the appointment of Stephen Hannigan as a partner in its finance & capital markets team in Dublin. Mr Hannigan advises international and domestic lenders, originators, investors, sponsors and trustees across a broad range of banking, securitisation and financial markets tran

BHSM LLP incorporating OBH Partners has announced the appointment of James Lawless and Trea McGuinness as partners. Mr Lawless joined the firm in 2021 and advises clients on a broad range of commercial property matters, including acquisitions, disposals, leasing, development projects and investment

A Brazilian state legislature has found itself playing host to an unlikely group of visitors, with capybaras repeatedly wandering into voting sessions. The famously calm rodents entered the Mato Grosso state legislature building in Cuiabá last week, surprising lawmakers who were preparing for

Phillip Armstrong, a senior member of the council for the Law Society of Northern Ireland, has publicly resigned from his position over the Society’s handling of David Lavery who lost his position as a human rights Commissioner this week after having provided a character reference for his cou

A Chinese pro-democracy activist has been arrested in Tibet after allegedly showing a photograph of the Dalai Lama while visiting a monastery, prompting Amnesty International to call for his immediate release. Zhang Yi, a human rights activist from Wuhan, Hubei province, was detained by police in Lh

The Law Society has issued a response to the Law Reform Commission (LRC) paper on non-court adjudicative bodies (NCABs) calling for ‘practical’ reforms.