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A woman who suffered image-based abuse at the hands of her former partner has been awarded nearly £100,000 in the first civil case of its kind to come before the English courts. The woman had discovered that her partner had secretly filmed her naked on a number of occasions and uploaded the im

A new draft protocol governing the use of restorative interventions in the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland has been published. Then-justice minister Naomi Long last year ordered a review of the 2007 protocol which governs the work of community-based restorative justice (CBRJ) organisatio

LK Shields Solicitors LLP has appointed Ailis Brennan as an associate solicitor in the firm's banking and finance team. Ms Brennan joins the firm having trained in banking and real estate at another Dublin firm and been admitted to the roll of solicitors in 2022.

Google has reversed a decision to remove search results relating to a man's serious criminal conviction in Ireland under "right to be forgotten" laws. The search giant had removed links relating to the 2010 conviction of Mark McCormick, who admitted to running six brothels in Dublin and was sentence

Over 90 newly-admitted solicitors have been warmly welcomed to the Northern Ireland solicitors' profession at an admission ceremony held at the Assembly Buildings in Belfast. The solicitors were presented by David A. Lavery CB, registrar of solicitors, to the Lady Chief Justice for Northern Ireland,

Ireland is an "outlier in Europe" because of its failure to give legal recognition to prenuptial agreements, a lawyer and government minister has said. Josepha Madigan, a qualified solicitor and minister of state for special education, told The Sunday Times that the law should be changed to recognis

Lawyers are unlikely to be replaced with AI-powered chatbots any time soon, a Northern Ireland law firm has said after reviewing the reliability of legal advice produced by ChatGPT. SG Murphy Solicitors put ChatGPT, probably the best-known AI chatbot, to the test by asking it a number of standard le

Proposed reforms to improve the efficiency of Ireland's courts must be "carefully considered", the Bar of Ireland has said. The barristers' body has warmly welcomed the government's announcement that it will appoint an additional 24 judges across the Irish courts this year and a further 20 judges ne

A new community space is to be created in the heart of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in partnership with law firm Matheson. The museum is now showcasing six proposals for the Matheson Creativity Hub in Memory of Tim Scanlon following an architectural competition organised in conjunction with

Personal injury specialist firm Kearney Law Group has announced the appointment of two new claim specialists to its team in Belfast. Lee Donaghy has been appointed to the newly-created role of claims and business development manager and Ryan Abram has been named senior claims consultant.

Cork solicitors and friends were welcomed to the Maryborough Hotel last week for the Southern Law Association's annual dinner. Emma Meagher Neville, who was recently elected president of the Southern Law Association, told Irish Legal News: "It is a career highlight for me to be president. We had a w

A notorious gangster has escaped prison by knotting bed sheets together into a makeshift rope and abseiling from a window. Marco Raduano, a leading figure in the Sacra Corona Unita mafia, made the cartoonish escape from the Badu 'e Carros prison in Sardinia.

John Elliot, who retired from the Law Society of Ireland last year, has been appointed as chairperson of the appeals board of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI). Mr Elliot was director of regulation and registrar of solicitors at the Law Society until his early retirement last year, h

Ireland's controversial wardship system will finally come to an end in April 2023, the government has said. Roderic O'Gorman, the minister for children, equality, disability, integration and youth, and Anne Rabbitte, the minister of state for disability, have confirmed that 26 April 2023 has been se

Flynn O'Driscoll LLP advised on more M&A deals last year than any other Irish law firm, according to a new report. The latest report from Experian’s M&A monitor division, MarketIQ, reveals that the business law firm advised on 90 of the 766 transactions which took place in the busiest