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EY Law Ireland has appointed barrister and former tax appeals commissioner Conor Kennedy as head of its tax strategy and disputes practice. Mr Kennedy will provide EY clients with tax opinions on transactions and also advise on developing the optimum strategy to resolve Revenue-related queries.

Restrictions on the disclosure of evidence heard in-camera are creating an inadvertent barrier to complaints about the conduct of judges in family law cases, the Judicial Council has said.

Human rights campaigners have raised concerns about the disproportionate use of stop and search by the PSNI on people from minoritised ethnic communities and on children. Figures published this week show that 21,190 people were stopped and searched in Northern Ireland by police last year.

Northern Ireland firm Turley Legal has launched a real estate practice following the appointment of a new senior associate and solicitor. Ciara Christie has joined the firm as a senior associate, having previously worked in a top-tier law firm in Belfast. She has significant property experience, bot

So-called conversion therapy aimed at  LGBT+ people is taking place in Ireland, according to new research which will inform Irish government plans to ban the practice. Conversion therapy purports to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (SOGIE) wh

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Saudi air strikes are claiming Yemeni lives almost daily, human rights groups warn

Ukrainian refugees in Ireland will benefit from a 12-month extension to their temporary protection permissions, the government has announced. Some 75,000 people fleeing the war in Ukraine have been granted temporary protection in Ireland since 9 March 2022. Each permission is granted for a period of

Ewe have got to be flocking kidding me! A man who allegedly tried to escape a maximum-security prison while disguised as a sheep has been shepherded back to his cell. The sheepish prisoner was caught exhibiting shear tenacity as he crawled in a field near Chonchorro, a notorious prison reserved for

The Spanish parliament has approved legislation which will see Spain join a growing number of European countries in moving to a self-declaration model of gender recognition. The new law, which yesterday cleared the upper house of the Spanish parliament by 191–60 with 91 abstentions, will scrap

The Irish and UK governments have been urged by Europe's human rights commissioner to make "swift progress" on plans to ban so-called conversion therapy for LGBT+ people. Dunja Mijatović, the Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, said the "insidious nature" of conversion therapies can ha

A review by England's Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) shows that some law firms need to do more to guard against the risk of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) and other types of abusive litigation. Since the invasion of Ukraine, there has been significant public concern

A man dubbed "the Easter bunny" has admitted stealing almost 200,000 Creme Eggs. Joby Pool, 32, is facing jail after pleading guilty to criminal damage and two counts of theft at Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

International law firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has announced the roll-out of a new AI tool that will assist staff with the likes of contract analysis, due diligence, litigation and regulatory compliance. The firm, with offices in Dublin and Belfast, said it is integrating Harvey, an AI platform

Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) has called for changes to law and practice to tackle barriers that people with mental health difficulties face in accessing social housing and emergency accommodation. Mary Butler, the minister of state for mental health and older people, formally launched the law ce

An event co-hosted by Philip Lee has explored how Ireland and France can work together to achieve sustainability targets through "smart cities". Last week's working session at the RDS was co-hosted by the law firm with the French Embassy in Ireland and Business France Ireland.