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Mason Hayes & Curran partner Susan Bryson has been appointed to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) for a five-year term. The NPHDB was established in 2013 to design, build and equip the new children's hospital, the most significant single capital investment project in the

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Rights groups urge Laos to release missing Chinese lawyer who was trying to get to US | CNN

Equality for Children and the Lesbian Lawyers Network yesterday demonstrated outside the Italian Embassy in Dublin to protest the removal of rights from lesbian mothers in Italy.

An extension of breastfeeding break rights has been highlighted by the government to mark World Breastfeeding Week. The entitlement to breastfeeding breaks under the Maternity Protection Acts was extended from six months to two years from 3 July 2023 through the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous P

A&L Goodbody has been authorised by the Law Society of Northern Ireland to become a limited liability partnership (LLP), more than two years after taking the same step south of the border. The firm became A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP with effect from Tuesday 1 August 2023.

Extensive war crimes are being committed in Sudan as the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) ravages the country, Amnesty International said in a new report. The report, Death Came To Our Home: War Crimes and Civilian Suffering In Sudan, documents mass civ

A police force that boasted of having seized a large volume of chocolate and sweets from men who were "acting suspiciously" has been widely mocked on social media. Lewisham Central Policing Team tweeted photos of a large haul of chocolate bars — including popular brands such as Galaxy and Aero

European law firm Fieldfisher has appointed Ciara Burke as a partner to lead its data protection and privacy offering in Dublin. A privacy and data protection expert, Ms Burke joins Fieldfisher from Meta, having also worked previously at LinkedIn, where she provided in-house counsel on matters of da

A trainee solicitor with Belfast firm O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors has raised more than £9,000 for the Down's Syndrome Association after climbing Africa's tallest mountain. Conor Cleverley, 23, travelled to Tanzania in early July to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of the only charity in Northern

So-called 'sex-for-rent' arrangements would be criminalised under new draft legislation proposed by Sinn Féin. Eoin Ó Broin, the party's housing spokesperson, today published a draft Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Sex for Rent) Bill 2023 which he will seek to introduce when the D&a

Belfast firm Edwards & Co Solicitors has promoted Cathy Warnock and Kellie Morwood to associate. Ms Warnock joined the firm in 2007 as a senior solicitor in the private client department. She has over 24 years' experience in property and probate law.

Amanda Logan has joined the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland as its new chief executive. A graduate of Queen’s University, Ms Logan comes to the Commission from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, where she was head of enforcement.

Public bodies have been criticised for an "unacceptable" failure to comply with their obligations under Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) regulations. Ger Deering, the commissioner for environmental information, said his office's experience of reviewing decisions by public authorities o

Most provisions of a wide-ranging law concerning Irish nationality and citizenship, court offices, bankruptcy, international protection, data protection, immigration and legal services have been commenced. The Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 will "help improve access to just

Governance expert Dr Maurice Keady has been appointed to the governing body of Belfast Metropolitan College. Dr Keady's appointment by the Department for the Economy is for a four-year period effective from 1 August 2023.