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Amanda Stewart, the chief executive of the Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI), has been awarded an OBE for public service. Ms Stewart was named in the Queen’s birthday honours list last year for public service and was presented with the honour by King Charles in a recent ceremony in W

Ireland should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 years old and ensure that the detention of children is used only as a "last resort", the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has said. The general age of criminal responsibility in Ireland is 12 years, but there is al

Holmes has congratulated newly-qualified solicitors Ciara Downes and Melissa Regan on completing their training at the firm. Ms Downes has now joined the firm's commercial team and Ms Regan has joined the financial lines team.

Matheson has announced the 2023 launch of the Tim Scanlon Corporate Law Bursary, which honours late Matheson partner and former chairperson Tim Scanlon. Now in its second year, the bursary is delivered as part of Matheson's impactful business programme and is open to undergraduate and postgraduate l

A senior business leader in The Bar of Northern Ireland has been shortlisted for an award in recognition of her work to advance diversity in the barristers' profession. Clare Rice, service delivery manager in the Bar Council office, is a finalist in the Individual Advancing Diversity Award category

A man who allegedly wielded a cat as a weapon against police officers has been charged with offences. Christopher Gaddis, 41, allegedly shoved a cat in the face of a police officer in Nashville, Tennessee while attempting to evade arrest.

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Corporate and commercial law firm LK Shields Solicitors LLP has welcomed Pat Fox back to the firm as a real estate partner. Mr Fox, who was previously a partner in LK Shields from 1998 to 2004, is a real estate and finance specialist with extensive experience acting for developers, funders and purch

A&L Goodbody LLP (ALG) has appointed nine new partners and three new of counsel across its Dublin and Belfast offices.

Almost all senior banking and financial services professionals believe that financial regulators should take competition and consumer choice into account when formulating regulatory policy, according to a new survey by Mason Hayes & Curran. The business law firm polled more than 150 people at a

A&L Goodbody yesterday welcomed over 250 people to its inaugural "Future of Tech Regulation" event in Dublin, which brought together leading regulators and industry experts to discuss and explore the impact of new and incoming legislation at Irish and European level. Key speakers at the event in

By Gareth Walker, CEO, LEAP UK & Ireland The thought of setting up a new law firm during a time of recession may sound high risk and cavalier. However global change, even a crisis such as the recent pandemic, provides opportunities as well as challenges. The winners will be those who adapt the q

A decision not to seek assistance or advice from senior counsel in the long-running investigation into the Nama scandal was "exceptional" when compared to similar investigations, the lawyer heading the investigation has said. The final report into the Nama scandal, originally due by summer 2018, has

Law firms’ commitment to pro bono work remained strong in 2022, despite the global crisis, according to a new report from the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The 2022 TrustLaw Index of Pro Bono is the fifth edition of the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s survey mapping the global scale and trend

The Spanish government has been rebuked by judges for excluding bullfighting from a youth culture subsidy scheme. Under an initiative launched last year, young people can apply to receive a €400 culture voucher after they turn 18 which can be used for a range of cultural and artistic activities