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Co Mayo firm P. O’Connor & Son has announced the appointment of Amy Collins as a solicitor in the firm. Ms Collins joins as a newly-qualified solicitor and will act in matters of litigation and probate.

Cork law student Hannah Janknecht has been awarded the Southern Law Association prize for the highest mark on her dissertation. The prize was awarded during the UCC College of Business and Law Scholarships and Prizes Award Ceremony held in Devere Hall last week.

A panel of lawyers explored how disability is a driver of innovation at a recent event hosted by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP in collaboration with the disAbility Legal Network, which is now available to watch online. The event on 22 March 2023 was presented by Peggy Hughes, a partner in MHC and mem

Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been shortlisted for two awards at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2023. The firm has made the final shortlist for Outstanding Commitment to ESG, a category that shines a light on businesses who have shown a commitment to sustainable business practices a

Lawyers Dara Purcell, Aoife Kelly-Desmond, Peggy Hughes, Avril Sheridan and Caoimhe Gleeson have been appointed to five health and social care registration boards. Mr Purcell, a qualified solicitor and chartered secretary, has been appointed to the Health and Social Care Professionals Council until

Spain's folkloric dance, flamenco, has been defined in law in its heartland of Andalusia. The region's parliament has passed a law that "establishes a legal framework for flamenco for its protection, conservation and the promotion of knowledge about it, ensuring its transmission to future generation

Donald Trump has accused his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen of causing him reputational harm for discussing hush-money payments and is suing him for more than $500 million. Filed in Miami, the lawsuit features arguments that will likely appear in Mr Trump's defence to charges that he falsifie

Juul, one of the world's most recognisable e-cigarette brands, has agreed to settle seven US lawsuits alleging that it marketed its products to children for a total of $462 million (around €420 million or £340 million). The largest multi-state agreement with Juul brings an end to lawsuits

A mother of two newborn twin brothers resorted to calling the police after losing track of which was which. Sofi Rodriguez joked on Twitter that she was "mother of the year" after she took two-month-old Lorenzo and Valentín to a local police station to be fingerprinted in a bid to establish t

A local politician has threatened to sue ChatGPT over false claims in what would be the first defamation claim brought against an AI-powered chatbot, according to reports. Lawyers for Brian Hood, the mayor of Hepburn Shire, Australia, have written to ChatGPT developer OpenAI after the chatbot allege

The Scottish government will challenge the Secretary of State for Scotland’s use of Section 35 of the Scotland Act to stop the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill going forward to Royal Assent following the Scottish Parliament’s approval of the legislation in December 2022. Social

Ireland’s statutory prisons watchdog, the Office of the Inspectorate of Prisons (OIP), has recently completed an unannounced full inspection of Cork Prison. The inspection, which took place from 27 March to 5 April 2023, forms part of the Inspectorate’s new programme of regular unannounc

The death of a man accused of being a Provisional IRA informer codenamed "Stakeknife" before the publication of a long-awaited investigation into his alleged activities may rob victims of justice, a lawyer has said. Kevin Winters, of Belfast-based KRW LAW, is representing a number of families of peo

A motorist's "expressive honking" is not free speech protected by the US constitution, a court has ruled. San Francisco woman Susan Porter sued the state of California after she was given a ticket for "unreasonable use of a vehicle horn" after she honked around 14 times as she drove past a protest i

The UK is failing to comply with its own torture policy, with campaigners and MPs calling for immediate action to prevent the UK government being complicit in torture abroad. In its 2021 annual report, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office (IPCO) said UK intelligence agencies had failed to