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Burges Salmon, which has offices in Dublin and Belfast, has been named the RollOnFriday ‘Best Law Firm to Work at 2023’, an accolade that the firm has achieved for the second year in a row. Burges Salmon’s managing partner, Roger Bull, said: “To be named the inaugural RollOnF

The legal market is a highly competitive environment. Everyone in our beloved sector can witness it and the heat is constantly dialling up. A recent LexisNexis business development survey indicated that competition for new clients is the greatest concern that solicitors have. One of the most, if not

Pictured (left–right): Tomás McDonagh, Aisling O’Donovan, Jamie Olden, Jennifer Noctor and Brian Morrissey RDJ has announced the appointment of four partners.

The human rights adviser for the Policing Board has criticised the PSNI’s “endless excuses” over how it records the community background of people who have been arrested or stopped and searched, The Detail reports. The board's annual human rights report noted that that a “sig

Fieldfisher has announced the appointment of three new associates: Ciara Gilroy (insolvency and restructuring), Steven Whelan (public and regulatory) and Clodagh Morrissey (public and regulatory).

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Major changes to the planning system, including new restrictions on judicial review applications and legal costs, have moved forward with the publication of a draft bill. The government said its draft Planning and Development Bill 2022 will bring greater clarity, consistency and certainty to how pla

UK law firms and accountants that fail to do enough to prevent fraud are the target of the UK government's Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. The government intends to introduce a new offence in the bill, when it makes its way to the Lords, that will be based on similar offences for bri

Lawyers and litigants involved in so-called strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) in England and Wales should be made to pay into a defence fund to protect freedom of speech, a Westminster committee has said. The House of Lords select committee on communications and digital said t

Twitter is facing a court battle with the company that manages the British monarch's public estate after allegedly failing to pay rent on its London office. The new lawsuit filed by the Crown Estate comes just weeks after the owner of Twitter's California HQ filed a similar complaint over unpaid ren

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Brian McElligott as its new head of artificial intelligence and Jevan Neilan as head of its San Francisco office. Mr McElligott returns to the firm's technology team as a partner, having previously served as a partner in the

Dillon Eustace has congratulated its four newly-qualified solicitors on entering the next stage of their careers. Julia Mulllin, Sam Dillon, Anna Mulcair and Andrew Tyrrell have completed their training contracts with the firm.

Multi-specialist Belfast law firm Millar McCall Wylie has reported its “biggest year to date” across all aspects of its legal services, with particular growth noted in its corporate and media law departments. The firm was engaged to work on a number of major global productions throughout

Arthur Cox LLP has announced the three principal charity partners for which it will help to fundraise over the next three years. The firm selects its charity partners through a staff survey, with the top-ranking charities as voted by employees receiving support for three years.

Mícheál P O’Higgins SC, a former chair of The Bar of Ireland, has been nominated by ministers for appointment to the High Court bench. In addition, barrister Elizabeth Maguire SC and solicitor Simon McAleese have been nominated for appointment as judges of the Circuit Court.