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McKees has been awarded a Silver Medal by EcoVadis in recognition of its business sustainability rating. Last year, McKees was the first law firm in Ireland to receive the EcoVadis accreditation and over the last 12 months, the firm has continued to implement policies to secure a silver rating which

Two neighbours who got into a row over a husband's suspected infidelity, leading to one woman slashing the other with a piece of glass, behaved in a “highly immature manner”, a judge has said. Julie Pigott and Catriona O'Keefe, both aged 42, got into a physical fight on a May morning las

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed the appointment of director Stuart Sproule. Mr Sproule joins the firm from Danske Bank, where he spent four years as its in-house legal counsel.

Judges in Fiji have no sense of humour, especially those who make typos, it has been revealed. A lawyer has been found guilty of contempt of court – for pointing out a spelling mistake made by a judge.

Family reunification, residency issues, citizenship, EU Treaty rights and employment were the top five issues raised by callers to the Immigrant Council of Ireland’s (ICI) Immigration Helpline in 2021. That’s according to data included in the ICI’s annual Impact Report.

Cancer misdiagnosis victims may be able to file a medical negligence, or medical malpractice, lawsuit against the doctor or other party responsible for the cancer misdiagnosis, writes Janet Keane. When filing a lawsuit against another party, the patient or patient’s family is referred to

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission have launched their Annual Joint Report, their first since they took over their new roles in respect of Protocol Article 2. It outlines the joint work of the

A student has been left stunned after receiving two boxes of Weetabix instead of the MacBook he ordered from Amazon.

Dr Gabriel Scally’s Implementation Review Report November 2022 (the “Final Review”) on implementation of the recommendations made in his Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Screening Programme Final Report 2018 (the “Scally Report”) was published on 23rd November, 2022,

Community Law & Mediation (CLM) has welcomed the decision by the State Examinations Commission to commence a pilot scheme enabling visually impaired students to access digital versions of their exam papers.

30 November 2022 at 6.30pm European Commissioner for Justice and Consumers, Didier Reynders will be joined by Kiki Boreel, Dutch climate ambassador for the future, greenwashing expert and fashion model; Michel Scholte, founder of True Price Foundation and Augustin Reyna, director of legal and econom

UCD School of Law, HI Seminar Room H204 Tuesday, 6th December 2022, 1.10pm

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties is hosting an event in Dublin to launch its new website – infovictims.ie. INFOVICTIMS III is an EU project that develops new and updated informative materials for victims of crime across the EU. ICCL has created a website, a Know your Rights brochure,

For the first time in the history of the State, socialist lawyers are organising. Trainee solicitors in the law school in Dublin have formed the Blackhall Society of Socialist Lawyers and they are looking for barristers, solicitors, legal academics and law students to join a national network of radi

Facebook owner Meta has been fined €265 million by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC). Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL), data controller of the Facebook social media network, has also been made subject to a range of corrective measures.