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The Law Society of Ireland has awarded its inaugural Justice Award to the people of Ukraine. The new award was created to recognise extraordinary contributions to the discourse and development of Ireland's legal landscape through legal practice, academia, social justice or rights advocacy.

Dillon Eustace LLP has appointed Brendan Cunnane, Grace O'Connor and Alanna Hannon as partners across its real estate and asset management and investment funds teams. Mr Cunnane, who has become a partner in the firm's real estate practice, has extensive experience advising on Irish real estate acqui

The National Archives and the Courts Service of Ireland have announced plans to stage a dramatic re-enactment of the drafting of the Irish Free State constitution to mark its centenary. The unique event will be performed in the Constitution Suite of the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, where the 1922 Con

Residential landlords will not be able to evict tenants over the coming winter months under plans agreed by ministers today. Housing minister Darragh O'Brien said new legislation would provide a temporary and conditional stay on tenancy terminations this winter, despite earlier suggestions by govern

Ireland's data protection watchdog is being sued by a man who complained about the Catholic Church's refusal to destroy his baptismal records. Martin Meany, a former Catholic, made a complaint to the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in 2018 after the church told him that it would not destroy data of

Diversity at board or C-suite level in the aviation industry has declined in recent years, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has found. Just 17 per cent of those surveyed by the law firm report that the percentage of employees at C-suite or board level that identify as female, or as a member

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) referred four suspected miscarriages of justice to the Northern Ireland courts in the past year, according to its latest annual report. Established 25 years ago, the CCRC is the independent body responsible for investigating alleged miscarriages of justice

In its new report published today on its visit to Bulgaria in October 2021, the Council of Europe’s committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) hails rare occurrences of ill-treatment by staff, reduction of prison population and certain improvements in living conditions. However, it regrets

A Spanish resort is taking a rapper to court because of an "offensive" song that implies it is a hotbed of corruption. The municipal council of Lloret de Mar on the Costa Brava has begun proceedings against Samuel SLZR as he allegedly links the town to “vandalism, crime and corruption”.

Prioritising traditional forms of crime has left the justice system ill-equipped to deal with continuing rise in fraud, Westminster's justice committee has found. In a report into fraud and the justice system, the committee calls on the UK government to revolutionise the way in which fraud is fought

A memorial in a church dedicated to an 18th century slave owner who was "instrumental in quelling" a slave uprising in Jamaica has been deemed racist and offensive and should be removed. The Consistory Court of the Diocese of Salisbury has granted a faculty permitting the removal of the memorial to

Kennedys, with offices in Dublin and Belfast, has committed to drastically reducing its carbon emissions after teaming up with a group of climate and science experts. Plans to reduce the law firm’s emissions by 2030 have been approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).

Matheson LLP has been ranked as the top Irish law firm by deal volume for the first three quarters of 2022. The firm today emerged on top of rankings published by research firm Refinitiv, which follows a similar ranking by Mergermarket last week.

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised AIB on a corporate power purchase agreement with NTR plc to buy energy from two new solar farms which will provide 80 per cent of the bank's energy requirements. AIB is one of the first Irish companies to close such an agreement, which significantly

Insurance specialist firm Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors has recruited Sinéad Ryan as a partner. Ms Ryan joins the Dublin-based firm from DWF, where she was promoted to partner in February this year.