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Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Irish-headquartered biopharmaceutical company Amryt Pharma is to be acquired by Chiesi Farmaceutici in ...

The London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA) will this year host its first-ever St Patrick's Dinner. Tickets are now on sale for the event at The Churchill Hotel ...

Irish law must be urgently changed to ensure that defendants who turn 18 while awaiting trial continue to be dealt with through the child justice system, the ...

Plans to overhaul Ireland's "antiquated" licensing laws will be considered by the Oireachtas justice committee today. The committee will this afternoon begin pre-legislative scrutiny on the Sale ...

Elton John's half-brother tried and failed to bring an enormous trident spear to his court appearance for possessing magic mushrooms. Geoff Dwight, 56, from Ruthin in north ...

Abraham Lincoln said a good settlement is better than a good lawsuit, and if you are a solicitor or barrister you’ll know that you are obliged to ...

Proposed UK government amendments to its controversial Troubles bill do not address concerns raised by victims and human rights campaigners and some of them "would actually make ...

A decision to label a children's book depicting same-sex relationships as harmful to young children violated the author's right to free speech, the European Court of ...

Legislation introducing a soft opt-out system of consent for organ donation is set to be debated in the Dáil this afternoon. The Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical ...

Irish business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has reported an eight per cent increase in revenue to €106 million in 2022. The firm — the only ...

Belfast-based MKB Law has appointed Céadhra Cummings as a solicitor in the firm's family law department. Ms Cummings advises on a variety of family law matters such ...

People injured by e-bikes and e-scooters should be entitled to compensation from the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (MIBI), a prominent personal injury solicitor has said. Liam ...

Global legal business DWF has named five new directors, two new senior associates and three new associates in its Belfast office. Real estate lawyers Kathleen Gillespie and ...

Dr John Stannard, a senior lecturer at Queen's University Belfast School of Law, has been awarded an awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list for ...

A special hour-long programme about the UK government's use of torture against the so-called "Hooded Men" is to be broadcast by the BBC tonight. Hooded Men – ...