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Applications have opened for solicitors and barristers seeking to become a senior counsel next year. Legal practitioners who wish to be granted patents of precedence, allowing them to use the title of senior counsel, must submit their application by 5pm on Thursday 16 February 2023.

Business law firm Flynn O'Driscoll LLP has named two new senior associates and five new associates. The new senior associates are Jonathan O'Beirne and Majella Crennan, both in the corporate team.

Judges have a duty to speak out when the rule of law is under threat at a national or international level, according to new guidelines from the Council of Europe’s Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE). The CCJE was asked by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers to prepare an

The Supreme Court did not develop a "significant backlog" during the pandemic with over 100 judgments delivered last year, according to its latest annual report. Writing in the foreword to the court's 2021 annual report, which was published today, Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell said the pandemic "con

International law firm Taylor Wessing has recruited corporate finance and M&A specialists Paddy Quinlan and Dannie Hanna to its Dublin office. Mr Quinlan joins the firm as a partner from Maples and Calder, bringing over 20 years' experience as a specialist corporate finance and M&A lawyer.

The UK government's plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is lawful, the High Court in London has ruled. The court ruled yesterday that the scheme did not fall foul of the UN's Refugee Convention on human rights laws.

Customs authorities at one of Europe's busiest ports have hailed a "white Christmas" after seizing nearly nine tonnes of cocaine. Officials in Antwerp seized 3.9 tonnes of cocaine last Monday and a further 4.8 tonnes last Wednesday, Belgian broadcaster VRT reports.

A former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp has been convicted of complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people. Irmgard Furchne, 97, worked from June 1943 to April 1945 as a stenographer and typist at the Stutthof concentration camp, where around 65,000 people were killed, including 28,00

International law firm Walkers has appointed Elliot Milton as of counsel in its asset finance team in Dublin. Mr Milton is a former senior vice president at SMBC Aviation Capital. He previously worked in private practice in Dublin, London and Brussels for several years before working as a diplomat i

Staff at JMK Solicitors and CRASH Services have donated a total of £41,000 to their 2022 charity partner, Cancer Fund for Children.

US-headquartered Clark Hill has promoted Ray Kelliher and Aoife Sheehy to partners in Dublin. The pair are among 17 lawyers who have been promoted with effect from January to the position of "member", which is equivalent to the rank of partner in Irish law firms.

Planning guidelines concerned with the preparation of local authority city and county development plans have been revoked in light of recent changes in the area of climate legislation and policy. The Section 28 Interim Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Statutory Plans, Renewable Energy and Clim

An independent review into the handling of allegations of sexual misconduct, bullying, harassment and discrimination in the Defence Forces is expected to be completed by the end of January 2023. Retired High Court judge Ms Justice Bronagh O’Hanlon was appointed in January 2022 to chair the ind

International law firm Clark Hill has appointed Kevin Kent as a litigator working from its Dublin and Philadelphia offices. Mr Kent, who joins from a Philadelphia-based law firm, will co-lead the firm's transatlantic strategy with Pittsburgh-based Jarrod Duffy and Dublin-based Sam Saarsteiner.

Simon Harris has taken on the role of justice minister during the remainder of Helen McEntee's maternity leave. Mr Harris was appointed to the role on Saturday as part of the government reshuffle in addition to being reappointed to his existing role as minister for further and higher education, rese