News

Éilís Barry, chief executive of legal rights group FLAC, has been appointed as an adjunct professor with University College Cork (UCC) School of Law. An expert in anti-discrimination, equality and access to justice, Ms Barry has been working closely with UCC through the Traveller Equal

Matheson LLP has announced the appointment of Maireadh Dale as a senior partner in its finance and capital markets team. Ms Dale, who joins the firm from the Dublin office of another international law firm and was previously part of the international finance team at Bank of Ireland, will work across

Senior Irish legal figures are in New York this week to highlight Ireland's unique attributes as a centre for international legal services to a US audience of senior commercial lawyers, counsel and executives. The intensive three-day visit brings together members of the Law Society, including repres

The Probation Service is playing a bigger role in the development of new legislation following the establishment of its legal and quality assurance (LQA) unit, according to its latest annual report. The LQA unit was established in December 2020 and became operational in January 2021.

Irish solicitor and mediator Bill Holohan SC has begun working with the Pakistan branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators to develop proposals to tackle the country's enormous courts backlog. Mr Holohan was invited by the branch's chair, Mian Sheraz Javaid, to join its legislative committee,

Gateley, the first law firm to float on the London Stock Exchange, has seen its revenue rise by 13 per cent in the past year. The company's turnover for the year to April reached £137.2 million while profit increased by almost 12 per cent to £21.6m. Consequently, earnings per share rose

A new mentorship programme for women studying law at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) is set to be launched later this year. The initiative is led by Trinity Women in Law (TWIL), a subcommittee of the Trinity College Law Society founded in 2019 and sponsored by A&L Goodbody.

A teenager who allegedly stole a bus to visit his girlfriend has been arrested. The 15-year-old boy from Mattegoda, Sri Lanka, took the drastic action after realising there were no services running he could use to meet his girlfriend as arranged.

A draft decision in a large-scale investigation of TikTok's processing of children's data has been submitted by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) to other EU authorities. The investigation is one of two own-volition inquiries into TikTok launched by the DPC in September 2021.

Google must pay a €4.125 billion fine after abusing its position to impose unlawful restrictions on smartphone manufacturers and mobile network operators, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. The General Court today largely confirmed the European Commission's decision th

A prominent human rights lawyer jailed in Azerbaijan should be released immediately, the Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights has said. Elchin Sadykov, a well-known human rights defender, was arrested last Saturday alongside one of his clients client, journalist Avaz Zeynalli.

Belfast-based MKB Law has announced the appointment of Emma Jamison to the position of associate director within the family law department. Ms Jamison joins Anne Marie Kelly, head of the department and one of the founding partners of the firm, alongside colleagues Aine Toner, associate director, and

Our regular round-up of deals involving Northern Ireland law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Tughans has advised the shareholders of healthcare software provider Blue Zinc on its acquisition by ClearCourse, a group of innovative technology brands providing software solutions and

Solicitor Paul Mageean has been reappointed as chief parole commissioner for Northern Ireland for a further three-year term. Parole commissioners help to make decisions on the release or otherwise of those serving extended or indeterminate sentences and in relation to the revocation of licences and

The Law Society of Ireland will use an online voting system to elect its Council for the first time. At a special general meeting in March, 96 per cent of members voted to introduce electronic voting for Council elections.