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A car rental company discriminated against a blind woman by charging €150 to have a car cleaned of fur from her guide dog, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ruled. Kim Murphy brought a claim of discrimination against Hertz Rent-a-Car with support from the Irish Human Rights and Equal

Lavelle Partners LLP has welcomed newly-qualified solicitors Erin Barrett and James Lawless to its property team. The pair join the firm as property solicitors following the successful completion of their traineeships, during which they gained strong practical experience and commercial awareness.

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A judge has threatened to fine or even jail defendants who appear before him wearing shorts. Sheriff Christopher Shead took a defendant to task at Scotland's Falkirk Sheriff Court after he showed up at a sentencing hearing wearing grey cargo shorts, STV News reports.

Plans to introduce "legal counselling" for international protection applicants risk undermining effective access to legal advice, human rights experts have again warned. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission yesterday raised a number of significant concerns around the government's landmark

UK government has formally commenced key provisions of Northern Ireland's identity and language legislation, granting official status to the Irish and Ulster Scots languages for the first time. Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn yesterday told MPs that he had commenced provisions in sections 1,

Tralee firm Pierse McCarthy Lucey LLP Solicitors has welcomed experienced solicitor Clare Dowling to its team as an associate. Ms Dowling qualified as a solicitor in 2008, having completed her LLB in law and European studies at the University of Limerick in 2001, followed by further diplomas from th

Employment law firm McInnes Dunne Murphy LLP has promoted Fiona Sharkey to partner. Currently a senior associate, Ms Sharkey joined the firm in October 2023, having trained with and practised in the employment law team of a major Irish law firm.

A training programme for Fiosrú staff has welcomed its second cohort of students at the University of Limerick. The two-year postgraduate programme has been developed by UL School of Law in conjunction with Fiosrú, the Office of the Police Ombudsman, to support its staff learning and d

Belfast firm KRW LAW has been included by the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) among the small number of law firms nominated to provide legal assistance to victims of the infected blood scandal who are applying for compensation. The scheme will help to process applications for all victim

Co Mayo firm J.V. Geary Solicitors LLP has appointed Patricia Lally as a partner. Ms Lally joins managing partner John Geary and fellow partner Ita Feeney in the leadership of the Castlebar-based firm amid growing demand for its legal services across the West of Ireland and beyond.

A school has been ordered to reinstate a teacher fired for reading a book about butts to his pupils. Mississippi teacher Toby Price was sacked in 2022 after choosing I Need A New Butt! by New Zealand author Dawn McMillan for Read Across America Day.

Northern Ireland's justice minister has called for UK government action to deal with websites facilitating the sale of sexual services. Buying sex is a crime in Northern Ireland, unlike in other parts of the UK, but experts say most such transactions are now organised online.

Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has upheld decisions not to prosecute eight former British soldiers in relation to allegations of giving false evidence relating to the events of Bloody Sunday. Families of eight victims of the 1972 massacre requested formal reviews of the decision

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has issued new guidance to help restaurant owners and other traders decide how best to collect tips with new technologies. The guidance draws on new research which found that Irish consumers may have mistakenly paid almost €500,000 on ti