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The Hibernian Law Journal has opened submissions for its 2022 case note competition. Case notes of 2,000 to 4,000 words are sought by the Journal on any recent seminal judgment of the Irish courts, the EU courts or the European Court of Human Rights.

Belfast-based MKB Law has been named as the only Northern Ireland firm selected as finalists at the Chartered Institute of Credit Management's (CICM) Credit Awards 2022. The firm's specialist debt recovery and insolvency team represents a number of businesses in the credit industry within Northern I

The UK Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge to the £1,012 fee required to register children as British citizens, while recognising that the fee excludes large numbers of children from their rights. The ultimately unsuccessful legal challenge was brought by the Project for the Registra

An eel smuggler has been slapped with a record €7.2 million fine by Spanish authorities. The man, who has not been identified, will also have to serve a 15-month prison sentence after being convicted of trafficking a protected species.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) will gain more powers to enforce European and Irish competition law under a bill published by ministers. The Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 will give effect to the implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of t

Solicitors William Glover and David Hardstaff have been re-elected as co-chairs of the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA) for 2022. The association, which welcomes solicitors, barristers, academics and law students in London with an affinity to the island of Ireland, has over 800 members.

Global legal business DWF has announced the appointment of Sinéad Ryan as a partner in Dublin and the promotion of partners James Morrison and Mark Taggart in Belfast. The firm has announced 34 senior promotions as part of its worldwide promotions round, with 17 new partners, four other senio

Corporate law firm Philip Lee has signed up to an electric cargo bike scheme allowing staff to try out a more climate-friendly way to commute. Under the pilot scheme, run by Dublin City Council in partnership with bike sharing operator Bleeper, the firm will trial pedal-assist "e-cargobikes" for six

Belfast-based Millar McCall Wylie (MMW) has celebrated a "record year" after enjoying a 25 per cent increase in turnover and transaction volume in 2021. The firm plans to grow its headcount from 50 by a further 20 per cent over the course of the year, largely thanks to increased deals activity in No

Students with an interest in employment law have the chance to win up to €750 in a new competition launched by the Employment Law Association of Ireland (ELAI). The competition, which is also open to law students in Northern Ireland, invites either an essay of up to 2,000 words or a video of up

Native American tribes have settled for $590 million with Johnson & Johnson and three other drug distribution companies over opioid addiction in their community, The Times reports. The drug giant and distributors McKesson Corp, AmerisourceBergen Corp and Cardinal Health Inc had proposed paying a

As of yesterday, the time limit for submitting an application to the European Court of Human Rights is four months, reduced from six.

A notorious fraudster was identified by police halfway across the world after they tricked him into sending his fingerprints on a vinyl record. Italian police suspected that they had found Roberto Vivaldi, 69, in Venezuela but were unable to confirm his identity until they discovered he was selling

Alan Hunter, the former chief executive of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, has been appointed to the board of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI). Mr Hunter, who has held a number of leading positions within the Law Society and the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commissio

Reddy Charlton LLP has announced the promotion of Siobhán Lafferty to senior associate. A specialist in employment law and professional regulation, Ms Lafferty joined the firm in 2019.