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Northern Ireland's Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information (ICRIR) is "irreparably toxic and tainted" and should be scrapped, Amnesty International has said. The human rights organisation issued a statement ahead of Friday's Court of Appeal ruling in the Dillon case concerning the

Chicago lawyer Caroleann Gallagher is to receive an Irish diaspora award in Donegal next week. Ms Gallagher, who grew up on Arranmore Island and was one of the first students to attend Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada, qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in 2004 before later relocating to the US and becomin

Six out of 10 legal professionals say mediation is the most effective alternative dispute resolution (ADR) method, a survey by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has found. The survey of 200 professionals was conducted at the firm’s recent dispute resolution conference at the Royal Iri

Mills Selig has unveiled a significant renovation to its offices at 21 Arthur Street, Belfast which have been home to the local law firm since 1999. The firm has embraced a new open plan environment to make room for over 60 staff, having had just 14 lawyers when moving into the space in 1999 —

McCann FitzGerald LLP has been named Anti-Discrimination Firm of the Year in Europe at the Legal Benchmarking Group’s Social Impact EMEA Awards 2024. The awards, which took place last Thursday in London, recognise leading law firms and figures from across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa fo

Legislation providing for the mandatory open disclosure of serious patient safety incidents is to be commenced in the coming days. The Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 was signed into law by the President last year, and a number of preparatory steps required to enab

Former finance minister Michael McGrath is to be appointed as the new European commissioner for justice. Ursula von der Leyen today unveiled the make-up of the new European Commission, who begins a second five-year term as president.

Nearly half of the UK's biggest law firms last year saw their best revenue results since the financial crisis of 2008. Only 11 firms in the top 100 failed to grow last year, new research shows, with 44 firms recording revenue increase of 10 per cent or more.

Keir Starmer has been urged not to replace the previous UK government's Rwanda scheme with a new Albania scheme. The prime minister met yesterday with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, who has struck a deal with Albania for asylum seekers to be processed there.

An eight-year-old girl was caught by police driving herself to a Target store to go shopping. Police in Bedford, Ohio said the child had been reported missing shortly before they received a report about a "small child" driving a car.

Cantillons Solicitors has promoted Marian Fogarty, Aisling Maher and Amy Connolly to partner. The Cork-based firm poked fun at the county's long-standing sporting rivalries as it announced the summer promotions.

Dr Sarah Arduin has been appointed as assistant professor in EU law at Trinity College Dublin as a result of a partnership between the university and Matheson. Trinity and Matheson last year launched the partnership which supports Trinity Law School in the teaching and research of EU law.

Justice is "increasingly likely" to be devolved to Wales but should not lead to the creation of a separate Welsh legal jurisdiction, a new report from the Law Society Wales Office has said. The Reimagining Justice in Wales 2030 report highlights serious concerns around ‘legal deserts’, s

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal will this week hand down a judgment with significant implications for the future protection of human rights in the jurisdiction, according to a new report. The UK government is appealing part of the High Court's ruling in the Dillon case, in which the court held th

Global law firm DLA Piper is celebrating five years since launching its Irish office, which now has a headcount of 115 including 20 partners and 13 legal directors. The firm says it will formally mark the anniversary at its Transatlantic Summit in The Round Room at the Mansion House on Wednesday, wh