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An independent review of the Northern Ireland Policing Board is to commence on Monday. Paul Sweeney, former permanent secretary in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, has been appointed to lead the review.

Energy professionals say market uncertainty is the biggest barrier to financing new renewable technologies in Ireland, according to a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran. The business law firm surveyed more than 250 industry leaders at its recent energy conference at the Royal Irish Academy of Music,

The policing minister of England and Wales had her handbag stolen at a conference of senior police officers this week. Dame Diana Johnson delivered a speech at the annual Police Superintendents’ Conference on Tuesday detailing how the UK government plans to improve neighbourhood policing.

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Thousands of obsolete 19th-century laws are to be removed from the statute book. Ministers have approved the publication of the Statute Law Revision Bill 2024, which aims to continue simplifying the statute book and improving its accessibility.

The Law Society of England and Wales could pay Council members for the first time under proposals to be debated at its AGM next month. The move is being considered in response to the removal in March 2023 of a tax break which allowed Council members to claim an annual expense allowance (AEA) worth a

Solicitor Enda Lavery amused followers on LinkedIn with this photograph of the toilets at Downpatrick courthouse.

DLA Piper has published a global guide to video games law, with chapters on 31 countries including Ireland and the UK. Aimed at games industry professionals, the 171-page guide covers issues including intellectual property rights, employment laws, content regulation, consumer rights, tax credits and

A bronze bust of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, commissioned by Art for Human Rights and Human Rights in China (HRIC), has been unveiled at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at University of Galway. It was announced last week that the bust by Czech sculptor Marie Šeborová

Greater investment in Northern Ireland's civil legal aid budget is needed to protect survivors of domestic abuse, a leader of Women's Aid has told MLAs. Sonya McMullan, regional services manager of the Women's Aid Federation Northern Ireland, reinforced to MLAs the severity of the impact of potentia

Marc Hickey has joined HF Ireland as partner and head of commercial litigation. He will head a Dublin-based team focused on advising clients on a broad range of commercial issues including banking, shareholder, partnership and contract disputes.

Coimisiún na Meán has launched a formal review of online platforms' systems for reporting illegal content. TikTok, X, YouTube, Meta, LinkedIn, Temu, Pinterest, Shein, Etsy, Dropbox, Hostelworld and Tumblr have been issued with formal requests for information to ensure they are complyin

Matheson has appointed Alice Duffy as partner and Rachel Barry and Jennifer Bassett as senior associates in its employment, pensions and benefits group. The firm's employment and pensions team now includes 28 specialist lawyers, including six partners and 11 senior associates.

A man has been accused of using generative AI to fraudulently obtain more than $10 million in royalties from music streaming services using fake music and fake listeners. New York man Michael Smith, 52, was arrested by the FBI last week in connection with the alleged fraud, which involved hundreds o

Law student Jordan Wilson has been awarded the 2024 Pat Finucane Memorial Aisling Education Bursary. Mr Wilson, who is studying law at Queen's University Belfast, was presented with the bursary by Peadar Madden of Madden & Finucane Solicitors.