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Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has donated £10,000 to Autism NI following a busy year of fundraising initiatives for the charity. The law firm has donated £40,000 to local causes over the last three years, through its annual charity partnership programme and other community su

The University College Dublin Law Review has launched a call for submissions for its upcoming Volume XXVI. The student-run, peer-reviewed annual legal journal welcomes contributions on a broad range of contemporary legal issues, in particular articles pertaining to Irish and European law — tho

Businesses can now freely exchange data between the EU and Brazil following the adoption of mutual adequacy decisions under data protection laws. The adoption of the mutual adequacy decisions by the European Commission and Brazil follows an opinion by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and th

Philip Lee LLP has promoted Elaine Whelan, Michael Cahill, Tamara Mitchell and Keelin Gavagan to partner and Kate McNamara to of counsel. The latest round of promotions brings the firm's total number of partners to more than 50 for the first time.

Intellectual property firm Murgitroyd has strengthened its senior leadership team with three appointments. The firm has appointed Camilla Jagger as its chief operating officer, David Goldsby as its chief technology officer and Russell Flanders as its commercial director.

France’s National Assembly has approved a bill that would bar under-15s from accessing social media, a move backed by President Emmanuel Macron. Parliamentarians in the lower house voted 116–23 late on Monday to approve the core provisions of the legislation, which would prevent young te

Legislation introducing a national system of rent controls and strengthening protections for renters has been published. The Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 will implement the recommendations of a Housing Agency review published last summer.

The Swedish government has announced plans to reduce the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13 for certain serious crimes in spite of opposition from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). In a statement on Monday, Swedish justice minister Gunnar Strömmer said the country w

Hasbro, the company behind the popular Magic: The Gathering card game, is being sued by shareholders for producing too many cards. A group of investors allege that Hasbro's CEO, the former president of its Wizards of the Coast subsidiary, and other company officials have "devalued" the brand through

A leading criminology expert at Ulster University has been appointed to the Probation Board for Northern Ireland. Dr Brian Payne is a senior lecturer in criminology and criminal justice, and subject lead for criminology at Ulster University.

The Irish government has announced new funding for Holocaust education, including virtual tours of the Auschwitz Museum and Memorial, to be made available to every secondary school in Ireland. In a significant increase on previous funding, Ireland will provide €100,000 to the Auschwitz Birkenau

A department store group has admitted breaches of sales pricing laws following a prosecution brought by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). Brown Thomas Arnotts Ltd operates several prominent stores including on Grafton Street and Henry Street in Dublin, as well as in Dundrum,

A high-profile murder trial is set to go ahead in spite of the Northern Ireland barristers' strike after an exemption was agreed between barristers and prosecutors. Stephen McCullagh denies murdering Natalie McNally in December 2022.

A law firm has been told to pay €21,000 to a legal secretary who was fired while two-and-a-half months' pregnant. Michele Merrigan brought proceedings in the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) against her former employer, Ashimedua Okonkwo, the principal solicitor of Cyril & Co Solicitors

Whitney Moore has recruited Lorna McAuliffe as head of insurance and litigation. Ms McAuliffe brings over 30 years of experience in commercial litigation, insurance law, and dispute resolution, advising both domestic and international clients.