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DLA Piper has appointed Elizabeth Bradley as a partner in the firm's Dublin-based finance practice group with effect from January 2025. Ms Bradley joins from the Maples Group, where she was a partner in the firm's banking and finance team for over 10 years.

US law firm Vinson & Elkins has expanded into Ireland with the opening of an office in Dublin city centre. The expansion strengthens the New York-headquartered firm's global presence and aims to enhance its ability to serve clients in the aviation sector.

The head of a top City of London firm has advised partners not to send non-urgent emails over the weekend. Segun Osuntokun, appointed last year as global senior partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), a firm of over 1,275 lawyers across 31 offices, told The Telegraph that he schedules emails

The lobbying register is to be extended to cover senior officials in the likes of the Central Bank of Ireland, ComReg, the National Transport Authority and the Health Service Executive. The Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 424/2024) lists 62 pu

Northern Ireland's justice minister Naomi Long has hailed the transformational impact of restorative justice at an annual conference in Belfast. The Restorative Justice Council's second annual Belfast conference had the theme of "Breaking the Cycle" and provided a platform to leading experts and tho

Surveyors have called for the establishment of a dedicated "rental court" in Ireland to deal with serious disputes between tenants and landlords. The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) argues that the current Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) system for handling rental disputes is overly

Hundreds of frogs known for their illegal use as an aphrodisiac have been seized by police in Peru. Some 390 frogs were recovered by police after they pulled over a truck heading from Lake Titicaca to capital Lima, France24 reports.

A first-of-its-kind report on business and human rights in Northern Ireland has been produced by researchers at Queen's University Belfast School of Law. The Northern Ireland Business and Human Rights Index Report provides an assessment of corporate implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Bus

Representatives of the Irish judiciary, government and legal professions have returned from a New York trade mission to promote Ireland as an EU hub for conducting international legal business.

The Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland is to lead a new judicial working group to explore the family court system and make recommendations for improvements and reform. Announcing the move in her speech to mark the opening of the Northern Ireland legal year yesterday, Dame Siobhan Keegan said she

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has called for the immediate establishment of a redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse. A redress scheme is one of the recommendations in the report of the scoping inquiry set up to examine historical sexual abuse in day and boarding schools r

Dublin-based commercial law firm OCWM Law LLP is to merge with Holmes O'Malley Sexton LLP from 1 October 2024. The combined firm will offer commercial law services to clients across corporate finance/M & A, commercial, commercial real estate, banking, litigation, employment, regulatory, insolven

DLA Piper has become the first UK firm to record annual revenues of more than £3 billion. The firm saw a 6.3 per cent increase in earnings in the past year, taking its revenue to £3.01bn — far head of its magic circle rivals.

The Law Society of Ireland has unveiled a new Elephant in the Room sculpture to promote mental health awareness. Elephant in the Room is a social enterprise which aims to challenge the stigma around mental health using sculptures of elephants.

A bronze bust of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo is to be unveiled at the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR) at the University of Galway.