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French police and gendarmes have been told off for inappropriate online behaviour on the likes of Tinder and TikTok. One gendarme who posed in his uniform in his Tinder profile and wrote "if you have to be screwed by the forces of order, you might as well consent and enjoy it", was suspended.

DLA Piper has been appointed by the UK government as the provider of legal services for the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow this November. The firm will provide general commercial support to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) including in respect of sponsorship a

ByrneWallace LLP has announced the appointment of James Moreland as the firm's new head of corporate secretarial. Mr Moreland is a chartered governance professional, chartered company secretary and a fellow of ICSA: The Governance Institute, with over 14 years’ experience advising companies on

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has refused a renewed application for leave to issue judicial review proceedings against prime minister Boris Johnson for allegedly signing the Brexit deal and the Northern Ireland Protocol with no intention of adhering to it. Handing down judgment on behalf of a t

Legislation necessary in Ireland for reforms to the European Stability Mechanism has been published. The Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021 forms part of the national ratification procedure for the reforms agreed by the Eurogroup last November.

Finance and restructuring lawyer Kathleen Garrett has joined international law firm Reed Smith, departing her senior position in Arthur Cox. Ms Garrett held several leadership positions in Arthur Cox, serving as head of the firm's London office and as a member of its management committee.

WhatsApp has been slapped with a record €225 million fine by Ireland's data protection watchdog – the largest-ever GDPR fine in Ireland and the second-largest in the EU.

Dame Siobhan Keegan has been sworn into office as Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland at a ceremony in the Royal Courts of Justice. The first woman to hold Northern Ireland's top judicial post, Dame Siobhan was sworn into office in the Nisi Prius court in front of a small group of family and frie

Seven black men who were executed in Virginia for the alleged rape of a black woman 70 years ago have been posthumously pardoned. Governor Ralph Northam said the pardons, which do not address the guilt of the so-called Martinsville Seven, are "about righting wrongs".

Three French police officers have been arrested after crashing their car when one of them jokingly used a Taser on the driver. The officers were finishing their shift and driving back from Tourcoing to nearby Roubaix, both near the border with Belgium, at the time.

Global intellectual property company Murgitroyd has grown its Irish base with the acquisition of European patent and trade mark attorney firm Hanna Moore + Curley (HMC). Dublin-headquartered HMC, which specialises in obtaining intellectual property protection for a wide range of sectors including li

Dublin City Council has paid out more than €33.5 million to settle personal injury claims over the past three years, according to new figures. Data released to The Times under freedom of information legislation shows that 2,228 claims were settled by the local authority between 2018 and 2020.

A review of policing in South Armagh has recommended closer collaboration between the PSNI and An Garda Síochána.

Irish lawyer Genevieve Poirier has joined international disputes firm LALIVE as a partner based in its London office, LALIVE (London) LLP. An Irish and Canadian national, Ms Poirer initially trained as a solicitor in New Zealand and later as a solicitor advocate with rights of audience before the En

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has been awarded the highest level of UN accreditation possible for national human rights institutions. Following a detailed review of its work, achievements, institutional independence and processes, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institu