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A new qualification programme to train intermediaries who will help vulnerable people, including sexual abuse victims and children, when giving evidence in the justice system has been launched at the University of Limerick in collaboration with the Department of Justice. The part-time professional d

A&L Goodbody LLP (ALG) has been voted Ireland's most popular graduate recruiter in law for the 11th consecutive year. The firm was recognised at the gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards, adjudicated by an expert panel of judges and the votes of over 20,000 undergraduate students in Ireland.

Ireland will opt-in to the centralised European depository for evidence collected of international war crimes in Ukraine, the government has announced. Motions will be brought before the Dáil and Seanad by justice minister Helen McEntee this week to seek Oireachtas backing for Ireland's invol

KPMG Law, part of the professional services firm KPMG, is set to double in size over the next three years as it commits to invest in growing its legal services offering. KPMG Law will look to take on a further 220 lawyers by the end of 2024. The new hires will comprise 45 partners and directors and

Belfast-based Carson McDowell has announced the appointment of four new partners in its Belfast and Dublin offices. In Belfast, Hilary Griffith, Richard Dickson and Damian McElholm have been appointed as partners in the corporate, real estate and banking and finance teams respectively. In Dublin, Ka

Northern Ireland lawyer Conor McCann has joined Australian firm Celtic Legal as an overseas qualified solicitor in the firm's commercial practice. Based in Toowong, Queensland, Celtic Legal is a boutique law firm specialising in commercial law, insolvency and debt recovery.

A police department has said it is "embarrassed" after a volunteer officer was caught using police vehicles to sell drugs. Sheriff Grady Judd, head of the police department in Polk County, Florida, said the incident "makes me so crazy I want to pluck my eyeballs out one at a time", FOX 13 reports.

Human rights law firm KOD Lyons has announced the promotion of Stephen Kirwan to partner. Mr Kirwan, who joined the firm in 2013, leads the Dublin-based firm's immigration and international law team.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has launched an investigation into the leaking of a draft opinion overturning the landmark 1973 case of Roe v Wade, which is expected to significantly narrow access to abortion in the United States. The court yesterday confirmed that the document

McCann FitzGerald LLP has shaken up its leadership, with Stephen Holst taking on the role of managing partner and new group leaders and partners being appointed. Mr Holst, whose appointment to the top role was announced last November, succeeds Barry Devereux, whose second term as managing partner co

Corporate law firm Philip Lee has announced a move to larger offices in the City of London in order to capitalise on a "Brexit bounce". The London office led by partners Andrew Tzialli and Bernard McEvoy is now based on the 30th floor of the Leadenhall Building, from which it will service Irish clie

Family lawyer Aidan Reynolds has been appointed as a partner at Keith Walsh Solicitors in Dublin. Mr Reynolds was the longest-serving partner at family law firm Gallagher Shatter, which dissolved on Saturday. He joined the firm in September 1988 and became a partner in October 1991.

Legislation to strengthen the powers of the Charities Regulator has moved forward with the publication of its general scheme. The Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022 proposes to update existing charity law to improve the ability of the Charities Regulator to conduct its statutory functions and ensure gr

David Widger has formally taken on the role of managing partner of A&L Goodbody LLP (ALG), succeeding Julian Yarr. His appointment to the position held by Mr Yarr since 2010 was announced last October and took effect from the start of May.

India's court case backlog stands at 48 million and will take 480 years to clear at the current rate, lawyers have said. There are delays in both criminal and civil cases, with many of them concluding long after the parties concerned have died.