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London-based barrister Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC, an Irish woman who began her legal career in Dublin, has been appointed as an assistant coroner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The post is a part-time appointment and Ms Gallagher will sit for a number of days each year while maintaining her ful

Patrick Mullarkey, partner and joint head of healthcare at O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors, warns of a tsunami of medical negligence cases that could become one the many fallouts of the Covid-19 pandemic. There have been many vivid and disturbing images throughout the Covid-19 pandemic that have r

Wall Street clearing houses will be able to provide central clearing services in the EU following a decision which financial experts are calling a blow to the City of London. The European Commission has adopted an equivalence decision determining that the United States Securities and Exchange Commis

The Chagos Archipelago is part of Mauritius rather than the UK, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has ruled in a further blow to the UK's claims on the islands. The tribunal examined the issue of sovereignty over the islands as part of a broader dispute between Mauritius and the Mald

Responsibility for animal cruelty prosecutions in England and Wales may be transferred from the RSPCA to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) ahead of the introduction of stricter sentences for offenders. The move, included in the RSPCA's new ten-year strategy, would bring England and Wales into line

Sandwich chain Subway is facing a lawsuit alleging that its tuna sandwich contains no traces of tuna. Lanier Law Firm is bringing a class action lawsuit in the US state of California on behalf of thousands of people who have eaten Subway tuna sandwiches in the past three years.

A High Court judge has criticised the reasoning of the Minister for Justice and Equality in a decision refusing protection for an LGBT asylum seeker. The applicant, known as Mr X, was refused permission to remain in the State despite claiming that he was bisexual and that he would be subjected to pe

Eversheds Sutherland has named Alan Connell as the new managing partner of its Irish offices, following his election by partners for a four-year term. Mr Connell joined the firm as a partner in 2017 and has led its commercial and tax departments. As well as serving as a member of the firm's executiv

Asylum seekers will be able to seek work in Ireland six months after making their application for international protection under new rules announced today. Applicants previously had to wait nine months to apply for permission to work. They will now be able to apply after six months and their permiss

The presidents of the UK's three law societies will set out their ongoing response to Brexit at an event early next month. The briefing has been organised by the UK Law Societies' Joint Brussels Office and will explore the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement and what this means for UK qualified so

A border citizen in Northern Ireland has appealed to the Court of Appeal against a decision to refuse leave for a full hearing by way of judicial review before the High Court in Belfast. The applicant is appealing a decision by the senior judicial review judge not to adjudicate on whether the Prime

Sligo native Judge Bernard Brennan, who retired from the District Court bench 1999, has passed away. Judge Brennan, a qualified solicitor, spent two decades as a judge, serving for most of that period in district 4, covering Co Mayo and Co Leitrim.

Belfast human rights lawyer Ciaran O'Hare discusses his work in the area of judicial review and public law in Northern Ireland in the latest instalment of the Activist Lawyer podcast. In the new episode, Mr O'Hare discusses some of his most important legal cases, from a challenge concerning the leng

William Shawcross has been appointed as the new independent reviewer of the controversial Prevent counter-terrorism programme. Prevent aims to safeguard vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism, and forms one of the four strands of the UK government’s counter-terrorism strategy, CONTE

New sentencing guidelines for drugs offences have been introduced in a bid to tackle ethnic and gender disparities. The Sentencing Council has published research showing that the odds of a black offender receiving an immediate custodial sentence for a drug offence are 40 per cent higher than the odd