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A high-profile legal challenge to the liberalisation of Northern Ireland's abortion laws, spearheaded by former Attorney General John Larkin QC, has begun in the High Court. Mr Larkin is acting on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) in an application for judicial revie

Arthur Cox has been named international firm of the year at the 2021 Legal Business Awards in London. The award recognises leading independent non-UK or US law firms that demonstrate a clear market share, significant client development, strong management and a successful recruitment and retention st

A solicitor was forced to pay €2,500 in costs to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) after the regulator upheld a complaint over non-payment of a barrister's fees. The barrister had complained to the regulator that he had not been paid around €20,000 for work on criminal legal a

Hundreds of solicitors who allegedly failed to discharge an undertaking have been identified by an Irish bank and could be investigated for misconduct. The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) said it was recently contacted by a bank who said that "following a recent review they have identifie

Johnny Ryan, senior fellow at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), calls for urgent reform to Ireland's Data Protection Commission. Even as Covid-19 has forced us to spend more time online, we face a deepening privacy crisis. Headlines about predatory profiling of vulnerable people by gambl

Amanda Stewart has taken up the reins of the Probation Board for Northern Ireland as its chief executive with effect from today. Ms Stewart previously worked for the Policing Board since its inception and has a wide range of experience across Probation's responsibilities, including policing with the

Cork-based O'Flynn Exhams (OFX) Solicitors has announced the appointment of Pat Mullins as a partner and William Hanly as a senior associate, both in its litigation and dispute resolution team. Mr Mullins, a former president of the Southern Law Association and former Law Society Council member, brin

A&L Goodbody LLP has announced the appointment of Chris Bollard as a partner in the firm's commercial and technology group. Mr Bollard is an expert in privacy, data protection, information technology and e-commerce law, advising some of the world's largest technology companies on compliance with

Northern Ireland's High Court has dismissed an application to strip away a father’s parental responsibility towards his daughter despite evidence of domestic and sexual abuse towards her mother in the child's presence. An application was brought by the child, RE’s, mother under Article 7

EY Ireland has announced the launch of a new legal practice led by Alan Murphy, the former managing partner of Eversheds Sutherland Ireland. By launching EY Law Ireland, EY said it has become Ireland’s only global and multidisciplinary professional services firm to offer a law firm as an integ

The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) has been asked to crack down on non-compliance with rent laws after new figures showed average rents have grown by seven per cent year-on-year. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage said the RTB had been asked by housing minister Darragh O'Bri

The government has denied that there is a conflict of interest between Paul Gallagher SC's role as Attorney General and his work for the former directors of Independent News & Media (INM). It emerged this week that Mr Gallagher continued, following his appointment as Attorney General, to advise

Anonymous reporting through a helpline or smartphone app could help tackle workplace sexual harassment in Ireland, according to a new research discussion paper. The paper summarises research conducted by Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC), with contributions from A&L Goodbody and solicitor M&aacut

The end of the stamp duty holiday is not dampening activity in Northern Ireland's housing market, according to a Belfast solicitor. Janet Williamson, director of commercial and property at O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors, said her team was working on around 30 completions this week ahead of the stamp du

Complainants in England and Wales are waiting more than 600 days for justice after reporting a crime – a rise of more than 50 per cent in the past year. Figures from the Ministry of Justice show that in the second quarter of this year, the time between a crime occurring and a case being resolv