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The Courts Service of Ireland issued the below update on coronavirus yesterday afternoon, which Irish Legal News is republishing in full. The Courts Service continues to follow the instructions set out in the HSE’s official communications on the coronavirus.

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Six people have been appointed to the Northern Ireland Policing Board with effect from April. The new independent members are Michael Atkinson, Dr Janet Gray, Edgar Jardine, Carmel McKinney, Frank McManus and Deirdre Toner.

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Retired Coleraine solicitor John Lawson Baxter has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced. Mr Baxter, who was admitted to the roll of solicitors in November 1964, passed away on Saturday.

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Organisations working on human rights and equality issue have been invited to apply to the Human Rights and Equality Grant Scheme 2020. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission will award small grants of up to €6,000 and general grants of up to €20,000 to support activities in Irelan

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Solicitors could be banned from “cosy” deals with housebuilders after conveyancing firms failed to prevent tens of thousands of people from buying new-build homes with "unfair" leases, The Times reports. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) expressed concern over the role of

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A Nova Scotia man whose car licence plate is 'GRABHER' is appealing a court decision that condoned its revocation. The plate was revoked from Lorne Grabher, 71, after a single complaint was made to the registrar of motor vehicles that it encouraged sexual violence against women.

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A lawyer who wrongly claimed his client couldn't make court because he was being tested for coronavirus has been rebuked by a judge. Mr Blakely, 69, a sheriff in the US state of Alabama, is accused of stealing campaign donations, using his job to obtain interest-free loans and soliciting money from

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Matheson has announced the appointment of four new partners, bringing the firm within touching distance of 100 partners. The appointment of David Jones, Kimberley Masuda, Susanne McMenamin and Philip Tully follows four other partner appointments in the past six months, namely David Fitzgibbon in Jan

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