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Sex offenders could be made to wear electronic tags under new legislation strengthening rules around how sex offenders are managed in the community after their release from prison. The Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021, which justice minister Helen McEntee said would address communities' concerns

Portadown-based JPH Law, part of The Law Group, has announced the acquisition of TD Gibson & Co Solicitors. The combination of the two firms – both based on Church Street – creates a firm with more than 25 solicitors, specialising in all areas of legal practice.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Global law firm DLA Piper has advised PIB Group on its €70 million acquisition of Campion Insurance, one of Ireland's largest insurance brokers, pending regulatory approval.

An asylum seeker who feared being kidnapped and chained has been granted a fresh decision by Northern Ireland's High Court after an "unfair" and "irrelevant" ruling by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The applicant, a citizen of Somalia, successfully challenged the Home Office decisio

The attorneys general for Ireland and Northern Ireland will join a panel offering reflections on the implications of the Brexit process for the constitutions of the UK and Ireland, and for relations between them, at a webinar tomorrow. The webinar, hosted by the Trinity Centre for Constitutional Law

Construction and insurance law specialists Beale & Co has stocked up on honey after sponsoring a local bee hive.

The CervicalCheck Tribunal received just eight claims in nearly a full year of operation, according to its first annual report. The tribunal began receiving claims in December 2020 but received just eight claims from 10 people by October 2021, representing a combination of claims transferred from th

Nuala Jackson SC will stand down as chairperson of the Family Lawyers Association of Ireland (FLA) later this month at the end of her two-year term. Having led the association through the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit and significant changes to the family courts, family lawyers told Irish Legal News she

A woman who claimed to have forgotten about her divorce has narrowly avoided jail after trying to claim her late ex-husband's estate. Bernadette O'Loughlin, 56, pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court to using a form to get letters of administration to Keith O'Loughlin's estate, despite divorcin

Financial penalties would be imposed on parents who bring vexatious claims to the family courts under plans being drawn up by the UK government. Justice secretary Dominic Raab wants mediation to be the default process in divorce cases to stop couples from burdening the courts, The Times reports.

The High Court has granted an injunction by a mortgagee in possession to remove a family from a property which was previously their family home. In reaching this decision, the court held that the defendants had not raised any credible evidence that they were entitled to stay in the property. In defe

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has announced the appointment of Ann Lalor as head of its Dublin office. Having established a broad banking practice in Dublin, Ms Lalor has a strong track record advising Irish and international banks and financial institutions, mezzanine lenders, private funde

Former Irish president Mary McAleese will deliver a keynote speech to students from all seven Irish law schools next year at Ireland's first-ever intervarsity law summit. The "first-of-its-kind" event will bring together the law societies at University College Cork (UCC), Trinity College Dublin (TCD

A cross-party process to help draw up a bill of rights for Northern Ireland has stalled because of opposition from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to the appointment of Professor Colin Harvey to a panel of experts. Widely regarded as one of Northern Ireland's top legal academics, Professor Harve

Belfast-based O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors has welcomed six new solicitors to its ranks following two new hires and four newly-qualified solicitors staying on after their training contract. The firm has recruited Helen Winter to its commercial team and Thomas Greenaway to its property team.