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International law firm DAC Beachcroft has announced the appointment of Ronan McLoughlin as a real estate parter in Dublin. The appointment, the first at a partner level this year, brings the firm's partner count in Dublin to 11, following three partner appointments in its 10th anniversary year in 20

Barrister David Scoffield QC and Judge David McFarland have been appointed as judges of the High Court. The pair were sworn in before Sir Declan Morgan, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, this morning.

The Bar Council of Ireland has raised concerns with the Courts Service about devils missing out on courtroom experience due to Covid-19 restrictions, according to reports. Despite early assurances, devils are being routinely denied entry to courtrooms due to strict restrictions on the number of peop

Ireland's data protection watchdog is set to bear a "very heavy financial burden" after a judge ruled that it should pay costs in the landmark case brought by privacy campaigner Max Schrems which led to the striking down of the US-EU Privacy Shield agreement. In her ruling on costs on Friday, Ms Jus

The LLB will not be required to qualify as a lawyer from next September after regulators approved a new apprenticeship scheme, The Times reports. The changes, under which people will be able to join law firms as apprentices after leaving school, marks the biggest reform to legal education in a gener

Parents whose children are subject of access orders should "try to agree what access can happen safely", the president of the District Court has said. In a statement issued on Saturday, Judge Colin Daly acknowledged that some parents "may be concerned that they cannot fulfil the terms of these order

Celebrity actor Johnny Depp has lost a high-profile libel case against the publisher of The Sun after the newspaper described him as a "wife beater". The Queen's Bench Division of the High Court handed down judgment this morning in what has been dubbed the "libel trial of the century" by some commen

William Fry associate Patrick Murphy and trainee Laura Flanagan look at a recent scandal in the world of esports. Esports is an umbrella term which describes the world of competitive, organised video gaming. On 29 September 2020 the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) suspended 37 individual Counter

Two former Cork solicitors who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud will not be sentenced until February 2021. Keith Flynn, 46, and Lyndsey Clarke, 37, pleaded guilty in September to charges of conspiring with each other to defraud Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank, and other f

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of selling a fake magical "Aladdin's lamp" to a doctor for nearly €81,000. The unwitting buyer, a doctor in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, was promised it would bring health, wealth and good fortune, RTÉ reports.

The Court of Appeal has held that the Children Act 2001 prevents the identification of a deceased child in criminal proceedings for an offence against the child. Background

The Public Prosecution Service's decision to direct no prosecution against four persons on allegations of perjury arising from the investigation known as Operation Kenova needs "immediate external, international and independent examination, as there are too many institutional vested interests e

Maples and Calder LLP has announced the appointment of Claire Morrissey to its growing Irish office. Ms Morrissey joins the firm as a partner and head of the Data, Commercial and Technology practice. She was previously a partner at another Irish law firm and before that, spent a number of years at a

As part of its pro bono advisory work for the CLANN Project, a joint initiative with Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA) and JFM Research, Hogan Lovells has welcomed the Irish Government’s announcement on access to information for those affected by historical abuses in the Mother and Baby Homes in

The Law Society of Ireland has welcomed the launch by Justice Minister Helen McEntee this week of a strategy to help complainants and witnesses in sexual violence case. The President of the Law Society Michele O’Boyle said that the move was an "important step in protecting vulnerable victims o