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England risks losing out on economic growth and international influence because its crumbling legal system is not prepared for innovations such as cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence and green investing, new research warns. The Social Market Foundation said that delays in settling cases in ove

A former art museum boss has gone on trial for allegedly spending millions of euros in public funds to buy works of art she knew to be fake. Consuelo Císcar, the 76-year-old former director of Spain's Valencia Institute of Modern Art (Ivam), has been charged with perverting the course of just

Legal rights group FLAC has warned in a new report of consumer over-indebtedness becoming a long-term problem in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The third of four papers in FLAC's From Pillar to Post series examines issues arising in new and existing consumer debt cases following the pandemic, ba

Pinsent Masons has announced the appointment of Neil Keenan and Gerry Beausang as corporate partners in Dublin. Both join from ByrneWallace, where Mr Keenan currently heads the corporate team and Mr Beausang currently heads the capital markets team.

Two solicitors will give evidence to the Oireachtas this afternoon on controversial government legislation concerning birth information and tracing. Data protection experts Simon McGarr, of McGarr Solicitors, and Fred Logue, of FP Logue Solicitors, will address the Oireachtas joint committee on chil

Some of Ireland's top lawyers have been recognised at the Irish Law Awards 2021, with this year's winners named at an in-person ceremony in Dublin's Clayton Hotel. Mr Justice Michael Peart, who retired from the Court of Appeal bench just over two years ago, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Matheson has worked alongside the London office of Baker McKenzie LLP to advise Vertiv on its $1.8 billion USD acquisition of E&I Engineering Ireland Limited, and its affiliate, Powerbar Gulf L

Dublin-based BHSM LLP has announced the appointment of Cillian Simpson as a solicitor in litigation and dispute resolution. Mr Simpson's main area of practice is commercial litigation in court and through the mediation and arbitration processes.

Helen McEntee has been reinstated as Ireland's justice minister following the end of her maternity leave. Mrs McEntee had become the first-ever Irish government minister to give birth in office when she had a baby in April.

A man has accused two companies of discriminating against him on the basis of his support for Rangers FC. Scottish man Edward McClung described his football loyalty as a "philosophical belief" in what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind employment tribunal case, The Telegraph reports.

A pregnant woman in Poland has died from septic shock which doctors allegedly did not treat properly out of concern they would fall foul of the country's strict anti-abortion laws – in a case with parallels to the death of Savita Halappanavar in Ireland in 2012. Polish lawyer Jolanta Budzowska

Dublin-based McGrath McGrane LLP has announced the appointment of Taise Azevedo as a solicitor in the firm's immigration department. Ms Azevedo qualified as a lawyer in Brazil in 2017 and in Portugal in 2020. She joined the firm as a legal assistant in 2019 and was recently admitted to the roll of s

Northern Ireland's High Court has ruled in favour of a convicted arsonist freed more than 33 years ago who submitted that a law preventing convictions of more than 30 months' imprisonment from ever becoming spent breaches his human rights. The court was persuaded to make a declaration that Article 6

Belfast-based MKB Law has announced the promotion of three solicitors to associate director. Residential property specialist Emma Smyth, family law solicitor Áine Toner, and corporate and commercial property expert Lynsey Henderson have been promoted in response to increased demand for servic

A scheme organised by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC has seen more than 100 female Afghan judges and their families rescued, The Times reports. Working with a team of pro bono lawyers, she has raised more than £1 million, chartered planes and organised the transfer of hundreds of people to Athens.