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Dr Bríd Ní Ghráinne has joined Maynooth University as assistant professor in international justice. An expert in public international law, particularly in the areas of forced migration and human rights, she will teach international human rights law and international humanitarian

Six new part-time commissioners have been appointed to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC). The six commissioners, who took up their posts for a three-year term yesterday, are Helen Henderson, Jonathan Kearney, David Lavery, Maura Muldoon, Edmond Rooney and Stephen White.

Grammar school transfer tests are to be delayed until next January following successful legal challenges brought to the High Court in Belfast. The transfer tests set to take place in November and December 2020 after a two to three week delay will now take place in January 2021, lawyers for the Depar

Lawyers acting for victims of the contaminated blood scandal have welcomed an announcement that compensation payments in Northern Ireland will be brought in line with England. The announcement by Health Minister Robin Swann concerns people on the NI Infected Blood Payment Scheme, who were diagnosed

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Belfast-based Carson McDowell has helped to bring a £24 million Game of Thrones-themed studio tour to Northern Ireland. The law firm acted for Linen Mill Studios in its planning application to transform one of the show's key production sites into a tourist attraction, which was approved by Arm

There should be greater emphasis within the criminal justice system on prevention and early intervention, the Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI) has said. Launching its corporate plan for 2020-23 this week, PBNI said it will continue to work with partners to "shape and influence criminal ju

A full statutory public interest defence should be available to anyone accused of an unauthorised disclosure offence under the Official Secrets Act 1989, the Law Commission has recommended. In a report on espionage and unauthorised disclosures laid before Parliament, the commission states that the O

Some 200 American personnel benefited from a bulk diplomatic immunity deal as the UK base they were working on expanded its 'war on terror' operations, according to court documents from the case of Harry Dunn. Mr Dunn was killed in a hit-and-run in 2019 when his motorcycle was hit by a car near 

Police officers are facing investigation after letting an apparently drunk man walk away from a car crash without a breath test or arresting him. A video which went viral on Twitter shows what appears to be an extremely drunk man barely keeping himself upright after crashing his car into other parke

Solicitor Barry Crushell has announced the launch of a new specialist workplace law firm, Crushell & Co Solicitors. Mr Crushell, who trained with Arthur Cox and previously founded the Dublin and London offices of a US law firm, told Irish Legal News that the COVID-19 pandemic had been a "driving

Elaine Hughes has been promoted to director of company secretarial and corporate governance services at LK Shields Solicitors LLP. Ms Hughes has led the company secretarial and compliance team at LK Shields for the past two years. She advises some of the firms largest domestic and international clie

Solicitors will have to collect contact details for contact tracing purposes from all people attending court on behalf of the party they represent under a new practice direction. Practice directions CC 26 and HC 94, which came into effect yesterday, place new obligations on solicitors "in the intere

Legislation providing for a major shake-up of insurance laws has partly come into force today, but key provisions will not be commenced until at least a year from now. The Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017, introduced as a private member’s bill by Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pea

Dr Mary Dobbs has joined Maynooth University as a lecturer in equity, trusts and environmental matters. She previously worked as a senior lecturer at Queen's University Belfast, where she specialised in environmental law and governance, agriculture and genetically modified crops, particularly in the