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Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has announced five strategic promotions across its corporate, real estate, construction, governance and healthcare teams. Corporate lawyer Ron Boucher, real estate lawyer Janet Cafferky and healthcare lawyer Jennifer Henry have been promoted to partner.

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has become the first woman in the history of the State to give birth while serving as a Cabinet minister. Ms McEntee gave birth to a baby boy in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin last night, a day after beginning maternity leave in another historic first.

Belfast-based MKB Law has announced the appointment of solicitors Jordan Hanna and Frederick Reilly. Mr Hanna has joined the firm's residential conveyancing department, while Mr Reilly has joined the employment department.

UK law firm TLT has won an expanded role on the National Legal Services Framework, which can be accessed by all police forces and local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The firm, which was first appointed to the framework in 2009, has retained its property role (residential, comme

Employment solicitor Leanne McKeown of Rosemary Connolly Employment & Equality Solicitors examines the lessons of a ruling against a law firm accused of age and disability discrimination. In a stark reminder to respondents and their legal advisers on the importance of deadlines, the Employment T

Regulations giving the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland powers to direct the commissioning of abortion services have been approved by Westminster. The Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 were approved by MPs in a 431-89 vote on Tuesday and agreed by Lords yesterday afternoon.

Mishcon de Reya LLP has announced plans to explore floating on the London Stock Exchange by the end of the year. Mischon would become the seventh law firm to join the exchange since the law was changed to make that possible in 2007.

Northern Ireland's ministers for justice, health, communities, education and finance have published an action plan for year six of the seven-year domestic and sexual abuse strategy as well as a progress report for 2020/21. Year six of the strategy will include the commencement of the Domestic Abuse

A border guard service dog has received a national honour in Turkmenistan on its inaugural new state holiday. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has dedicated April 19th to the alabay, a symbol of national pride, Sky News reports.

The High Court has delivered a further judgment in the landmark FBD case involving publicans claiming insurance cover for losses arising from the pandemic. In this second case, the court outlined that cover would be available for partial closures of the pubs’ premises due to the pandemic, rath

The draft heads of legislation providing for the "most wide-ranging and coherent reform of policing in a generation" have been published. Justice Minister Helen McEntee yesterday published the general scheme of the landmark Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill.

Children and families in direct provision are being failed due to a lack of sufficiently robust oversight mechanisms and a "culture of fear" around raising complaints, the Ombudsman for Children's Office (OCO) has said. Launching the report, ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon said government plans to bring

An independent senator has proposed new legislation to limit the inappropriate use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in settlements between employers and employees. Senator Lynn Ruane is preparing a private member's bill which would amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 to enshrine employees' rig

The blanket ban on identifying children who were unlawfully killed will be lifted at the end of next week. Justice Minister Helen McEntee yesterday signed the commencement order for the Children (Amendment) Act 2021, which was signed into law on Monday.

Family lawyer Claire Edgar has welcomed an English court ruling emphasising the importance of domestic abuse training for the judiciary. The Court of Appeal in London last month handed down judgment in four appeals dealing with how allegations of domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour