HOMS Solicitors has announced the appointment of Stephen Walker, former managing partner of Dublin-based Whitney Moore, as a consultant in its corporate team. The hire forms part of the corporate growth strategy at HOMS Solicitors, which currently employs around 150 people across its Dublin, Limeric
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Cleaver Fulton Rankin has become the first law firm in Northern Ireland to use a new web-based solution to facilitate online dispute resolution (ODR). The firm recently used the Consumer Code for Online Dispute Resolution (CCODR) platform to resolve a client dispute using remote mediation.
New proposals for the retention of DNA and fingerprints in Northern Ireland have been brought forward more than seven years after MLAs voted to introduce a new retention regime. Justice Minister Naomi Long has launched a consultation on proposed amendments to the biometric provisions set out in Sche
Former Irish president Mary Robinson has been appointed to a panel investigating allegations of corruption at the African Development Bank (AfDB). Mrs Robinson, an experienced barrister, will be joined by Hassan Jallow, Chief Justice of the Gambia, and Leonard McCarthy, a former South African prosec
The new government's programme "falls short" on access to justice in a number of key areas, legal rights group FLAC has said. In its new 17-page response to the Programme for Government, FLAC has repeated its call for a "root-and-branch" review of the civil legal aid system.
The chair of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland has urged US police forces to look to Ireland for lessons on police reform. Kathleen O'Toole was chief of the Seattle Police Department when she was appointed in 2018 to lead the high-profile review of An Garda Síochána.
A senior Irish barrister has published her first book after making a career turn into writing young adult fiction. Paulyn Marrinan Quinn SC, who served as Ireland's first-ever Insurance Ombudsman and later as Ireland's first-ever Ombudsman for the Defence Forces, published What Does Law Mean, Mumu?
An investigation has been launched into the apparent abduction of Sir Walter Scott's loyal four-legged companion. A 160-year-old statue in Perth depicts the renowned writer with his deerhound, Maida – but the dog has been stolen.
The High Court has granted the pre-trial application of Galway Clinic, a private hospital, to dismiss proceedings related to a 2017 majority decision by its board to build a new €17 million medical facility which did not proceed to construction. The proceedings were taken in the High Court by B
Arthur Cox partner Greg Glynn has retired after more than three decades with the firm. Mr Glynn, a partner in the firm's litigation and dispute resolution team, qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in 1984 after graduating from what was then called University College Galway.
Northern Ireland courts could have the power to depart from the acquis of EU law under proposals set out by the UK government yesterday. At present, only the UK Supreme Court and the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland will have this power from 31 December 2020.
A long-awaited review of the investigation and prosecution of sexual offences in Ireland will be published within weeks, according to reports. The review, chaired by Tom O’Malley SC and announced in the wake of the high-profile Belfast rugby rape trial, was originally meant to be completed by
Domestic homicide reviews (DHRs) will be introduced in Northern Ireland by the end of the year under plans published today. Justice Minister Naomi Long and Health Minister Robin Swann have jointly published their plan for year five of the seven-year domestic and sexual abuse strategy.
Recently quoted in the Irish Times, Ms Justice Mary Irvine, the President of the High Court in Ireland, encouraged parties involved in personal injury disputes to attempt to settle their claims. This insightful judicial encouragement was made in the knowledge that only 11% of cases that reach the do
An emergency judicial review has been brought to the High Court over a district judge's refusal to extend non-molestation orders protecting victims of domestic abuse. Non-molestation orders under the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (NI) Order 1998 are designed to protect victims of domestic viole