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Law centres are facing dramatic increases in calls from workers concerned about their employment rights during the coronavirus pandemic. Community Law and Mediation (CLM), with law centres in Dublin and Limerick, has said it is "at capacity" after a 196 per cent year-on-year increase in consultation

A new mailbox has been set up to let lawyers speak with judges to assist with case progression in individual cases. The new system has been introduced as of yesterday following discussions between the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, and leading members of the legal profession.

Northern Ireland's Planning Appeals Commission (PAC) has announced plans to pilot remote hearings in selected cases within the next four to six weeks. The announcement follows repeated calls from lawyers and the construction industry for Northern Ireland's planning system to catch up with the rest o

Global law firm Allen & Overy has won recognition for a major redesign of its Belfast office to promote agile working.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Arthur Cox has advised Flutter Entertainment on its successful share placing raising gross proceeds of £812.6 million.

Law student Eoin Forde has been named editor-in-chief of the next volume of the Trinity College Law Review. Mr Forde will be joined on the team for Volume XXIV of the prestigious student-edited law journal by the newly-selected co-managing editors, Hana Abú and Benjamin Conlon.

Eversheds Sutherland partner Matthew Howse explores what the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill means for businesses in Northern Ireland. There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen. This certainly seems the case in terms of Insolvency reforms. The UK Government’

Asylum seekers continue to face major barriers to entering employment more than three years after a landmark Supreme Court ruling on the right to work, the Irish Refugee Council has said. The absolute prohibition on employment for asylum seekers was found to be unconstitutional by Ireland's top cour

Ireland's gender recognition laws could be extended to children and non-binary people under proposals reportedly being discussed in government formation talks. A 15-page policy paper produced by Fine Gael recommends a number of reforms to the Gender Recognition Act 2015, including a reduction in the

Visitors have been welcomed back to theme parks in Japan, but strictly banned from screaming on roller coasters. As the country begins to emerge from coronavirus-related restrictions, a group of 30 theme park operators have issued guidance on safe opening.

The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has extended the deadline for written submissions on the unification of the solicitors' profession and barristers' profession. The regulator is preparing a report on the subject for Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan, which will include an examination of

A judicial review lodged over the impact of a proposed development on the energy efficiency of a neighbouring building could have "far-reaching consequences", planning lawyers have said. The case concerns the extension of a residential building in Sandymount, Dublin 4, which a neighbour claims will

Irish companies have been given until the end of October to file annual returns which would otherwise have been due by the end of June. The Registrar of Companies had previously announced in March that all annual returns due to be filed by any company between 18 March and 30 June 2020 would be deeme

Sir Nigel Knowles, the former head of DLA Piper, has taken over the reins of global legal business DWF from Andrew Leaitherland. Mr Leaitherland has led DWF since 2006, overseeing its expansion from two offices in the UK to 33 offices across four continents, including in Belfast and Dublin, as well

New powers to recover proceeds of crime – including the use of unexplained wealth orders – are set to come into force in Northern Ireland by the end of the year, Stormont's justice committee has heard. A significant number of provisions of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 have been enacted