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Domestic abuse legislation will be introduced at Stormont by April or May this year, Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. Department of Justice officials "are currently working with legislative counsel to finalise a Domestic Abuse Bill for introduction locally", she said.

William Fry associates Adele Hall and Leeane Grace discuss developments in discovery. The importance of the discovery process during litigation was recently emphasised by the Supreme Court in overturning the Court of Appeal's decision in Tobin v Minister for Defence [2019] IESC 57 which we discussed

Law students at Queen's University Belfast have been named winners of the 2019/20 Philpot Curran Moot Court Competition. Yi Kang Choo and Shazana Binti Husaini bested six other university law school teams in the annual competition hosted by Maynooth University Law Society.

Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP (CKT) has presented a cheque for €1,000 to its 2019 charity partner, Pieta House.

Immigration lawyers in Northern Ireland have raised £1,000 for human trafficking charity Flourish NI. The funds were raised at a series of events hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland's Immigration Practitioner Group (IPG) last year.

A new portrait of barrister John P.B. Maxwell has been unveiled in the Inn of Court in tribute of his exceptional contribution to life at the Bar.

A round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Walkers Ireland has acted for Global Student Accommodation (GSA) on the €400 million buy-out by GSA-affiliated entities of its joint-venture partner Harrison Street's interest in an Irish vehicle.

A couple who regretted taking free advice from an architect friend are facing a £1 million legal bill after a failed lawsuit against her. Peter and Lynn Burgess say the transformation of the garden at their £5 million London home would have been completed quicker and more cheaply without

The Courts Service has lost an appeal against the Data Protection Commissioner’s finding that it breached pre-GDPR legislation by publishing the name of a notice party who had been granted anonymity. Dismissing the appeal, Judge Francis Comerford said the Courts Service was obviously a data co

William Fry has announced the promotion of Stephen Keogh as its new head of corporate and M&A, alongside the appointment of Ailbhe Dennehy and Ian Murray as partners. Mr Keogh joined William Fry over 20 years ago and returned to Ireland from the firm's London office in 2017, having served as hea

Over two dozen Northern Ireland barristers have been named as Queen's Counsel in the first round of appointments in over five years.

Ronan Daly Jermyn has welcomed six newly-qualified solicitors across its real estate, employment, litigation, banking and tax teams. The firm's new solicitors are Evan Collins, Georgina Wallace, Alan Devaney, Kathryn Waldron-Hyden, David Rodgers and Sharon Burke.

Dublin-based Leman Solicitors has announced the appointment of Sheila Spokes as a solicitor in the firm's employment team. Ms Spokes graduated from NUI Galway and trained with Eversheds Sutherland prior to her appointment at Leman.

The independent TD who was widely seen as driving the outgoing government's commitment to reforming the judicial appointments system has lost his seat in Saturday's election. Shane Ross, a TD since 2011, first for Dublin South and latterly for Dublin Rathdown, served as transport minister under Taoi

Financial services company FinTrU has announced the appointment of Roli Shaw as general counsel and head of legal. Mr Shaw, previously head of the legal department at Citi's Belfast office, has over 17 years' experience in legal and financial services.