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Dublin-based Hayes has announced seven appointments across key practice areas, bringing its headcount to 62 lawyers. Mary Kelleher joins the firm as a consultant in the employment law team and Tim Waghorn joins as an associate on the banking and financial services team.

A significant case concerning the lawfulness of the process under which Irish citizenship can be revoked will be considered by the Supreme Court under an expedited process. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission was today granted the role of amicus curiae in the case, Ali Charaf Damache v th

Legislation to criminalise abusive behaviour in domestic and close family relationships will be brought forward in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The UK government had come under pressure to legislate in Northern Ireland before the restoration of Stormont, but Justice Minister Naomi Long said she no

An inquest jury has ruled that the man at the centre of a controversial collapsed murder trial was unlawfully killed. Patrick Connors, 37, died in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford in April 2011, but nobody was convicted in relation to his death.

The EU will insist that the Court of Justice of the European Union should be able to rule on any post-Brexit agreement with the UK, The Times reports. An internal Brussels diplomatic document states that the EU will argue its court should be able to enforce the terms of a trade, fishing and security

Newly-elected Justice Minister Naomi Long has chaired her first meeting of the Criminal Justice Board (CJB).

Trainees studying at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) have been congratulated after coming second at the UK Student Mediation Competition 2020 in Glasgow.

NUI Galway School of Law will welcome students in two new undergraduate degrees this September. The university has launched new "Law, Criminology and Criminal Justice" and "Law and Taxation" programmes in an effort to further develop undergraduate study of law.

The roll-out of live facial recognition technology across London has come under sharp criticism from human rights and civil liberties groups. The Metropolitan Police has announced it will begin the operational use of the controversial technology in order to tackle serious crime in specific locations

The UK's pensions regulator has issued a fine – against another watchdog. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was taken to task by the regulator in a rare case of one watchdog fining another.

A man who was dismissed from his position at a call centre in Cork has been awarded €20,000 in the Labour Court. Overturning the decision of the Workplace Relations Commission to dismiss the man’s claim, Chairman Alan Haugh found several issues with the disciplinary procedure which led to

Family lawyer Deirdre Burke has merged her practice with Dublin-based Orpen Franks, establishing a new family law department at the long-established firm. Ms Burke, who has over 25 years' experience in family law, will continue to run the former Burke Legal office in Wicklow Town, as well as working

Thousands of fine enforcement notices are set to be reissued with fresh court dates after an administrative error, the Courts Service of Ireland has said. Around 14,000 notices were recently issued with the wrong fine date printed on them.

Employment tribunal claimants in Northern Ireland now have to consider the option of early conciliation before formally lodging their claim. Early conciliation has come into effect as of today, meaning that anyone who wishes to lodge a claim with the Industrial Tribunal or Fair Employment Tribunal m

Kildare solicitor Liam Moloney has been appointed to the executive board of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL). Mr Moloney, managing partner at Moloney & Co Solicitors, was elected to serve as the organisation's revitalisation officer for a three-year term.