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Organisations working on human rights and equality issue have been invited to apply to the Human Rights and Equality Grant Scheme 2020. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission will award small grants of up to €6,000 and general grants of up to €20,000 to support activities in Irelan

Solicitors could be banned from “cosy” deals with housebuilders after conveyancing firms failed to prevent tens of thousands of people from buying new-build homes with "unfair" leases, The Times reports. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) expressed concern over the role of

Immigration judges in the US have forced officials to backtrack on an order to remove courthouse posters providing coronavirus advice in English and Spanish. The National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) issued advice to judges recommending they display posters from the Centres for Disease C

A Nova Scotia man whose car licence plate is 'GRABHER' is appealing a court decision that condoned its revocation. The plate was revoked from Lorne Grabher, 71, after a single complaint was made to the registrar of motor vehicles that it encouraged sexual violence against women.

A lawyer who wrongly claimed his client couldn't make court because he was being tested for coronavirus has been rebuked by a judge. Mr Blakely, 69, a sheriff in the US state of Alabama, is accused of stealing campaign donations, using his job to obtain interest-free loans and soliciting money from

The Court of Appeal has increased the sentences of four men for armed robbery of a post office. The Director of Public Prosecutions sought a review of each of the sentences imposed on grounds of undue leniency pursuant to s.2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993.

Matheson has announced the appointment of four new partners, bringing the firm within touching distance of 100 partners. The appointment of David Jones, Kimberley Masuda, Susanne McMenamin and Philip Tully follows four other partner appointments in the past six months, namely David Fitzgibbon in Jan

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Stephen Gillick, head of the firm's pensions team, to the Pensions Council. The body was established in 2013 to advise ministers on pensions issues and has 11 members, including chairman Jim Murray and Pensions Authority chief executive Brend

Co Clare firm Carmody & Co Solicitors has announced the appointment of Mairéad Doyle as a solicitor. Ms Doyle, a native of Newmarket-on-Fergus, studied law at University College Dublin and qualified as a solicitor in 1999.

The Courts Service of Ireland has said it has "no current plans to cancel court sittings" because of coronavirus, but is keeping contingency plans under constant review. Additional sanitisation of public offices and courtrooms has been arranged and hygiene supplies for public offices and hand saniti

The UK is not legally obliged to offer a gender-neutral passport option to people who identify as neither male nor female, the Court of Appeal in London has ruled. Dismissing the case brought by Christie Elan-Cane, who identifies as "non-gendered", the court said the need to have either an "M" or "F

A fundraising CPD event hosted by Lawyers Against Homelessness has been cancelled due to coronavirus. The initiative, a collaborative effort between barristers and solicitors, has raised over €165,000 through CPD events for the Capuchin Day Centre since it was established in late 2017.

The Office of the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland has invited applications for an internship scheme running in the first two-and-a-half weeks of September. The internship scheme is open to students who will begin their final year of a law degree at any qualifying university in the UK and Irel

McCann FitzGerald has been recognised as the best copyright and design firm in Ireland at the the Managing IP Awards in London. Senior associate Sean Mulvey and Amy Ryan accepted the accolade on behalf of partners Fiona O'Beirne and Shane O'Brien and the IP team.

Alleged mistreatment of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange during his US extradition trial in London has been condemned by the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI). The IBAHRI works with the global legal community to promote and protect human rights and the independence of t