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The Government will explore giving greater powers to the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) after concerns were raised about a "loophole" which meant employers had no legal obligation to report cases of the coronavirus in the workplace. Following a meeting with the HSA yesterday, a spokeswoman for&nb

A new information sharing agreement has been struck between the PSNI and the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI). The new memorandum follows months of discussions prompted by police failures to disclose "significant" evidence related to legacy cases to the watchdog.

US law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP, along with the National Whistleblower Center, Whistleblowing International, and the European Center for Whistleblower Rights, has made recommendations to the Irish government for the new whistleblower law. The legislation is currently being drafted to fulf

Deborah Kelly and Jack Lehane from the corporate team at Eugene F Collins look at virtual AGMs and the impact of COVID-19 on company constitutions. COVID-19 continues to impact on how businesses are staying connected. This is particularly relevant for the requirement to hold virtual annual general m

A civil liberties campaigner who appealed a decision of the Divisional Court that the use of automated facial recognition (AFR) technology by the South Wales Police Force was compatible with Article 8 of the ECHR has succeeded in respect of three of the five appeal grounds.  The appellant, 

The Northern Ireland Executive has distanced itself from claims that First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill endorsed Hong Kong's new national security legislation. The report came after the Stormont leaders participated in a teleconference with China's consul general

Benjamin Bestgen considers the pitfalls of statistics in his latest jurisprudential primer. See last week's here. Being falsely convicted for murdering one's children is likely amongst the worst experiences any person can have. In 1998, solicitor Sally Clark was convicted of the murders of her two b

A woman who recently renewed her driver's license was left laughing after the new license came back with a photo of an empty chair.

The Court of Appeal has overturned the ruling of then-president of the High Court, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, refusing to adjourn an inquiry into whether a man with a moderate learning disability who wanted to marry should be made a ward of court. Background

Tully Rinckey LLP has announced the appointment of Declan Brooks as a partner in the firm's Dublin office. Mr Brooks, who specialises in property law, has served as a consultant to the firm since last September.

Eugene F Collins has announced the promotion of banking lawyer Ray Byrne to partner, strengthening the firm's team in a crucial sector for economic growth and recovery in the years ahead. Mr Byrne joined the firm as a senior associate last November, having spent the previous five years in the financ

Law Centre NI has successfully challenged the decision to withhold bereavement support payment to the family of a woman who was severely disabled due to a progressive degenerative condition. Throughout her working life, Pauline O'Donnell had been unable to work due to severe congenital disabilities

Barrister Johanna Higgins has been reappointed to the Historic Buildings Council (HBC). Ms Higgins, a barrister of the Inner Temple in London who has also been called to The Bar of Northern Ireland and The Bar of Ireland, has served on the HBC since July 2016 and has been reappointed until the end o

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Matheson has advised US-based Modern Hire on its recent acquisition of Ireland-based video technology company Sonru.

Ireland is in breach of the binding Aarhus Convention because of the length of appeal proceedings related to rejected Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) requests, draft findings suggest. The findings from the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (ACCC) were published following a compla