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Commercial law firms Philip Lee and McEvoy Corporate Law are set to merge, creating a combined firm with 35 partners and more than 60 lawyers across Dublin, London, Brussels and San Francisco. The merger, which will see the firms operate under the Philip Lee brand from the firm's Dublin headquarters

There will not be "catastrophic" delays in the Court of Appeal due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mr Justice George Birmingham has said. The president of the court told The Irish Times that the court is "trying to ... keep the slippage to a minimum", in part by working on reserved judgments.

Plans to extend youth supports in the justice system to young adults aged up to 24 have been welcomed by penal reform campaigners. David Stanton, the minister with responsibility for youth justice, last week published his draft strategy for youth justice for the six-year period from 2020 to 2026.

The requirement to hold a public event as part of the pre-application process for major planning applications has been temporarily removed for five months. The changes, which came into effect via legislation on Friday 1 May, have been made to allow the planning system to continue functioning during

Employers' and public liability insurance data will be included in the National Claims Information Database (NCID), the Central Bank of Ireland has announced. The move comes five months after the Central Bank published the NCID's first annual report on private motor insurance, which provided detaile

A former barrister and solicitor advocate believes that solicitors’ firms must embrace technology if they are to survive in the coming months and year. Paul Kearney made the decision to open Kearney Law Group (KLG) in September 2019 and he did so with a revitalised, renewed approach and mindse

Criminal barrister Joanna Hardy shares her experience of remote courts in England. “I haven’t met the defendant, Your Honour,” I tell a screen in my kitchen. Silence. “Can… can you hear me?” My words echo through the judge’s laptop in a courtroom three mile

Ronan Daly Jermyn partner Darryl Broderick and trainee solicitor Sinéad Harrington examine the Irish courts’ general reluctance to grant an extension of the one-year limitation period in defamation cases. In a previous insight here, RDJ examined the 2018 case of Nóirín O&r

Prison healthcare workers are set to receive a £1,300 pay boost in recognition of their "vital work". The annual "environmental allowance" will be paid into salaries by July 2020, subject to necessary business case approval.

Laura Banks, solicitor at Francis Hanna & Co, highlights ongoing inequality in the bereavement benefits system. One of the most encouraging aspects of the government's response to the pandemic has been how quickly measures have been put in place and laws have been passed in order to support peop

Ronan Daly Jermyn has provided pro bono legal counsel to a campaign to raise funds for vulnerable women and children who are suffering as a result of self-isolation. The firm advised Creatives against COVID-19, which calls on the creative industry to create posters of hope, optimism, resilience, all

The Roman jurist Gaius has been invoked in a UK legal case involving the rights of anglers to fish next to the M6. The case looked at whether Clear Water Fisheries (CWF), owner of lakes created in voids left in the wake of the construction of the M6, was entitled to fish bought by Borwick Developmen

A man has been charged with trespassing after being caught camping on a closed Disney island. Richard McGuire, 42, said he didn't realise the "tropical paradise" was a part of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

Two new associates have joined Arthur Cox's litigation and dispute resolution team in Belfast. Kristina Cunningham joins the firm from a high-profile personal injury practice, while Tomás Corrigan has joined the Belfast team from the firm's Dublin office.

Sir Declan Morgan, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, has been ruled out as a candidate for the UK Supreme Court seat to be vacated by Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore on his retirement in September. Lord Kerr is the only justice with knowledge of and experience of practice in the law of Northern Ir