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The progress of reforms to the family justice system will be the focus of the Legal Aid Board's 2019 annual conference next week. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will open the conference, which will hear from members of the judiciary on potential improvements to the family justice system, as well

William Fry has been ranked as Ireland's most innovative law firm for legal expertise in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Report 2019. The ranking was based on the firm's innovation in accessing new markets and capital by advising on the establishment of a new Irish fund investing in leading A

Arthur Cox partner Rachel Hussey has been recognised in a list of 100 women who are leading by example and driving change to increase gender diversity in the workplace. Ms Hussey, head of business development at Arthur Cox and founder of its Women in the Firm initiative, is the only Irish lawyer rec

The Irish Judicial Studies Journal is accepting submissions until the end of the month for its second edition of 2019. The legal publication is aimed at the Irish judiciary and produced under the aegis of the Judicial Studies Institute, which was established by statute.

A Belfast-based human rights organisation has submitted a complaint against Translink for breaching its equality requirements by failing to consider the impact of facilitating passport checks on its cross-border services. The Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) has submitted a breach of

A solid gold toilet worth £4.8 million has been stolen from Blenheim Palace. Two days after the artwork went on display at the Duke of Marlborough's country home, burglars broke into the palace and ripped it from the wall, leaving in their wake “significant damage and flooding”.

The High Court in Belfast has dismissed three conjoined applications challenging the UK Government’s Brexit strategy, which the applicants argued would result in a no-deal Brexit and a hard border in breach of the Good Friday Agreement. Finding that the subject matter of the applications was "

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Marcus Kennedy as a partner in the firm’s real estate team. Mr Kennedy, previously a senior associate with the firm, helps clients with all aspects of commercial property transactions. He has a particular focus on development land, land

The number of solicitors on the Irish roll reached a record high of 20,531 at the end of August, the Law Society of Ireland has announced. Writing in the Law Society Gazette, director general Ken Murphy said the "biggest factor in the remarkable rate of increase in recent years has been the tsunami

A special power of Scotland's Court of Session has been brought to bear on Prime Minister Boris Johnson personally and could allow a functionary of the court to sign in his place – forcing him to extend Article 50. A new case has been brought before the Edinburgh-based cour

German academic Dr Nina C. Leuck has been awarded funding from the European Commission to carry out research at UCD Sutherland School of Law on refugee education. Dr Leuck, who has lectured at UCL Laws in London for the past four years, will work with Professor Oonagh Breen during her two-year proje

Eimear Nugent, solicitor at immigration law specialists Berkeley Solicitors, examines an important ruling on the rights of EU citizens' spouses. The European Court of Justice delivered a very significant judgment in the case of Chenchooliah v Minister for Justice on Tuesday 10 September 2019, follow

The Employment Law Association of Ireland (ELAI) has launched the first in a new series of podcasts on key issues in employment law. The first episode of the podcast, now available for download, features an interview with the association's current chair, Peter Murphy, partner at Dublin-based O'Mara

Lawyers for a Syrian national seeking to relocate from Turkey to Ireland have asked the Department of Foreign Affairs to intervene and expedite his visa application. Belfast-based KRW Law is representing Tareq Samha, a freelance author and translator who currently lives in Turkey with his British wi

Social media giants including Facebook and Twitter are likely to face significant fines for misuse of personal data, Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has warned. Ms Dixon made the comments at the Secure Computing Forum at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS), the Irish Independent reports.