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A round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised EDF Renewables on its acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in the Codling offshore wind farm project from Hazel Shore.

Forty-two trainee solicitors were commended for their volunteer contribution at the Street Law conferral ceremony at the Law Society of Ireland.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of a religious community which was prohibited from importing religious literature by the Azerbaijani authorities. The community of Jehovah’s Witnesses sought official approval to import religious materials but select texts were reject

The Family Lawyers Association of Ireland held its Brexit conference at Ballymascanlon House Hotel, Dundalk.

Striking workers at ski resorts across France who are angry over unemployment benefit reforms have called for a new day of protests. Around 50 ski resorts have been affected over the past week because of strike action and another day of protest has been called for today.

A family who were refused international protection and subsequently lost an appeal to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal failed to provide any explanation which would warrant the grant of an extension of time to bring judicial review proceedings in the High Court. Commenting tha

Worthingtons Solicitors has announced the promotion of Naomi Devlin and Janeen McKay to associate partners within the firm. Ms McKay, a property lawyer who specialises in all aspects of residential conveyancing and probate matters, joined the firm three years ago and acts for a number of investors a

Irish solicitor Attracta O'Regan has been appointed as rule of law advisor to the Council of Bars and Law Society of Europe (CCBE). Ms O'Regan will assist and provide expert advice to the CCBE presidency and its standing committee, the Law Society Gazette reports.

Unexplained wealth orders will be available for law enforcement in Northern Ireland from October 2020, Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. The commencement in Northern Ireland of all outstanding provisions of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 is one of her "key priorities", she said.

Ms Justice Mary Faherty will join a panel discussion on "workers' rights in the 21st century" at the launch of the ninth volume of the King's Inns Law Review next week. The Review's second annual lecture will see an expert  panel of contributors discuss the timely issue of workers' rights in a

The courts should not shy away from starting at five years' imprisonment when it comes to sentencing individuals for “high-end” cases of assault causing harm, according to the Court of Appeal. Mr Justice George Birmingham, president of the Court of Appeal, made the observation after thre

The Department of Justice should set out what "mitigation measures" are in place to deal with the potential fall-out of Brexit, an MLA has said. Justice and security arrangements including sensitive areas such as family law could be affected by any failure to secure a post-Brexit agreement.

A new and expanded Victims Charter has been published by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan ahead of European Victims of Crime Day tomorrow. The previous version of the Charter dates from 2010 and the updated version, available on www.victimscharter.ie, takes account of changes in the law since

The right to vote in Scottish Parliament and Scottish local government elections has been extended with the passing of the Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill. The bill extends voting rights to all foreign nationals with leave to remain, including all those granted refugee status,

Perhaps the most famous trials of John Philpot Curran’s career were those in which he appeared as defence counsel for leading figures of the Society of United Irishmen.  While the Rebellion of 1798 was still raging, on 12 July 1798, Curran represented a fellow member of the Irish bar, Hen