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Dublin firm Richard Grogan & Associates has announced the promotion of Michelle Loughnane to partner. Ms Loughnane and principal solicitor Richard Grogan are now jointly developing a new reputation and crisis management practice within the firm, which specialises in employment law and personal i

John McKee Solicitors has announced the appointment of Alan Bissett and Donald Thompson as partners in Belfast. Mr Bissett, a corporate, commercial and energy solicitor dual-qualified to practice in Northern Ireland and in England, specialises in energy and renewables, where he advises on all aspec

A legal challenge to a search and arrest operation targeting Northern Ireland journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney will be heard by the High Court in Belfast in May, the Belfast Telegraph reports. The journalists, who were involved in the making of No Stone Unturned, a recent documentary ab

Thousands of people have signed a petition demanding that the Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan, be allowed to continue dealing with debt cases. Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, signed an order last month to remove debt cases from the master's list with effect from Monday

International law firm Allen & Overy has launched a new route to qualification in its Belfast office, in addition to existing qualification routes in London and Belfast. Graduates in the firm's Belfast office currently have the option to apply to qualify as a lawyer through the Chartered Institu

A new book by solicitor Sandra Murray and law lecturer Dr Padraic Kenna examines the issues arising in Ireland in the transition to eConveyancing. Electronic conveyancing (eConveyancing) envisages paperless transactions through all stages of the conveyancing process, from pre-sale to post-completion

Government plans to publicly identify individuals responsible for overspending at the National Children's Hospital (NCH) may run into legal obstacles, The Irish Times reports. Health Minister Simon Harris had told RTÉ's Sean O’Rourke Show that a forthcoming PwC review into the overspend

John Kelly, solicitor at Worthingtons Solicitors in Belfast, explores the response of employers to criminal offences committed outside of work. Following the sentencing of Irish League footballer Jay Donnelly last month for the distribution of an indecent image of a child, there has been much debate

An Irish judge who has held key positions on human rights courts internationally will address the launch of the eighth volume of the King's Inn Law Review next week. Judge Anne Power SC, who will jointly deliver the first annual King's Inns Law Review lecture alongside Mr Justice Frank Clarke, the C

Former Justice Minister Patrick Cooney has reached a settlement in his defamation action against The Irish Times. The case was struck out by Mr Justice Bernard Barton in the High Court today after the parties agreed that Mr Cooney would receive an apology, "substantial" damages and his legal costs.

Domestic abuse offenders could be given mandatory lie-detector tests upon release from prison under new proposals. The polygraph tests are among the measures included in the Domestic Abuse Bill, which would also introduce a ban on cross-examination of victims by their alleged abusers in family court

Pet dogs have been banned from public spaces in Tehran, the capital of Iran. Walking dogs in "public spaces, such as parks", and even driving them around in cars, will make pet owners liable for prosecution.

A man who was convicted of sexually assaulting his two-year-old son while the child’s mother was at work has lost an appeal against his conviction. Finding that the trial judge had correctly admitted hearsay evidence in the interests of justice, Lord Justice Ben Stephens also dismissed the app

LK Shields has announced the appointment of Einde O'Donnell as an associate solicitor in the firm's employment, pensions and employee benefits team. Mr O'Donnell, a specialist employment law solicitor with extensive litigation experience, will be based in the firm's Dublin office.

Arthur Cox has the highest number of practising solicitors of any Irish law firm, according to new figures from the Law Society of Ireland. There were 294 solicitors with practising certificates (PCs) at the firm as of 31 December 2018, up by 20 on the same date in 2017.