Appointments

Personal injury and road traffic accident specialist firm JMK Solicitors has opened a new office in Derry as part of plans to expand across Northern Ireland. The firm's new office — joining its existing offices in Belfast and Newry — is located on the Culmore Road, close to Derry's city

Aonghus Kelly will take a six-month break from his role as head of Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) to serve as a senior adviser on the prosecution of international crimes in Ukraine. Mr Kelly, who has steered the NGO as its executive director since 2019, has been seconded by the Irish Departm

Healthcare lawyer Sandra O'Malley has been appointed by LauraLynn, Ireland's Children's Hospice, as chair of its board of directors. LauraLynn operates Ireland's only children's hospice as well as two local disability services, all based in Mallow, Co Cork.

Dungannon-based P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors has announced the expansion of its medical negligence team with the appointment of solicitor Gary Daly. Mr Daly joins the all-island firm after 13 years in private practice with Gary N Daly Solicitors Limited, in which he developed a Northern Ireland-wi

Dillon Eustace LLP has announced the appointment of Conal Keane as a partner and head of its Cayman Islands litigation and insolvency practice. Mr Keane is an experienced lawyer specialising in corporate insolvency and commercial litigation. He has advised international financial institutions, corpo

Belfast-based Tughans has announced the appointment of six new trainee solicitors, bringing its total trainee count to 13. Law graduates Adam Lynch, Anna Thompson, Leah Harvey, Lucy Dawson, Lucy Scott and Luke Scholfield have joined the firm and are now engaged in a comprehensive two-year legal trai

Midlands firm J.D. Scanlon & Co has announced the appointment of Hilary Cahalan as a solicitor. The general practice law firm now employs eight solicitors and a total of 20 staff.

Belfast-based MKB Law has welcomed Tonya Gregg, Chloe Stewart and Laura McGuckin as trainee solicitors. Ms Gregg, who graduated with a law degree from Queen's University Belfast in 2019, joined the residential property department at MKB Law in January 2021 as a paralegal.

Pinsent Masons partner Neil Keenan has been appointed to the Company Law Review Group (CLRG). Following his appointment by Leo Varadkar, the Tánaiste and minster for enterprise, trade and employment, Mr Keenan will serve as the Law Society of Ireland's representative on the group for a f

Martin Browne has been appointed as partner and head of the Irish office of HF, legal advisers to the insurance and commercial sectors. Mr Browne, a former partner with Beale & Co, will help expand HF Ireland and support its ambitions to carry out cross-border litigation and defend claims anywhe

Éilís Barry, chief executive of legal rights group FLAC, has been appointed as an adjunct professor with University College Cork (UCC) School of Law. An expert in anti-discrimination, equality and access to justice, Ms Barry has been working closely with UCC through the Traveller Equal

Matheson LLP has announced the appointment of Maireadh Dale as a senior partner in its finance and capital markets team. Ms Dale, who joins the firm from the Dublin office of another international law firm and was previously part of the international finance team at Bank of Ireland, will work across

Belfast-based MKB Law has announced the appointment of Emma Jamison to the position of associate director within the family law department. Ms Jamison joins Anne Marie Kelly, head of the department and one of the founding partners of the firm, alongside colleagues Aine Toner, associate director, and

Solicitor Paul Mageean has been reappointed as chief parole commissioner for Northern Ireland for a further three-year term. Parole commissioners help to make decisions on the release or otherwise of those serving extended or indeterminate sentences and in relation to the revocation of licences and

Peter Bolger has joined EY Law Ireland as a partner and head of the firm's technology and commercial practice. Mr Bolger has more than 20 years' experience advising on all aspects of technology law, IP and commercial agreements.