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McCann FitzGerald is to provide bespoke in-house learning for its trainee solicitors for the first time under a newly-launched programme. The MF Advance programme will offer four advanced elective learning modules — corporate transactions; advanced real estate and construction; advanced disput

Ireland and Germany have secured the backing of nine other EU member states in a bid to have the proposed Nature Restoration Law (NRL) approved next month. France, Spain, Denmark, Luxembourg, Czechia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Estonia and Cyprus have signed up to approve the NRL ahead of the next Environ

Insurance law specialist Keoghs has announced a major expansion in Northern Ireland with 21 new appointments and promotions, including two new partners, six associates and a further six solicitors.

Mason Hayes & Curran has promoted Angela Freeman, Fiona McNulty, Kim Bowen and Stephen Cowhey to partner. Ms Freeman, newly-appointed corporate partner, specialises in the technology and life sciences sectors. Experienced in complex domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, she al

The UK government's controversial Rwanda scheme is in question after a court ruled that legislation providing for the deportation of asylum seekers cannot be enforced in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland's High Court yesterday ruled that certain provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 constitu

A company which hid an offer of free wine in its online privacy policy has said it has finally been claimed three months later. Tax Policy Associates (TPA) added the following words to its privacy policy in February: "We will send a bottle of good wine to the first person to read this."

Finalists across all categories at the Dye & Durham Irish Law Awards 2024 have been named.

Pinsent Masons staff in Belfast are set to swap the office for the storeroom as part of a fundraising effort for Cancer Focus NI.

US and Israeli threats against the International Criminal Courts (ICC), its officials and members of their families have been condemned in a joint statement signed by dozens of UN experts. The intervention comes a week after the office of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan demanded an end to "all attempts to

US law firm Quinn Emanuel has raised NQ salaries to £180,000 (around €210,000) as the war for talent in London continues. The new sum marks an increase of £30,000 as the firm seeks to tempt lawyers from its Magic Circle rivals.

Taylor Wessing Ireland has appointed pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent litigation specialist Eoin Martyn as a partner in its patents and innovation team. Mr Martyn, who joins from a major Irish law firm, is admitted to practise as a solicitor in Ireland, England and Wales and Queensland, Austr

Controversial Scottish plans to introduce juryless trials have been condemned by the Scottish, English, Irish and Northern Ireland bars. Following a meeting of the four bars in Belfast recently, their leadership issued a joint statement on the proposed removal of juries for rape and other serious se

Proposals to allow gardaí to use facial recognition technology do not currently include enough safeguards to protect fundamental rights, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has warned. The rights body has today set out its concerns with the proposed general scheme of the Garda S&ia

Mercy Law Resource Centre has welcomed Erika Hayes to its team as a solicitor. Ms Hayes previously worked as a legal officer with Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) on corporate accountability for human rights abuses.

Insurance defence firm Hayes McGrath LLP has promoted Liz Lyons to partner. A key member of the firm's defence litigation practice, Ms Lyons joined the firm in 2007 as a legal executive. She qualified as a solicitor in 2016 after completing a traineeship with the firm.