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Matheson closed its doors yesterday as a mark of respect to the late Cara O'Hagan, who passed away following a short illness. Ms O'Hagan, 44, was a highly-respected lawyer and head of Matheson's commercial real estate department, having joined as a solicitor's apprentice in 1996.

Pro-choice legal students, scholars and practitioners braved the icy weather to attend the first Lawyers for Choice open meeting of the year at Trinity College Dublin yesterday evening.

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon The number of complaints received by Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon rose by nearly 80 per cent last year, new figures show.

Mr Justice Gerard Hogan The Court of Appeal has handed down its final order in a case focusing on what it means to be a "voluntary patient" in a psychiatric hospital.

The number of UK cases at the European Court of Human Rights rose by nearly 30 per cent last year, new figures show. In 2017 there were 512 cases lodged against the UK at the Strasbourg court, though more than 99 per cent were declared inadmissible.

Aoife Kavanagh At the age of 22, Irish law graduate Aoife Moore Kavanagh has become one of the youngest-ever people to pass the New York bar exam.

Lord Briggs In a speech entitled "Dispute Resolution in Uncertain Times", delivered in January at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Lord Briggs discusses dispute resolution in the context of globalism.

The High Court will today hear the first part of Liberty’s legal challenge to the UK government’s flagship surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act. The challenge has been funded by donations from members of the public, who gave more than £50,000.

Over 40 local businesses learned about "nudge theory" from self-described "mentalist" David Meade at a seminar hosted by Pinsent Masons and the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce.

Pictured (l-r): Kathrina Bray and Avril Flannery Two medical negligence lawyers at Callan Tansey Solicitors are jumping out of a plane to raise cash for Spinal Injuries Ireland.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has been granted an order setting aside judicial review proceedings which were brought against them by an Irish accountant. Describing the accountant’s experience as a “near never-ending nightmare”, Mr Justice Max Barrett found that the ACCA w

Deirdre Nagle Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Deirdre Nagle as a senior planning lawyer in the firm’s construction team to lead its planning and environmental law practice.

John McMahon Keystone Law has celebrated its first year in Northern Ireland, a year on from its merger with Belfast-based McMahon McKay.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Courts will be able to impose harassment orders on convicted sex offenders from today, prohibiting them from contacting or approaching their victim for a specified period of time.

Michelle O'Neill The release of funding for legacy inquests has been surrounded with confusion following Sinn Féin claims that it secured a commitment from the UK government outside its failed talks with the DUP.