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Pictured (l-r): Julian Yarr and Conor Owens A&L Goodbody has announced the appointment of Conor Owens as a new partner in the firm's construction team in Dublin.

Andrew Ryan The High Court in Belfast has granted permission for a "first-of-its-kind" judicial review to examine potential flaws in a pre-application consultation carried out by a gold mining company.

Joshua Rozenberg QC British legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg QC will speak about the relationship between the judiciary, the media and politicians in Belfast this May.

Ministers want better figures on revenge porn cases to find out why so many complainants withdraw after reporting offences, the Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC has said. He was responding to points raised by his Labour counterpart, Nick Thomas-Symonds in the Commons, The Brief reports.

Gavin O'Flaherty Both Irish- and UK-based lawyers at Eversheds Sutherland have advised on an Australian health company's conditional acquisition of assets from the NHS Trust.

A mix-up by gardaí in South Dublin on Wednesday night appears to have led to members of the wrong political group being questioned on suspicion of belonging to an unlawful organisation. Members of People Before Profit (PBP) were approached by "four plain clothes guards" at the end of their regular

A solicitor who abused his position at a law centre to privately charge immigration and asylum clients for legal services has been struck off. Andrew John Puddicombe, 62, charged clients a total of more than £8,000 on a private paying basis while working at the Gloucester Law Centre over the course

A doctor who was convicted of indecent assault of a patient when she was a teenager in 1989 has had his conviction quashed by the Supreme Court. Delivering the judgment of the five-judge Court, Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley said that it was not possible to discount the real possibility that the jury

Pictured (l-r): Jamie Olden and Richard Martin Cork-based Ronan Daly Jermyn has announced plans to to invest €8.3 million in an expansion of its Dublin practice.

Mark Dillon Dechert LLP has announced the appointment of Mark Dillon as a national partner in Dublin.

Padraic Kinsella William Fry has announced the appointment of Padraic Kinsella as partner in the firm's banking and finance department.

Two problem-solving court pilots dealing with domestic violence and drug cases in Belfast and Derry are set to formally begin today. Judge Bagnall, sitting in Belfast Magistrates' Court, is now allowed to begin making referrals to the Substance Misuse Pilot Court as of today, while Judge McElholm, s

A civil society group has applied to join High Court proceedings in which an Irish judge has asked a European court to rule on whether mutual trust continues to exist between Poland and other member states in EU extradition cases. Fair Trial Europe, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) whose stated

Pádraig Ó Ríordáin Pádraig Ó Ríordáin, former managing partner of Arthur Cox, has been appointed non-executive chairman of Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), operator of the National Lottery.

Lady Hale Lady Hale, president of the UK Supreme Court, has outlined concerns that the Brexit bill will put judges in the position of making "political" decisions about EU jurisprudence.