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Sean McElligott Dublin law firm Philip Lee has appointed Sean McElligott to the position of partner. As head of the Technology Group, he advises on complex and large-scale technology and outsourcing transactions, intellectual property, ICT procurement, data protection, privacy and cyber-security law

Lauri Love A man accused of computer hacking has won a case at the High Court of England and Wales against an extradition request from the US.

Judge Ian Forrester QC Judge Ian Forrester QC has been elected president of the Franco-British Lawyers’ Society.

Fighter Conor McGregor is facing legal opposition to his attempts to register several trademarks relating to his personal brands. Mr McGregor has been trying to trademark words and phrases related to him to capitalise on his sporting success, The Irish Times reports.

The families of four soldiers who were killed in the IRA Hyde Park bombings in 1982 have been granted legal aid for their civil case against one of the alleged bombers, the BBC reports. John Downey, 68, is accused of murdering the soldiers.

Pictured: James Donnelly, Partner, Tughans (centre), welcomes newly qualified solicitors (from left) Jack Palmer, Grainne Lee, Christine Quigley and Maria Walsh, along with trainee solicitors Sarah Matthews, David McClelland and Caoimhe Lowe.

Clio and InfoTrack, two industry leaders, come together to provide a central hub for conveyancing lawyers, creating a solution that will make legal professionals 30% more efficient, allowing for more time on client relations. Clio, the world’s first and leading creator of cloud-based legal practic

In a test case which impacts “some 400” pending cases, the High Court has ruled that debtors have a right to directly engage in the review by the Court of a proposed Personal Insolvency Arrangement (PIA). Finding that the Personal Insolvency Acts 2012 to 2015 did not envisage that the Personal I

Lord Doherty A cross-party group of members of the Scottish, UK and European parliaments who sought judicial review of the UK Government’s policy that the United Kingdom’s notification under Article 50(2) of the Treaty of the European Union will not be withdrawn have been refused permission to p

Johnsons Solicitors has expanded its premises in Dublin’s Harbourmaster Place and are making a significant number of new hires across its all-Ireland operations, as part of its growth strategy for 2018.

I am seeking work as a trainee solicitor in a firm in Northern Ireland. I have experience of working as a legal secretary for two years after obtaining my law degree.

A man who violently assaulted a two-year-old child by punching her in the head "with extreme force", has lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence. Finding that the starting-point of 16 years was "stiff but not manifestly excessive", Lord Chief Justice Morgan noted that the appellant had a

Ken Murphy A&L Goodbody has overtaken Arthur Cox as Ireland's largest law firm by number of practising solicitors, according to new figures from the Law Society of Ireland.

A new large law firm, Hallissey & Partners (H&P), has emerged from the restructuring of West Cork firm P.J. O'Driscolls.

McCann FitzGerald has launched a new AI-driven app to enable organisations to assess their compliance with the EU GDPR.