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Ireland is not meeting its international legal obligations under the European Social Charter, the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) has found. The committee yesterday published its annual conclusions for 2017 in respect of 33 states, including Ireland and the UK.

The Law Society of Ireland's Younger Members Committee will focus this year on promoting and enhancing diversity within the profession.

Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems can bring an individual action in Austria against Facebook Ireland, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. However, he cannot bring proceedings on behalf of seven other users in Austria, Germany and India who assigned him their claims for

John O'Connor A technology partner at William Fry has been named co-chair of the International Association of Privacy Professionals' (IAPP) Irish KnowledgeNet chapter.

UK statutory sick pay as well as government help for jobless and self-employed people breach international obligations, a European committee has ruled. The European Committee of Social Rights, a monitoring body of the Council of Europe, described the money available to people claiming statutory sick

Tom Creed The Council of The Bar of Ireland has written to the embassies of Egypt, Turkey, China and Azerbaijan to condemn the harassment, imprisonment and torture of lawyers in their respective countries.

Denis I. Finn Solicitors has handed over a cheque for €750 to Irish solicitors heading to Malawi with Habit for Humanity.

The State has been unsuccessful in its application to prevent a challenge to planning permission granted by An Bord Pleanala for the development of a quarry in Donegal. The State argued that the challenge amounted to an impermissible collateral attack on an earlier decision by Donegal County Council

Pictured (l-r): Richard Martin, Patrick Dorgan, John Dwyer Ronan Daly Jermyn has announced the appointment of Patrick Dorgan as a partner in the firm's property and real estate group.

Etain de Valera Investment experts at Dillon Eustace advised Tennenbaum Capital Partners and DMS Governance on the launch of a new closed-ended Irish collective asset-management vehicle.

Robert McTernagh The Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland (SLBA) has announced it is hosting its inaugural conference in Dublin this March.

Rachael Gamble Rachael Gamble, senior solicitor at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors, has been elected chair of the Northern Ireland Young Solicitors Association (NIYSA).

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The Oireachtas has endorsed the Government's proposal to opt-in to the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive.

A major report by the Fawcett Society has found that the legal systems across the UK are failing women and in need of fundamental reform. The report from the Fawcett Society's Sex Discrimination Law Review (SDLR) Panel also found that violence against women and girls is "endemic" in the UK.

Joel Hyatt Big companies increasingly want to work with smaller law firms, a new survey of more than 300 general counsel and senior in-house lawyers at international businesses generating more than $1 billion in annual revenue has found.