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Dorcas Crawford Major legal action could see up to 70,000 Northern Ireland drivers affected by the Volkswagen emissions scandal compensated.

A crackdown on unregistered charity shops has seen seven change names, three close and one prosecuted since 2016. The Charities Regulator, which has published an update on it work, received 28 complaints about shops believed to operating as charity shops.

Patricia O'Brien The Irish Women Lawyers' Association, in collaboration with Law Society Skillnet and The Bar of Ireland, has announced that its Annual Women Celebrating Women Lawyers Gala Dinner will be held on 14th October 2017 in the Presidents' Hall, Law Society of Ireland.

Arthur Cox Managing Partner, Brian O' Gorman and Chairman, Ciaran Bolger were delighted to host Governor-General of Australia, The Honourable, Sir Peter Cosgrove at its offices recently for an Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce business breakfast.

Marc Willers QC Schoolchildren in Portugal affected by one of the country’s worst forest fires are crowdfunding to sue 47 European countries over their failure to address climate change, which they say is threatening their right to life.

Major US-based law firm Covington & Burling is set to open a base in Dublin in the wake of the Brexit vote, Law.com reports. The international firm is reportedly hiring Maree Gallagher to run a life sciences and technology practice in Ireland, which is currently awaiting regulatory clearance fro

Michael Jackson The trade relationship between Ireland and the United States is a "substantive one ... with opportunities for both sides", the managing partner of Matheson has said.

A new guide to Build to Rent in Ireland has been launched in partnership with Dublin law firm Mason Hayes & Curran.

Most people are taking up their right to have a solicitor present when being interviewed by gardaí after an arrest, a conference will hear today. The conference at Blackhall Place, organised by Dr Vicky Conway and Dr Yvonne Daly at the Socio-Legal Research Centre in DCU, will hear from a range of l

Kevin Murphy UK law firm TLT has appointed Kevin Murphy as a real estate partner in its Belfast office.

UCD Students' Union has faced criticism from students over president Katie Ascough's "executive decision" to remove potentially illegal information on how to access an abortion from a union magazine. Ms Ascough took the decision after receiving legal advice from UCDSU's solicitor that the informatio

Fiona Finn Nasc has welcomed a commitment from the Department of Justice that asylum seekers in Direct Provision who have received eviction notices will not be made homeless.

Colm O'Gorman Human rights groups have welcomed Ireland's announcement of a community sponsorship programme for refugees.

Staff in the Limerick office of HOMS Solicitors have again supported suicide and self-harm charity Pieta House in their Pieta 100 Cycle.

A major European anti-trafficking body has raised concerns over the "inadequate criminal justice response to human trafficking in Ireland". The Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) made the criticism in its latest report on Ireland's implementati