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Jody Cantillon The Personal Injuries Assessment Board paid out a record €315 million in compensation claims last year, figures show.

Pictured (l-r): Maurice Phelan, head of dispute resolution and Frank Flanagan, newly appointed partner in our dispute resolution team Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the promotion of Frank Flanagan from senior associate to a partner in the firm's dispute resolution team.

A bill to allow refugees to bring their grandparents, cousins, nephews, nieces and siblings to Ireland won support at the second stage in the Seanad yesterday. Despite the Government's opposition to the International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017, Senators voted 23-18 in fa

Victims of child abuse have told Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire that they expect him to set up a redress scheme if devolved government is not re-established within months.

The Courts Service of Ireland has urged law firms to ignore and delete a scam email purporting to come from the Supreme Court office. The offending emails carry the subject line: Supreme Court (S.I. No691/2017)) – Immediate Action Required.

Ireland's 90-year-old ban on the sale of alcohol on Good Friday is approaching its end after Senators gave their approval to the Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill. The bill, proposed by Independent Senator Billy Lawless, will now be debated in the Dáil.

David Fitzgibbon William Fry advised Glanbia Co-operative Society on its recently completed acquisition of a 60 per cent interest in Dairy Ireland.

An agricultural merchant company owed over €300k by one farmer since 2009, has been granted a declaration in the High Court that the farmer set up a company with his wife in order to defraud his creditors. Background

Ken Murphy, director general of the Law Society in Ireland The Law Society of Ireland has revealed that three-quarters of solicitors registering in Ireland in the last year were from the UK.

Chief Commissioner Emily Logan The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has published a report assessing Ireland's performance on combatting torture and ill treatment.

A bill to allow refugees to bring their grandparents, cousins, nephews, nieces and siblings to Ireland will be debated in the Seanad today. Independent Senators Colette Kelleher, Lynn Ruane, Alice-Mary Higgins and others are bringing forward the International Protection (Family Reunification Amendme

Michael J Staines & Company Solicitors Experienced advocate Rory Staines has joined the criminal defence team at Michael J Staines & Company Solicitors.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) returned over €3.8 million to the Exchequer last year, according to its latest annual report.

Belfast City Council secured a court order restricting some Eleventh Night bonfires but failed to display public notices at the affected sites as per its requirements, The Irish News reports. The council has insisted that the injunction it sought from the High Court was still "active" in spite of no

The death of a senior partner's close friend inspired staff at Edwards & Co to raise over £60,000 for charity Bowel Cancer UK over the past two and a half years, the firm said. Dorcas Crawford, senior partner at Edwards & Co, said the death of her close friend from bowel cancer was "very mu