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Two referendums seeking approval to change what the Constitution says about family and care, including the controversial provision about women's "life within the home", are to be held on 8 March 2024. Draft bills providing for the referendums are expected to be published within days after equality m

The Irish Immigration Lawyers Association (IILA) is strengthening its ties with the Immigration, Asylum and Citizenship Bar Association (IACBA) following a packed-out conference at the Law Society of Ireland. IILA chairperson Thomas Coughlan was joined at the event by IACBA chairperson Michael Conlo

The growth of litigation crowdfunding could lead to 'inverse SLAPPs' which appear to funders to be in the public interest but are "simultaneously meritless as a legal matter", a new report says. The warning comes in new research published by the Legal Services Board (LSB) in England and Wales last w

Hundreds of thousands of litres of counterfeit olive oil have been seized as part of a wide-ranging criminal investigation into an international olive oil racket. Spanish and Italian police, working with Europol, arrested 11 people in closely co-ordinated raids targeting a gang believed to be produc

Philip Lee has struck a collaboration agreement with Andersen Global, an international association of legally separate, independent member firms comprising tax, legal, and valuation professionals around the world. Established in 2013 by US member firm Andersen Tax LLC, Andersen Global now has more t

Staff at Newry-headquartered Fisher & Fisher Solicitors have been given £125 worth of vouchers for local businesses as a Christmas treat.

Dillon Eustace has been named as ETF Law Firm of the Year 2023 at the ETF Stream Awards in London. The awards, now in their third year, act as a barometer of success for the European exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry and celebrate the achievements of the ecosystem in 2023.

Professor Luke Moffett's Reparations and War has been awarded the Kevin Boyle Book Prize by the Irish Association of Law Teachers (IALT). Published by Oxford University Press this year, Professor Moffett's book draws on hundreds of interviews to examine the history, theoretical justifications, and p

UK lawyers could be stationed in Rwandan courts as part of a new treaty to support the deportation scheme, which is expected to be signed shortly. The move comes in response to the UK Supreme Court's ruling last month, which held the deportation plan to be unlawful.

A senior English judge in the family courts has been treated in hospital after he was assaulted by a man whose case he was hearing. The litigant in person, who cannot be named, has pleaded guilty to assault, criminal damage and causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress and is due to be sente

A former Chilean army officer accused of being involved in the torture and murder of folk singer Victor Jara in the early days of the Pinochet dictatorship has been expelled from the US and will face justice in Chile. Pedro Barrientos, 74, moved to Florida in 1990, the same year that Augusto Pinoche

UEFA has launched an investigation after "sex noises" disrupted the draw of groups for the Euro 2024 championship and were broadcast internationally. "Unexplained moaning noises" could be heard as members of Group A — of Germany, Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland — were drawn in Hamburg,

William Fry LLP has appointed solicitor, chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser Colin Bolger as a partner in the firm's tax department. Mr Bolger has extensive experience providing tax advice to private and public sector organisations, international corporations, financial institutions and p

Dublin firm KOD Lyons has taken over the practice of Dun Laoghaire-based Jonathan Dunphy Solicitors following the appointment of its managing partner as a Circuit Court judge. The firms said the "strategic union" would enhance legal services for the clients of both firms, particularly in the areas o

Northern Ireland's former justice minister has criticised delays and backlogs in the courts as failing and re-traumatising victims of crime. Claire Sugden, the independent MLA for East Londonderry who served as justice minister from 2016–17, said the average time taken to conclude a criminal c