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Ciaran Healy Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Ciaran Healy as a partner in its Corporate team in Dublin.

Tracy Tuohy has joined Keystone’s growing technology practice fromMotorola Solutions where she was senior counsel. With nearly twenty years’ industry experience gained from senior strategic roles at 02, Vodafone and Motorola, Ms Tuohy is an experienced commercial lawyer with extensive experience

An order requiring the Courts Service to reconsider its decision allowing the closure of Skibbereen courthouse has been approved by the High Court. The West Cork Bar Association and six local solicitors have argued that a decision to close the courthouse in 2013 was tainted by errors of fact with re

Figures derived from the 685,000 cases which the Court Service dealt with last year show a drop in drink driving and an increase in divorce, The Irish Times reports. The figures also revealed a steep increase in debt settlements and a rise of 5 per cent in bankruptcy.

David Barniville After a series of disturbances in courthouses across the country there are calls for extra security to be present during home and property repossession cases, the Irish Independent reports.

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously allowed a legal charity’s appeal against the Lord Chancellor to introduce a residence test for civil legal aid on the basis it is ultra vires. Following a hearing at which the court heard argument on the ultra vires issue and indicated that it did not need to h

Michèle Coninsx Eurojust and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further support European prosecutors working with cases concerning violations of intellectual property rights (IPRs).

Dr Vanessa Davies Women at the bar have significantly better experiences where the regulator's equality rules are firmly entrenched, according to a new report.

Ms Donna Woods was injured when the wing mirror of Mr Joseph Tyrell Jnr’s van hit her as she was out jogging with a friend near her home. The High Court has awarded her €134,000 in general and special damages for the injuries she sustained and the persistent affect they would have on her lifesty

The results of the Irish Bar Council elections have been declared and the council panels have been selected from the 2016 vote. The following will serve as members of the Council for a term of two years, taking up position from the 1st of August 2016:

Brake is calling on the government to immediately review guidelines for both charging and sentencing criminal drivers. A survey to mark the launch of Brake’s new “ROADS TO JUSTICE” campaign shows there is huge support for strengthening both the charges and sentences faced by criminal drivers.

Claire Sugden Justice Minister Claire Sugden has launched a campaign to recruit Consultant Forensic Pathologists for the State Pathologist’s Department.

William Hague A man accused of leading the Mau Mau uprising was shot dead by British soldiers while working as a school watchman, the High Court in London has heard.

Peter Lockhart Belfast solicitors Cleaver Fulton Rankin have participated in a 5-A-side football tournament to raise money for cancer charity, Macmillan.

The William Fry cycle team