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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.

Pictured (l-r): Lisa McElherron and Eoghan McKenna The Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA) has handed over a record sum of £15,000 to its 2017 charity partner, Inspire.

The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee has named ASM Chartered Accountants as main sponsor of this year's Charity Ball.

In a judgment criticising affidavit evidence lodged by the Chief Constable of the PSNI for being “contradictory and unsatisfactory” in relation to the availability of documentation sent to the Police Ombudsman in the Ballast Report investigation, the Court of Appeal in Belfast held that the PSNI

Pictured (l-r): Darragh Mackin, Kevin Winters and Claire McKeegan Belfast-based KRW Law has announced significant expansion plans that include the appointment of two new partners and the acquisition of additional office space to service its growth in Dublin and London.