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LK Shields has appointed Judith Curran as a partner in the firm's employment, pensions and employee benefits team. Dual-qualified in Ireland and in England and Wales, Ms Curran has specialist experience in advising organisations on the employment considerations of international acquisitions, managin

DLA Piper has appointed Stefano Marino, former head of legal department at the European Medicines Agency (EMA), as a senior consultant. Mr Marino — who will not be based in Dublin — brings with him an intimate knowledge of EU pharmaceutical law and familiarity of Union practice and proce

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A judge has told a man running a sex club that he may continue organising group sex parties but should not refer to them as club activities. Calgary man Matthew Mills was ordered in 2019 to cease hosting sex parties with $30 CAD tickets (around €20 or £17.50) at his home following complai

McCann FitzGerald has appointed Adam Finlay as head of the firm's technology and innovation group. Mr Finlay succeeds Paul Lavery, who led the group since 2007 and will continue to practice as a partner in the group.

Spain's High Court has ruled that former Spanish football federation head Luis Rubiales should face trial for sexual assault after he kissed player Jenni Hermoso last year. Mr Rubiales held Ms Hermoso's head and kissed her on the lips after Spain's historic win in the 2023 Women's World Cup in foota

A&L Goodbody is the largest Irish law firm by number of practising solicitors for a second year running, according to new figures from the Law Society. The firm had 365 practising solicitors at the end of 2023, up from 348 in the previous year and ahead of Matheson on 361 and Arthur Cox on 326,

A coalition of civil society groups has urged the government to press ahead with its hate crime bill following new statistics showing a rise in recorded hate crime for a second consecutive year. The Coalition Against Hate Crime, comprising 23 civil society organisations which represent communities i

Russia violated the rights of a schoolteacher who was sacked in 2014 over social media posts including photos of her kissing other women, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The teacher, AK, began working as a music teacher in a state school for children with special needs in her home town

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has been re-accredited by the United Nations as an A-status national human rights institution in spite of concerns over budget cuts. The watchdog received an emergency funding boost last September after an independent review found its budget was "

The necessity of amending Ireland's equality laws to include socio-economic status as a ground of discrimination is being highlighted at a conference hosted by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in Dublin Castle today. The 'Achieving Equality at Work: Promoting Socio-Economic Equality in

Corina Farrell has been named as winner of the light-hearted McCarthy Impromptu Debate 2024, which took at the King's Inns last week. Ms Farrell competed with Michael White, Catey Clarkson and David Irwin, who all spoke on the motion: "This house believes that public houses should be permitted to re

Japanese police have apprehended a yakuza boss suspected of stealing Pokémon cards. Keita Saito, a 39-year-old kanbu (leader) of the Takinogawa family, part of the Sumiyoshi-kai crime syndicate — the second-largest yakuza group in Japan — was arrested in late April.

Mr Justice Michael MacGrath has been nominated for appointment to the Court of Appeal and barristers Ronan Munro SC and Catherine White BL have been nominated for appointment to the Circuit Court. A High Court judge since 2018, and serving on the Special Criminal Courts since 2020, Mr Justice MacGra

A prominent Belfast solicitor has raised concerns about the extent of PSNI surveillance of lawyers and journalists following revelations in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal today. The tribunal today began hearing a case brought by Northern Ireland journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey to es