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A ban on blood donation by men who have sex with men may be justified in certain circumstances, according to a ruling by the European Court of Justice. However, the court recommended "less onerous methods" of preventing infection than a blank ban on blood donation by gay and bisexual men.
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Proceedings have been issued against a retired army general who is being sued over the death of a Catholic man at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Sir Frank Kitson and the Ministry of Defence have been accused of complicity in a February 1973 attack when loyalist paramilitaries threw
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In an independent report by Experian, DWF has been ranked the second most active legal adviser in the UK and Ireland M&A market in the first quarter of the year. Following the completion of 21 deals, the firm’s 60-strong national corporate team has climbed three places from last year’s first
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Law firm bto solicitors has announced the appointment of James Ferguson as a consultant to service its insurance clients’ needs in Northern Ireland. Mr Ferguson is a partner of Ferguson and Company, a Northern Irish firm based in Belfast which has an established insurance practice.
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A Northern Irish employment tribunal has found in favour of an obese man who claimed he was harassed because of his disability. A former employee of Randox Laboratories, a health care diagnostics firm, argued he had been discriminated against as a result of being fat.
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Jane Wessel Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced its hire of two international arbitration lawyers.
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