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Philip Lee has welcomed six newly-qualified solicitors following the completion of their traineeships with the firm. Seven solicitors completed their training at the firm this year, with six continuing their career with Philip Lee as associates.

A new public awareness campaign is drawing attention to Northern Ireland's new bans on so-called up-skirting, down-blousing and cyber-flashing. The Department of Justice launched the "Don't do it. Don't tolerate it" campaign to raise awareness of the new offences in the Justice (Sexual Offences and

A former head of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and an English human rights lawyer are among four new appointments to the UK government's controversial legacy body. Lindsay Todd, Kathleen Russ, Rogelio Alonso and Professor Brice Dickson have been appointed as non-executive commissioner

Ireland's new agri-food regulator, An Rialálaí Agraibhia, has been formally established with a remit of ensuring fairness, equity and transparency in the food chain. Established under the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023, An Rialálaí Agraibhia will preform a pr

Ireland's first draft online safety code should be treated as a model for Europe, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said. Coimisiún na Meán last week began consulting on the draft online safety code for video-sharing platform services, which sets out measures that design

Complaints against banks and pension providers may be heard in public under legislation due to be published by minsters. The Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill will amend the legislation underpinning the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) in light of the 2021 Su

COP28 in Dubai has agreed on the need to move away from fossil fuels for the first time at the end of a climate summit marred by restrictions on civil society and the United Arab Emirates’ "blatant contempt" for human rights, Amnesty International said. The headline COP28 agreement on the Glob

A notorious mobster has said he has no regrets about posing for a shirtless picture that led to his arrest and imprisonment. Ralph DiMatteo, 68, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by a New York court after pleading guilty to extortion, conspiracy and money laundering offences, the New York P

Controversial plans to let gardaí use facial recognition technology (FRT) will be expanded to help assist in the identification of rioters, the government has announced.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has celebrated a strong year of Irish M&A deals after advising on some of the highest-profile transactions of the year. The firm this year advised on Waystone's acquisition of Link Finance, TMF Group’s acquisition of Goodbody Asset Management, D

Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has promoted six lawyers across five of its specialist legal teams. The recent appointments include the promotion of Nathan Campbell to associate director within the employment and immigration department, Shane Conlan to associate director in the commercia

Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland from early next year will receive drastically less in social welfare payments and have reduced access to State accommodation, the government has announced. The changes, which will not affect those currently in State accommodation, will bring Ireland's treatment

Ministers will seek to amend landmark proposed legislation to include provisions covering international surrogacy arrangements, the government has confirmed. The Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 will regulate practices including gamete and embryo donation for assisted human reproductio

Providing more support for litigants in person would help to ease pressure on Northern Ireland's family courts, according to new research from Ulster University. Two reports produced by Ulster University School of Law with funding from the Nuffield Foundation set out recommendations which researcher

New EU rules setting out the employment rights of gig economy workers have been agreed and will come into force in around two years' time.