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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.

Half of all personal injury claims relating to motor accidents were settled under the personal injuries guidelines last year, according to new figures. The Central Bank of Ireland today published the fifth annual private motor insurance report of the National Claims Information Database (NCID), whic

The UK's Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Ministry of Defence (MoD) £350,000 for disclosing personal information of people seeking relocation to the UK shortly after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021. On 20 September 2021, the MoD sent an email to a dis

Matheson has appointed Rory Mullarkey as a new London-based partner in its corporate practice. Previously a senior partner in Kirkland & Ellis in London for around 15 years, Mr Mullarkey has extensive experience in private equity and a large network of key contacts in the London, European and US

A law firm has installed a cheeky plaque honouring a police force "whose incompetence paid for this building". The Life & Liberty Law Office recently unveiled the bronze plaque dedicated to the local police force in the firm's home town of Loveland, Colorado.

Arthur Cox LLP has appointed ex-KPMG director Ciaran Flynn as the firm's new head of governance, risk and compliance consulting. Mr Flynn joins the firm’s growing company compliance and governance group, a multi-disciplinary team specialising in corporate governance, company law, company secre

Progress on important human rights issues in Northern Ireland is at a virtual standstill amid the continued absence of devolved government, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has said. The watchdog yesterday published its annual human rights statement at an event in Stormont, which

Maynooth University students recently enjoyed the opportunity to hear from Aonghus Kelly, the Irish lawyer serving as a senior adviser on the prosecution of international crimes in Ukraine. Mr Kelly, who is currently in Kyiv, remotely joined the event hosted by the recently-established International

The wording of the government's proposed constitutional amendments on family and care may remove "offensive" references to women but risk introducing new "harmful stereotypes" about disabled people, an influential legal rights group has warned. FLAC has written to the Taoiseach, the equality ministe

Two Ulster University postgraduate students have been awarded a prestigious Allen & Overy (A&O) award recognising talent in the field of librarianship and information management. Sinead Cooney, a senior library assistant in Roscommon Library Service headquarters, and Johanna Brennan, a libra

Barristers have been told they will have to pay two new bills totalling hundreds of euros next year as the Bar Council will no longer be covering the costs of the LSRA's annual levy on their behalf. As a result of unexpected delays affecting the 2022 levy, barristers can expect to receive two bills

Revenue generated by the UK’s legal services sector increased by 5.6 per cent in 2022 to £43.7bn, according to new research. A new report from TheCityUK, an industry body for UK-based financial and related professional services, shows that the majority of this revenue was generated by th

Judges can use generative AI technology like ChatGPT to assist in producing judgments but should not use them for legal research, landmark new guidance in England and Wales sets out. The new judicial guidance on AI states: "Judges are not generally obliged to describe the research or preparatory wor