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A revised treaty with Rwanda addresses the UK Supreme Court's reservations about the government's controversial migrant policy, according to the UK's home secretary James Cleverly. Last month, the court ruled that the scheme, aimed at sending migrants to Rwanda, risked breaching human rights.

DWF has welcomed newly-qualified solicitors Andrew Newell, Anne Kelly, Paula Breen, Shauna Lee Warwick and Sarah Bissett to its Belfast office. Mr Newell and Ms Kelly take up permanent roles following the completion of their training contracts with the firm, while the other three are new joiners, al

Catholic nuns who own shares in gun maker Smith & Wesson are suing the company over its manufacturing of "mass-killing assault weapons". New York law firm Newman Ferrara LLP is representing the coalition of four congregations of Catholic sisters who have filed the stockholder derivative lawsuit

Draft legislation providing for the full implementation of the EU Digital Services Act in Ireland has been published. The EU Digital Services Regulation, more commonly referred to as the EU Digital Services Act, will establish a new regulatory framework to protect EU users of digital services and th

The University of Galway Law Review is now accepting submissions for Volume III, to be published in print and online next September. Articles are welcome on any area of law and can be written in English, Irish or French.

A&L Goodbody has welcomed five newly-qualified solicitors to its 130-strong team of lawyers and business support professionals in Northern Ireland. Niamh Flanagan, Liam Fox and Holly Johnston will all assume assistant solicitor roles in the firm’s litigation department, with Eoin Culliton

The Irish government will seek to negotiate an extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) despite concerns raised by human rights campaigners, according to reports. There have been calls from some quarters for Ireland to follow Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands in striking an agreemen

Immediate action is necessary to prevent street homelessness of asylum seekers arriving in Ireland, the government has been told. The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) has sent a paper to ministers following news early this week that the government would not be able to accommodation some new international

Two referendums seeking approval to change what the Constitution says about family and care, including the controversial provision about women's "life within the home", are to be held on 8 March 2024. Draft bills providing for the referendums are expected to be published within days after equality m

The Irish Immigration Lawyers Association (IILA) is strengthening its ties with the Immigration, Asylum and Citizenship Bar Association (IACBA) following a packed-out conference at the Law Society of Ireland. IILA chairperson Thomas Coughlan was joined at the event by IACBA chairperson Michael Conlo

The growth of litigation crowdfunding could lead to 'inverse SLAPPs' which appear to funders to be in the public interest but are "simultaneously meritless as a legal matter", a new report says. The warning comes in new research published by the Legal Services Board (LSB) in England and Wales last w

Hundreds of thousands of litres of counterfeit olive oil have been seized as part of a wide-ranging criminal investigation into an international olive oil racket. Spanish and Italian police, working with Europol, arrested 11 people in closely co-ordinated raids targeting a gang believed to be produc

Philip Lee has struck a collaboration agreement with Andersen Global, an international association of legally separate, independent member firms comprising tax, legal, and valuation professionals around the world. Established in 2013 by US member firm Andersen Tax LLC, Andersen Global now has more t

Staff at Newry-headquartered Fisher & Fisher Solicitors have been given £125 worth of vouchers for local businesses as a Christmas treat.

Dillon Eustace has been named as ETF Law Firm of the Year 2023 at the ETF Stream Awards in London. The awards, now in their third year, act as a barometer of success for the European exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry and celebrate the achievements of the ecosystem in 2023.