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Couples in Northern Ireland have just over a month left to convert a civil partnership to a marriage or vice versa. The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 created a three-year window in which same-sex couples can convert their civil partnerships into marriages

Medical and professional negligence specialist firm Liston Flavin LLP has promoted Aoife O'Kane to partner. Ms O'Kane has six years' experience practising as a solicitor, primarily in plaintiff medical negligence litigation.

A fashion worker is suing Stella McCartney’s label for £100,000 after she allegedly suffered a severe ankle injury during a photoshoot. Chloe Mickelborough, 31, claims the incident took place at McCartney’s Milan base in 2018, resulting in a broken heel and long-term pain. Mickelbo

New laws banning XL Bully type dogs have been laid in Parliament, as the UK government adds the breed to the list of dogs banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act. Under the new rules, which come into force at the end of the year, it will be illegal to breed, sell, advertise, exchange, gift, rehome, aban

Dame Siobhan Keegan, Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, has paid tribute to Sir Michael Nicholson who passed away on 30 October. She said: “It is with sadness that I note the passing of Sir Michael Nicholson on 30 October 2023 at the age of 90. Sir Michael, who took Silk in 1971, was firs

Pinsent Masons has hired funds partner Conor Durkin to lead its funds team in Dublin as it continues to grow its pan-European funds capabilities. Mr Durkin specialises in investment funds and asset management and regularly advises on the establishment, structuring and operation of funds covering a r

McCann FitzGerald LLP has announced the appointment of Mark White as chair of the partnership and the promotion of seven of its senior associates to of counsel.

House sales in Northern Ireland declined by 18 per cent in the first nine months of this year, according to official figures.

Dublin-based McKenna & Co Solicitors has raised €10,000 for homelessness charity Focus Ireland after taking part in the 'Shine A Light' sleep-out.

Stalking and non-fatal strangulation have become standalone criminal offences following the commencement of a wide-ranging law which also increases the maximum sentence for various offences and introduces new protections for victims. Almost all of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

Attorney General Rossa Fanning has joined UCD Sutherland School of Law as an adjunct full professor. Mr Fanning, who is a UCD Bachelor of Law graduate, was called to the Bar in 1999 and appointed senior counsel in 2016.

The families of three young boys killed during the early years of the Troubles have announced fresh legal proceedings against the UK government following the release of a new documentary. Lost Boys: Belfast's Missing Children, produced by Ed Stobart and directed by Des Henderson, links the disappear

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has said it is consulting with its insurers before deciding whether to publish a legal opinion on trainee solicitors' entitlement to the national minimum wage. Last month, Irish Legal News reported how solicitor firms were shocked to be told they owed up to tens o

Former RDJ managing partner Richard Martin has been appointed as an adjunct professor of law at University College Cork. Mr Martin remains a partner at RDJ, which he led from 2012 to 2022, during which time the firm expanded from its bases in Cork and Galway into Dublin and now employs 270 people.

Criminal assets worth over €6.3 million were seized by the State last year, new figures show. The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) seized cash, property assets, luxury cars, watches such as Rolex, Breitling and Hublot, and clothes such as Christine Louboutin shoes and Louis Vuitton bags, according