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Businesses have been told to keep all their internal data after a company was fined €15.9m by the European Commission earlier this year. The Commission fined International Flavors & Fragrances Inc and International Flavors & Fragrances France SAS (IFF) following an investigation in whic

Dear Editor, Your article on the appointment of RDJ by Kerry Co-op on the 19th of August is far from accurate. First and foremost, Kerry Co-op is owned by all the shareholders, 20 per cent of which are milk suppliers.

Chris Jennings has joined MKB Law's property team.

Eleven missing persons were identified last year with the assistance of Forensic Science Ireland (FSI), its latest report shows. With the July 2023 completion of FSI’s long-awaited purpose-built facility, the 2023 report reflects on a landmark year for Forensic Science Ireland during which:

A fugitive accused of murder has been found – working as a police officer. Antonio Riano was wanted for the shooting of Benjamin Becarra, 25, in the US state of Ohio, in 2004.

The UK's legal services market has grown by more than 12 per cent in the past year, new figures show. Lawyers are on track for a record year after data from the Office of National Statistics indicated that they had recorded their second highest monthly billings on record.

An independent human rights expert has called on the UK government to review the sentences of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) prisoners, stressing the need for the remaining IPP prisoners to be resentenced without delay, and for the indeterminate sentence system to be brought to an end. &ld

The Probate Office has introduced updated Notice of Probate Application Forms. The updated forms have been introduced following a pilot project to address high query rates arising from paperwork and proofs. In the pilot conducted by the Probate Office, the Probate application error rate fell from 45

Noonan & Cuddy LLP has changed is name to Noonan Cuddy O’Neill LLP and has incorporated John O’Neill Solicitors (Loughrea) and Cuddy & Co Solicitors (Loughrea). Noonan Cuddy O’Neill LLP will operate across two locations at Society Street, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway H53 P2K5, a

Evidence produced at the first trial of Lucy Letby indicating which staff had been in the baby unit she worked in was incorrect, England's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has admitted. The nurse was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill another six at the Countess of Chester hos

Belfast law firm Millar McCall Wylie has acted for the owners of two shopping centres on deals that will see Spanish fashion chain Mango open two new concept stores in Northern Ireland. Mango will come to Derry's Foyleside shopping centre and Craigavon's Rushmere shopping centre this year.

RDJ LLP has been hired by Kerry Co-op in a bid to conclude a years-long milk price dispute with Kerry Group. In a statement, the co-op's board confirmed that it has "engaged the legal firm RDJ LLP to assist it to expeditiously progress matters in relation to the arbitration process with Kerry Creame

A former solicitor struck off by the High Court now owes nearly €350,000 to Revenue. A judgment for over €205,000 is the latest in a series of judgments against Orla Ellis, who practised in Co Leitrim, according to the Sunday World.

The introduction of a statutory right to collective bargaining in Ireland would necessarily require the introduction of a statutory right to union recognition, a barrister has said. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission last December published a research paper which found there is no consti

The number of asylum seekers in the UK who have died in Home Office care has reportedly more than doubled in the past year. Though some deaths occurred due to illness or old age, others were suicides. Charities worry that the treatment of asylum seekers in the UK has adversely affected their health.