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Kennedys associate Emma Falloon has been elected as chair of the Northern Ireland Young Solicitors' Association (NIYSA). William Wilson, a property lawyer with Lacey Solicitors, will support Ms Falloon as vice-chair for the 2025 term following the association's recent AGM.

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A coroner's finding that the 1992 shooting by British soldiers of four Provisional IRA men at Clonoe Chapel was not justified has been referred to prosecutors. Mr Justice Michael Humphreys ruled earlier this month that the soldiers, who belonged to a specialist military unit (SMU), held no honest be

Flynn O'Driscoll has again been ranked as Ireland's most prolific legal adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A). The corporate law firm, which recently merged with Vincent & Beatty LLP, advised on 66 of the 836 transactions in 2024, according to the latest Experian M&A report.

Tughans has been ranked as Northern Ireland's most prolific legal adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for the 10th year in a row. The firm advised on 94 of the 346 transactions recorded in 2024 — more than 25 per cent of all reported deals during the year — according to the la

A$AP Rocky and Rihanna have promised to name their next child after the lawyer who successfully defended the award-winning rapper on assault charges. A jury in Los Angeles this week found the rapper, legally named Rakim Mayers, not guilty of firing a semi-automatic weapon at a former friend in Novem

Arthur Cox has signed Ireland's Women in Finance Charter, an industry-led and government-backed initiative promoting women in the financial services industry. The Charter underpins the industry's ambition to see increased participation of women at all levels, including junior, middle and senior mana

Northern Ireland's controllership system is virtually non-existent and placing a "cruel and unnecessary burden" on families of disabled adults, former justice minister Claire Sugden has said. The independent MLA yesterday tabled a number of written questions to the justice, finance, health and commu

Lawyers have criticised an alleged lack of transparency in the public local inquiry into Northern Ireland's proposed Dalradian gold mine. The inquiry was due to run from January to March 2025 but was suspended after sitting for just three days due to procedural failings by the Department for Infrast

A legal challenge is to be brought over plans to redevelop the site of the Creeslough explosion where 10 people lost their lives two-and-a-half years ago. Four men, three women and three children died in the explosion at an Applegreen service station and neighbouring apartment complex in the Co Done

The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) has condemned Donald Trump's "autocratic" attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC). An executive order issued by the US president earlier this month targeted "ICC officials, employees, and agents, as well as their immediate family members".

A case at the English Court of Appeal is considering whether all external job applicants should have whistleblowing legal protection. Currently the scope of whistleblowing law does not include people applying for a job, other than job applicants to the NHS who are legally protected by the Employment

Welsh politicians who tell deliberate lies and refuse to correct the record could lose their seats under new proposals. A 79-page report published by the Senedd standards of conduct committee calls on the Welsh government to strengthen the law to prevent and punish politicians and election candidate

A senior UK government minister was told by the English solicitors' regulator to stop describing himself as a former solicitor when he had in fact dropped out of his traineeship to become an MP. The Solicitors' Regulatory Authority (SRA) wrote to the business secretary Jonathan Reynolds in January i

A local authority in the Philippines has placed a paid bounty on the heads of mosquitoes. One peso — around one euro cent or a penny — is on offer for every mosquito brought dead or alive to authorities in Barangay Addition Hills in central Manila.