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Daniel Holder has been appointed as the new director of the Belfast-based Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ). Mr Holder, who has served as deputy director of the NGO since 2011, succeeds Brian Gormally, who also joined CAJ in 2011 and is retiring at the end of March after more than a d

Northern Ireland firm JMK Solicitors has grown to 100 staff members for the first time after welcoming 10 new legal advisors, legal administrators and apprentice solicitors since the start of the year. The personal injury specialist firm was established in 2003 and provides services from offices in

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has appointed Dorit McCann as a partner in the firm's procurement, competition and antitrust teams. Ms McCann brings 25 years of local and international experience to the business law firm. She is renowned for her advice in EU competition law, drawn from her cross border

Legislation providing for a windfall tax on massive profits in the energy sector has moved forward with the government's approval of the general scheme. The Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 will introduce a "temporary solidarity contribution" based on taxable profits in the fos

Legal rights group FLAC has welcomed the publication of the government's "significant and ambitious" new National Action Plan Against Racism. The plan, which covers the period from 2023 to 2027, was published by ministers yesterday alongside an implementation plan for the first year.

The Northern Ireland Office failed to comply with equality law obligations in relation to the UK government's controversial legacy bill, an investigation by the Equality Commission has found. An equality impact assessment of the policies in the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Conciliation) Bil

A police sniper rifle dramatically landed on the St Patrick's Day parade in Buffalo, New York after being blown over by a gust of wind. Buffalo Police said it is continuing to investigate the circumstances in which a sniper rifle fell from a building and landed within feet of parade spectators, WGRZ

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Trevor Dolan as a partner in the firm's financial services sector group and head of asset management and regulation. Mr Dolan is highly experienced in investment fund law, providing Irish financial services legal advice to Irish and international fi

Tributes have been paid to esteemed barrister Ivor McAteer KC who passed away suddenly on Monday. Mr McAteer called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1990 and took silk in 2020. He was also qualified south of the border, calling to the Bar of Ireland in 1999.

Irish Legal News is inviting readers to answer the question: should lawyers work a four-day week? The four-day workweek came to the fore in the wake of the pandemic, with companies around the world trialling the model and finding it to be a success.

Law students Katie Morrissey and David Lynch have been named among three winners of an essay competition themed around "Social Justice & the City". Ms Morrissey and Mr Lynch are students on the Law with Social Justice course at University College Dublin (UCD) and took part in the competition org

A prisoner has launched judicial review proceedings over new X-ray body scanners recently introduced in Northern Ireland prisons. The Northern Ireland Prison Service announced in March that it had introduced new body scanners to tackle the trafficking of illegal contraband, including drugs.

A public consultation is seeking views on a prospective scheme of delegation for decisions of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. The Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, which was introduced in response to a Court of Appeal ruling in 2021, allows that the Department for Communities may m

A new policy adopted by Northern Ireland's Department of Health sets out expectations for minimising the use of restrictive interventions, restraint and seclusion in health and social care settings. Former health minister Robin Swann approved the new policy on restrictive practices in health and soc

Six board members and a chairperson have been appointed to Tailte Éireann, the state body newly established through a merger of the Property Registration Authority, Valuation Office and Ordnance Survey Ireland. David McGarry has been selected as prospective chair of Tailte Éireann, whi