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Trainee solicitors Mariah Donnelly and Doreen McCarthy have triumphed in the Brown Mosten International Client Consultation Competition. Ms Donnelly, of Michael Kelleher Solicitors, and Ms McCarthy, of A&L Goodbody, represented the Law Society at the competition in Maastricht University in the N

More than nine in 10 property professionals believe that streamlining planning would have the biggest impact on boosting housing supply in Ireland, according to a survey by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran — but only four per cent feel that a new government would have the most signif

Dunnes has been ordered to pay a total of €6,000 to two Roma women who were expelled from one of its Dublin stores after a court ruled that they were discriminated against on the ground of race in an Irish legal first. Legal rights group FLAC has welcomed the Circuit Court judgment handed down

The UK government is trying to "water down" a new international treaty on the prosecution of war criminals, human rights campaigners have said. Government officials from over 77 countries are currently meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia to negotiate and adopt a landmark treaty, the Convention on Interna

Brendan Hayes, regulatory counsel at Fexco, has been appointed to the Council of Bar and Law Society of Europe's (CCBE) new young lawyers' committee. The CCBE represents bars and law societies from 46 countries across Europe. The young lawyers' committee was established by the CCBE's current preside

A man has been charged with stealing Judy Garland's famous ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz. The iconic pair of slippers – one of four remaining pairs from the 1939 film production – were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in 2005 and recovered by the FBI in 2018.

The Law Society of Ireland has published the shortlist for the Justice Media Awards 2023. This year, there was a record 340 entries across 15 categories. The competition is growing each year, demonstrating a high calibre of legal journalism in Ireland.

Hanna Fine Art is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of a rare and historic legal print hand-signed by the Rt Hon Dame Siobhan Keegan, Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.

Legislation providing for the appointment of 24 additional judges this year and a further 20 judges in future has concluded its passage through the Oireachtas.

Lewis Silkin has promoted three employment lawyers in its Belfast office, with Kevin Gallagher becoming a managing associate while Amanda Espey and Jack Balmer have been promoted to senior associate. Mr Gallagher has extensive experience advising employers across a broad range of sectors in Northern

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the promotion of 11 new partners across key sectors in the firm. The new partners are Áine Quirke, Alan Burns, Aoiffe Moran, Ciara Deasy, Emer Shelly, Hannah Perry, Irene Nic Chárthaigh, Jay Sattin, Kady O'Connell, Mark McCabe an

Holmes has promoted Stephen Walker to partner in the firm's corporate team. Mr Walker joined Holmes in 2020 as of counsel, having previously spent over 14 years with Dublin law firm Whitney Moore, including eight years as its managing partner.

UK police are investigating up to 100 solicitors who they believe are "abusing" laws protecting trafficking victims and asylum seekers, according to reports. The National Crime Agency (NCA) is in the early stages of an operation responding to a purported increase in organised crime groups using the

Forced marriage "remains rife" in England and Wales in spite of legislation introduced more than 15 years ago in a bid to end the practice, new research shows. The research on Forced Marriage Protection Orders (FMPOs), a civil injunction designed to prevent forced marriages, uncovers the scale of th

An advert depicting Michaelangelo's naked statue of the biblical David has been banned from Glasgow's subway. The poster, advertising a local Italian restaurant, showed David with a slice of pizza photoshopped into his hand.