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Irish lawyer Gary McSharry, partner and head of McCann FitzGerald's US office, has been appointed to the leadership of the American Bar Association (ABA) M&A committee and as vice-chair of its international M&A sub-committee. The ABA M&A committee is the world’s largest forum for M

Belfast-based Diamond Heron Solicitors has appointed Lesanne Green as an associate solicitor in the firm's private client team. Ms Green qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and joins the firm having worked in a well-respected rural practice for the previous 18 years.

The Northern Ireland Assembly will have veto powers over new EU goods laws as part of the new Windsor Framework agreed between the UK government and the European Commission. The framework, agreed by UK prime minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen yesterday, is in

Researchers from Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology are set to study the barriers to employment for individuals with previous convictions. Dr Joe Garrihy and Dr Ciara Bracken-Roche will work with the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) on the "Working With Conviction" project, which will

Criminal barristers are set to stage another protest over the level of fees paid to practitioners in the District Court.

Millions of people were hit with an internet blackout on the weekend after authorities took action to prevent teacher candidates from accessing a leaked exam paper online. Internet services were disabled for 24 to 36 hours in 11 cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan, including capital Jaipur with

A woman who suffered image-based abuse at the hands of her former partner has been awarded nearly £100,000 in the first civil case of its kind to come before the English courts. The woman had discovered that her partner had secretly filmed her naked on a number of occasions and uploaded the im

A new draft protocol governing the use of restorative interventions in the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland has been published. Then-justice minister Naomi Long last year ordered a review of the 2007 protocol which governs the work of community-based restorative justice (CBRJ) organisatio

LK Shields Solicitors LLP has appointed Ailis Brennan as an associate solicitor in the firm's banking and finance team. Ms Brennan joins the firm having trained in banking and real estate at another Dublin firm and been admitted to the roll of solicitors in 2022.

Google has reversed a decision to remove search results relating to a man's serious criminal conviction in Ireland under "right to be forgotten" laws. The search giant had removed links relating to the 2010 conviction of Mark McCormick, who admitted to running six brothels in Dublin and was sentence

Over 90 newly-admitted solicitors have been warmly welcomed to the Northern Ireland solicitors' profession at an admission ceremony held at the Assembly Buildings in Belfast. The solicitors were presented by David A. Lavery CB, registrar of solicitors, to the Lady Chief Justice for Northern Ireland,

Ireland is an "outlier in Europe" because of its failure to give legal recognition to prenuptial agreements, a lawyer and government minister has said. Josepha Madigan, a qualified solicitor and minister of state for special education, told The Sunday Times that the law should be changed to recognis

Lawyers are unlikely to be replaced with AI-powered chatbots any time soon, a Northern Ireland law firm has said after reviewing the reliability of legal advice produced by ChatGPT. SG Murphy Solicitors put ChatGPT, probably the best-known AI chatbot, to the test by asking it a number of standard le

Proposed reforms to improve the efficiency of Ireland's courts must be "carefully considered", the Bar of Ireland has said. The barristers' body has warmly welcomed the government's announcement that it will appoint an additional 24 judges across the Irish courts this year and a further 20 judges ne

A new community space is to be created in the heart of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in partnership with law firm Matheson. The museum is now showcasing six proposals for the Matheson Creativity Hub in Memory of Tim Scanlon following an architectural competition organised in conjunction with