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A&L Goodbody has welcomed newly-qualified solicitors Catherine Sheppard, Holly Emerson, Holly Molloy, Luca StClair, Martyn Doherty and Niall O’Hare to its Northern Ireland team. The six join the firm following their completion of its trainee solicitor programme, bringing the headcount in B

Waterford firms Bowe O'Brien Solicitors and Parker Law are to join forces through a merger next week. The merger between Bowe O'Brien, a boutique private client and commercial law firm, and Parker Law, a general practice firm, will take effect from 1 December 2025.

William Fry has appointed Jason Milne as partner and head of the firm's environment and planning group. Mr Milne brings over 25 years' specialist expertise in environmental, planning, and health and safety law.

Corporate law firms BHSM LLP and OBH Partners have announced a strategic merger taking effect from next week. The new firm will be known as BHSM LLP incorporating OBH Partners and will comprise 70 legal professionals, including 40 solicitors.

An Elvis-loving judge has agreed to resign from the bench after disciplinary action for taking his love of the King too far — including by wearing an Elvis wig in court. Judge Matthew Thornhill, from Missouri, said he was trying to "help relax litigants" through his light-hearted antics, but n

Scottish lawyers may be celebrating their national football team's success in the World Cup qualifiers, but are licking their wounds after their own bruising defeat by the Bar of Northern Ireland.

Plans to train judges in AI and digitalisation have been set out by the European Commission. The Commission yesterday launched its new digital justice package, which includes a strategy for helping member states "unlock the potential" of AI and digital tools in justice systems, as well as a new judi

UK government ministers will meet next month with the families of those killed in the 1994 Chinook helicopter disaster, who are campaigning for transparency and a judge-led public inquiry. A total of 29 service personnel died when the helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre en route from Northern

A new book exploring Ireland's legal history has been launched in Belfast by the Irish Legal History Society. Confluences of Law and History: Irish Legal History Society Discourses, 2011-2021 brings together an eclectic mix of papers on aspects of Irish legal history from the early modern period to

Northern Ireland's communities minister has rejected major reforms to liquor licensing proposed by an independent review earlier this year. Changes to the "surrender principle" were among the 26 recommendations made by researchers at the University of Stirling, whose report was published in February

Ireland has formally launched its campaign for membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for 2027-29. Yesterday's launch event in New York comes after the government set out its "thematic priorities" in September.

Law students and graduates who secured training contracts with the Irish firm formerly known as Eversheds Sutherland LLP have been left scrambling to find new offers as the firm is now winding down and unable to take them on. The law firm was plunged into crisis in May following the collapse of mont

The University of Limerick's law school has hosted a first-of-its-kind workshop delivered by the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Feedback is being sought on a new online tool designed to help Irish businesses, particularly SMEs, understand and comply with sustainability-related EU regulations and directives. The Responsible Business Compass is being developed by the OECD at the behest of the Department of Enterprise, Trade an

Children and families are being driven into poverty as a result of a parent or partner being sentenced to prison, new research has highlighted. A report published today by the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) warns that children and families affected by imprisonment face severe and lasting financial