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Insurance lawyer Niall Campbell has rejoined William Fry LLP as a consultant. Mr Campbell, who has over 13 years' experience, previously worked in William Fry's insurance unit for almost seven years prior to joining Pinsent Masons.

Shamima Begum has failed in her appeal over the decision to deprive her of British citizenship because she is a threat to national security. The semi-secret Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) decided today that the revocation of her citizenship in 2019 was lawful.

UK law firms will net more than £1 billion from a number of US-style class action lawsuits being considered by the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT), according to new analysis. The CAT is currently considering a number of multi-billion actions brought against the likes of Apple, Google and Me

The rule of law in Ireland has regressed in a number of areas, including systemic human rights issues, according to a new report. The Liberties Rule Of Law Report 2023 assesses the state of justice, corruption, media freedom, checks and balances, civic space and systemic human rights issues in 2022,

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has announced a new partnership with Eco-Schools NI, an environmental education programme for schools across Northern Ireland. Under the new partnership, NIHRC will offer a limited number of workshops to post-primary schools that explore the inter

The government has not set out a clear target date for the enactment of legislation establishing a payment scheme for survivors and former residents of mother and baby and county home institutions. Roderic O'Gorman, the minister for children, equality, disability, integration and youth, yesterday pu

A man who allegedly ate two bags of crisps which had been dropped on the street by a thief has been arrested and charged with theft. The alleged crime of opportunity took place after a bizarre row in a small shop in Memphis, Tennessee, FOX59 reports.

By Gareth Walker, CEO, LEAP UK & Ireland Employers are currently facing a once-in-a-generation skills shortage. The loss of a talented team member was once a burden, but now the costly difficulty of replacing a good employee is a potential threat to business.

Solicitor and public affairs manager Angela Ruttledge has been appointed to the board of tourism body Fáilte Ireland. Ms Ruttledge is public affairs and stakeholder manager at FoodCloud, an Irish charity and social enterprise which creates solutions for the redistribution of surplus food, tac

Co Mayo firm P. O'Connor & Son has appointed Katie Cadden as a senior associate in its commercial department. The announcement comes in the wake of the Swinford-based firm recently naming Samantha Geraghty as its new managing partner.

Juries in England and Wales are more likely to convict than acquit a defendant of rape, and this has been the case for at least 15 years, according to a large-scale analysis of all jury verdicts by University College London’s Professor Cheryl Thomas. The analysis found that the jury conviction

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Limerick Twenty Thirty (LTT) has formed a joint venture partnership with Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), part of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) to finance the development

Belfast-based Tughans LLP has been named Northern Ireland's most active corporate law firm for an eighth year in a row. Tughans advised on 79 of the 267 transactions which took place last year, according to the Experian MarketIQ M&A review.

Belfast-based McCartan Turkington Breen (MTB) has announced a new charity partnership with Northern Ireland Hospice.

New legislation overhauling the State's planning system could be "mired in legal challenge for the next 10 years", a government TD has said. Neasa Hourigan, the Green Party TD for Dublin Central, criticised the government for having failed to conduct an independent review of the Planning and Develop