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So much cocaine is being seized at a Belgian port that incinerators simply can't keep up. At least dozens of tonnes of coke are being stored in customs warehouses at the port of Antwerp because of a lack of incineration capacity, The Brussels Times reports.

Kilkenny-based Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan (PKHL) has promoted Annette Hickey and Chris Hogan to partners in the firm. Ms Hickey is head of surrogacy and family law at PKHL and is a frequent commentator on issues related to surrogacy and fertility law. She was interviewed by Irish Legal News in June.

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has launched the latest edition of its compendium of EU securities laws. The book, available free of charge from the firm’s website, contains all EU legal measures in the areas of listing of securities, prospectus obligations, market manipulation and

The latest podcast from The Bar of Ireland puts the focus on immigration, asylum and citizenship law ahead of a major conference later this week. Michael Conlon SC and Denise Brett SC discuss climate migration, displacement, international protection and Ukraine in the latest episode of the 'in Focus

Aviation lessor LCI has appointed Kate Spencer as legal counsel in its Dublin headquarters. Ms Spencer is a qualified solicitor and holds an LLB from Trinity College Dublin and an LLM from the University of Cambridge.

The Bar of Ireland marked International Men's Day last week with a coffee morning raising funds for charity Pieta.

Attorney General Paul Gallagher SC will tonight launch a series of events celebrating the role played by volunteer lawyers in supporting civil society and human rights organisations and promoting access to justice for those in need. Pro Bono Week Ireland, beginning today and running until Friday, is

A bank robber who wrote his demand note on the back of his birth certificate is facing jail. Missouri man Michael C. Loyd, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery in a federal court last week.

Browne Jacobson, the UK law firm which opened its first overseas office in Dublin in September, has set outs its plans to build an end-to-end technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice in Ireland.

Retired Belfast solicitor Kevin Eugene Hart, founding partner of Hart & Co Solicitors, has passed away at the age of 92. Hart & Co Solicitors was founded in 1970 and is a now a well-established firm offering services in the areas of conveyancing, commercial property, litigation, liquor and g

Dillon Eustace has announced the appointment of Martin Colman as head of the firm's real estate department. Mr Colman advises on all aspects of commercial real estate including acquisition, development, construction, property finance, disposals and landlord and tenant matters.

Lawyers Against Homelessness has raised more than €220,000 in support of the Capuchin Day Centre, organisers said following their ninth CPD event. Yesterday's event — the latest in a series of fundraising CPD events hosted since late 2017 — focused on personal injury and employment

The disAbility Legal Network will next week host an event looking at the future of hybrid work and the opportunities and challenges for people with disabilities in the legal sector. Hosted in collaboration with A&L Goodbody LLP, the event on 29 November 2022 will mark the International Day of Pe

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is immune from US civil proceedings brought by the fiancée of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the US government has said. Hatice Cengiz is suing Mr bin Salman and 28 others in the Washington D.C. federal district court over Mr Khashoggi's 2

Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has grown its headcount by 20 per cent since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the firm has announced. Despite the impact of the pandemic on businesses across the world, the firm added staff across all teams, including legal adviso