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The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has secured High Court orders against two solicitors in the first use of its enforcement powers since it began receiving complaints three years ago. The regulator's second complaints report for 2022 reveals that the LSRA has made two successful enforcem

Arthur Cox LLP has introduced a new leave policy for employees who are undergoing fertility treatments such as IVF. Following a government announcement of a new publicly-funded IVF treatment scheme, the law firm has introduced a new fertility leave policy entitling employees undergoing fertility tre

Offshore law firm Walkers has appointed Aongus McCarthy as a partner in its asset management and investment funds practice group in Ireland. Mr McCarthy, who previously led the investment funds team of an international law firm, advises domestic and international asset managers on the structuring, e

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A man who complained about his wife's insistence on treating her dogs as her children has been granted a divorce. The woman's "obsession with the dogs made it unbearable for the husband to continue in the marriage", a family court in Singapore ruled.

A delegation of four Tanzanian judges have arrived in Ireland at the beginning of a week-long technical exchange aimed at improving their handling of child sexual abuse. The judges will spend time both north and south of the border, learning about both jurisdictions' approaches to adjudicating gende

Legal advice and legal representation should be provided to people struggling with consumer debt, legal rights group FLAC has said. The fourth and final paper in FLAC's "Pillar to Post" series on consumer debt issues is due to be published this evening.

The number of women in senior leadership positions in Ireland has declined in recent years, according to research by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran. The firm’s fifth annual in-house counsel and gender parity survey was conducted during the summer of 2022 and reflects the views of o

Long-awaited reforms to Ireland's family courts have reached an "important milestone" with the publication of the first National Family Justice Strategy and the impending publication of the Family Court Bill, the justice minister has said. Helen McEntee yesterday confirmed that she had received appr

A pair of "well used" Birkenstock sandals which belonged to the late Apple chief Steve Jobs have sold at auction for more than $200,000. The winning bidder paid $218,000 and has also received a digital 3D representation of the suede footwear and an NFT proving ownership on the Polygon Blockchain net

Ireland's new media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, will be designated as a competent authority under the EU Terrorist Content Online (TCO) Regulation. The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill will be amended after its enactment to provide for the enhanced role, the government confirm

UK law firm TLT has appointed Christina Lishman as a managing associate in Belfast, bolstering its litigation offering. Ms Lishman joins the firm from a large regional commercial law firm where she served as a senior associate specialising in commercial dispute resolution.

Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) has expanded its legal team with the appointment of Adam Boyle as a solicitor. Mr Boyle qualified as a solicitor in summer 2022 after training with McCann FitzGerald, where he worked in the litigation and dispute resolution department on matters involved fraud, defam

The time may have come for British judges to resign from judicial roles in Hong Kong, former Supreme Court president Lady Hale has suggested. The retired judge's measured remarks, reported by The Times, come as the territory's authorities bid to overturn a court ruling allowing a British barrister t

McCann FitzGerald LLP partners Fiona O’Beirne and Kevin Kelly have been named as exclusive winners for Ireland at the 2022 Lexology Client Choice Awards, announced this week in London. Established in 2005, the Lexology Client Choice awards recognise law firms and partners around the world that