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Foreign Minister Simon Coveney is due to visit Strasbourg next week to take part in a Council of Europe panel on democratic security in Europe. Ireland currently holds the rotating presidency of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers.

Teachers, like councillors, exercise what little power they have to what little ends they can. While few school pupils nowadays will actively be stopped from using the bathroom when nature calls, many of us have felt the disfavour of a teacher when attempting to do so. Perhaps the law should assist

None of us expect to be harmed as a patient in healthcare, yet, in Ireland, as many as 1 in 8 patients suffer harm while using using healthcare services. Johan Verbruggen addresses queries he has received about the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019, which is currently be

A woman who suffered catastrophic injuries shortly after her birth has been granted permission to proceed with her legal action against the consultant gynaecologist. Jane Harte, 28, was born at a private maternity hospital in Cork where Pallany Pillay was the attending consultant gynaecologist on 8

Solicitor Patrick (Pat) Kelly passed away on Wednesday, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced. Mr Kelly was admitted as a solicitor to the Roll in 1985 and was a partner in the firm of McConnell Kelly before retiring in May 2022.

Arthur Cox's intellectual property team has won the Ireland - IP Transactions and Advisory Firm of the Year 2022 at the 17th annual Managing IP Awards in London. The awards celebrate the successes of leading firms and their clients from across the world, highlighting the accomplishments of the legal

LK Shields Solicitors has announced the appointment of Gemma Forde. Ms Forde joins the firm as a corporate partner and will be based in its Galway Office. She has a broad corporate experience advising clients on a wide range of matters including mergers and acquisitions, shareholders agreements, cor

Rape complainants will receive enhanced support at three Crown Courts under a new pilot scheme launched by the UK government today as part of efforts to "drive up prosecutions and convictions". All court staff, police and prosecutors working on cases will receive specialist trauma training, and expe

A couple who took their neighbour to court over a "very minor” trespass which they refused to settle for £13,000 must now pay a £130,000 legal bill. Liz and Adam Peck refused the offer of a settlement from Debbie Ranford, a City banker, in a dispute relating to their home in Dulwic

Apple abused its market dominance after misleading iPhone users with an update that actually slowed devices down, a tribunal will be told. Twenty-five million British people could become eligible for hundreds of pounds each if campaigner Justin Gutmann wins his case at the Competition Appeals Tribun

A bill to allow barristers and solicitors to jointly provide legal services will soon be published, Justice Minister Helen McEntee has said. The general scheme for the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 was first published in June 2021. Its provisions governing the introd

Global investment in data centre infrastructure more than doubled in 2021 and is expected to grow at the same pace this year, according to research by DLA Piper. A new report from the global law firm finds that total investment increased from $24.4 billion in 2020 to $59.5 billion in 2021, while the

Solicitor Jose Lazaro has been appointed as the new honorary vice-consul of Spain in Belfast. Mr Lazaro, a solicitor and abogado in the corporate and commercial team at MKB Law since 2020, is a qualified Spanish, Irish and UK lawyer, and was the first Spanish lawyer to qualify in Northern Ireland as

More houses and buildings will be able to install solar panels on their roofs without any requirement for planning permission under proposals now out for consultation. The consultation, which will close on 13 July 2022, follows a review of the solar panel planning exemptions set out in the Planning

Legal bodies have hit back at UK prime minister Boris Johnson's claim that lawyers representing refugees were “abetting the work of criminal gangs” amid attempts to prevent asylum seekers from being removed to Rwanda. The plan to send a man to Rwanda was last night interrupted by a rulin