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On 27 July the Law Society hosted a networking and information event for displaced Ukrainian lawyers covering issues including those raised by the Russian invasion, legislative responses, and how Ukrainian lawyers can secure admission to the Irish roll.

Retired Belfast solicitor Peter Ford has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has said. Mr Ford was admitted to the roll of solicitors in 1970.

More than a dozen people have been appointed to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) as adjudication officers. Following two open competitions in 2021, a total of 14 individuals were appointed as adjudicators in July 2022, a spokesperson for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment tol

Irish lawyers are acting on behalf of European judges who are suing the Council of the European Union over a decision to release funds to Poland despite continued concerns over the rule of law. The lawsuit has been filed in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) by the Association of Euro

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Aedifica NV, a Euronext Brussels-listed REIT, has acquired Bartra Healthcare's Irish assets for €161 million, taking its Irish portfolio to over €500 million.

Scottish academics have called for judges to stop directing juries to take body language into account when assessing the credibility of witnesses. Sixty-four mock juries were set up for research, featuring a total of 863 participants. Half of them were shown a recorded rape trial while the remainder

Police officers in England have reportedly been told to reveal to their bosses the identities of news reporters. The measure, already used by some police forces, follows guidance from the College of Policing and was only discovered by accident, The Guardian reports.

The personal injuries guidelines should be urgently reviewed in light of inflation and the increasing cost of living, a solicitor has said. While inflation in Ireland was at -0.33 per cent when the guidelines were adopted in 2020, it has now risen to 9.1 per cent, the highest level in 38 years, driv

The European Union and Ukraine have acceded to the Hague Judgments Convention, which sets out conditions for the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. The Convention was drawn up in 2019 and has been signed by six states, but the EU and Ukraine are the first state

Two pilots were suspended after getting into a fist-fight while climbing thousands of feet in the air, it has emerged. The Air France pilots were disciplined after the incident in June, according to a damning report published by France's Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA)

Professor Ursula Kilkelly, one of Ireland's leading scholars on children's rights, will take up a visiting position at Leiden Law School in the 2022/2023 academic year, the university has announced. Professor Kilkelly, a professor of law at University College Cork, will serve as rotating honorary ch

Trinity College Dublin Law Society has announced the launch of a new alumni network, sponsored by A&L Goodbody. The initiative aims to allow alumni to reconnect at social events as well as building a community encompassing alumni and current students to support and learn from each other.

A barrister who sued a Dublin hospital for negligence over the death of her husband, a senior counsel, has agreed to an out-of-court settlement. Bernadette Kirby BL launched legal proceedings against St John of God Hospital in the High Court in 2018 in connection with the death of Colm O'Briain SC i

A solicitor in Leinster has been questioned by gardaí in connection with allegations including theft, false accounting, forgery and use of sale instruments. The unnamed solicitor, who is a man in his 50s, was arrested last Thursday and subsequently released without charge, the Leinster Expres

A former solicitor in Co Down has been given a suspended sentence after defrauding more than £7,000 from the firm which employed him. Christopher Owens, 32, admitted using his position in the Bangor office of Wilson Nesbitt to steal a total of £7,385.50 from September 2015 to March 2018.