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Conleth Bradley SC will lead the first part of an urgent review of An Bord Pleanála, the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) has announced. The OPR has initiated a review of certain systems and procedures used by An Bord Pleanála in the delivery of its statutory planning functions.

Matheson has announced the appointment of Inari Friedmann as a legal solutions assistant in its digital services group. According to the firm, Ms Friedmann, who has an LLB and LLM from Trinity College Dublin, is Ireland's first-ever dedicated innovation and legal technology graduate employee.

Gary Lee, the former head of Ballymun Community Law Centre, has joined the Office of the General Solicitor for Minors and Wards of Court. Mr Lee joins the office as a solicitor weeks after he announced his departure as managing solicitor of the law centre.

Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed four new trainee solicitors. The new trainees are Anna Friel and Adele Patterson, both graduates of Queen’s University Belfast; Cara Smart, a graduate of Ulster University; and Edward Bergin, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin.

As strikes grind the English courts to a halt, barristers in Ireland have talked up the case for similar action here as a minister reportedly gives consideration to long-awaited fee restoration. Members of the Bar Council last week met with Michael McGrath, the minister for public expenditure and re

The owner of a churros shop in Stirling is set to face trial for allegedly annoying nearby residents with the sweet smell of the Spanish treat. Richard Wilmot, 31, denies annoying the occupants of the flat above his shop by not complying with an abatement notice served by Stirling Council contrary t

A legal claim has been brought against Sony PlayStation seeking up to £5 billion in damages for consumers in the UK.

Kenyan tribes who were violently forced from their land to make way for tea plantations have launched proceedings against the UK in the European Court of Human Rights. The Talai and Kipsigi tribes, represented by lawyer Joel Kimutai Bosek, are seeking £168 billion in compensation and a formal

World-famous sprinter Usain Bolt has applied to register his "distinctive" victory celebration pose as a trade mark in the United States. His application to the US Patent and Trademark Office is for a logo showing the silhouette of a man "with one arm bent and pointing to the head, and the other arm

The inaugural edition of the student-led NUI Galway Law Review is set to be published. The first volume has been sponsored by William Fry LLP and produced in partnership with NUI Galway School of Law.

Two lawyers with P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors have been recognised as accredited specialist family lawyers with Reunite International. Conal McGarrity and Carla Fraser, both based in the all-island firm's Belfast office, have been recognised for their experience dealing with international children

Solicitor Siobhan Moloney has been appointed as chair of GemCap Investment Funds Plc. Ms Moloney is dual-qualified as a solicitor in Ireland and in England and Wales. She holds a bachelor of civil law from UCD as well as a diploma in applied finance law from the Law Society.

Belfast-based Mills Selig has announced the expansion of its climate and energy team with the recruitment of Aveen McGahon as a solicitor upon her qualification in September. The team, led by partners Anna-Marie McAlinden and Glenn Watterson, has enjoyed a prolific year, working on transactions tota

Scottish man Jagtar Singh Johal, who was arrested by Indian authorities in 2017 and allegedly subsequently tortured, was detained following a tip-off by British intelligence, his lawyers have said. Mr Johal, a Sikh from Dumbarton, remains in detention despite widespread calls for his release, i

Fines will no longer be used as a penalty in the vast majority of cases of sexual misconduct, discrimination or any form of harassment by English and Welsh solicitors under proposals published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). A consultation launched yesterday on the SRA's fining regime