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Barrister Donal Keane BL has passed away following a short illness. Mr Keane called to the Bar in 1992 and practised on the Midland and Northern circuits, latterly as the State prosecutor in Co Leitrim.

Irish law students travelled to Strasbourg last year to learn how the Council of Europe works and to meet with leading officials.

Retired Belfast solicitor Ronnie Robinson has passed away. Mr Robinson qualified as a solicitor in Northern Ireland in 1975 and was head of the litigation department at Johns Elliot prior to his retirement at the end of 2023.

Philip Lee has welcomed Tara Fitzpatrick, Zoe Dunne, Aoife McLoughlin, Conor O Curraín, Michelle Mehigan and Fiona McLoughlin as associates following the completion of their traineeships with the firm. Ms Fitzpatrick and Aoife McLoughlin have been appointed to the firm's commercial litigation

A police officer has admitted he crashed into another motorist because he was watching porn on his phone. Tristan Macomber, an officer in Lake County, Florida, initially lied about what he was doing when he rear-ended another vehicle while on duty in early November 2024, local TV channel WESH r

Jaime Carey has become the first Chilean lawyer to serve as president of the International Bar Association (IBA). Mr Carey, senior partner of Carey, Chile's largest law firm, succeeded Spain's Almudena Arpón de Mendívil y Aldama at the start of the year.

The Hibernian Law Journal is now accepting submissions to be considered for publication in Volume 24.  Established in 1999, the Hibernian Law Journal is a legal journal co-ordinated by trainee and qualified solicitors. Dr Jonathan O’Rourke, a trainee solicitor with VP McMullin LLP, was re

BHSM LLP has congratulated Hannah Kenny, Jessica Russell, Conor O’Farrell and Clara Doyle on their qualification as solicitors. Richard Lee, the firm's head of employment and trainee partner, said: "We are very proud of the hard work and dedication our trainees have put in to get to this stage

Professor Michael Doherty has been appointed as chairperson of the new Employment Law Review Group (ELRG). Head of Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology from 2013 until 2022, he previously chaired the LEEF High-Level Working Group on Collective Bargaining.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will today hear a last-ditch attempt by TikTok owner ByteDance to prevent the video-sharing platform from being banned in the US. Under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA), the Chinese-owned platfor

Passengers should not have to provide their gender identity in order to buy a train ticket, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in a case concerning the French rail network. The case arose from a complaint made by a group called Mousse to the French data protection authority

Hayes solicitors LLP has welcomed nine newly-qualified solicitors following the completion of their traineeships.

A&L Goodbody advised on more M&A transactions than any other Irish law firm in 2024, according to international M&A intelligence publication Mergermarket. The firm acted on 61 reportable Irish M&A transactions in 2024 and 292 deals in the last five years, also more than any other law

Social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram "must not retreat from facts", the European human rights commissioner Michael O'Flaherty has said. Meta, which owns both platforms, this week announced plans to scrap its independent fact-checking programme in favour of a 'community notes' system si

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