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Belfast solicitor Shannon Gawley has been elected as president of the European Young Bar Association (EYBA). An associate solicitor at Carson McDowell, Ms Gawley has spent the last year serving the EYBA as vice-president.

Belfast firm O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors is sponsoring two talented young brothers from Larne, Cole and Dylan McAuley, who are taking the world of junior motocross by storm. Cole, 10, has been competing for the past four years and has been selected to represent Team Ireland in the FIM Junior World C

The EU AI Act is poised to be a catalyst for innovation in medtech, a new Mason Hayes & Curran survey suggests. The business law firm polled close to 200 professionals from the medtech sector at its recent webinar titled "What the AI Act Means for Medical Devices". The findings come as the new r

More companies will benefit from abridged reporting requirements and an audit exemption under updated rules. The European Union (Adjustments of Size Criteria for Certain Companies and Groups) Regulations 2024 increases the balance sheet and turnover thresholds for ‘micro’, ‘small&r

A senior Vatican official is set to testify in the English High Court next month in a civil case brought by a London financier who alleges that his prison sentence in the Holy See was imposed following an unfair trial. In a rare departure from the Vatican's typical claims of diplomatic immunity, Arc

The head of an English police force has been sacked for exaggerating his military credentials, including by wearing a Falklands War medal despite being a 15-year-old cadet during the conflict. Nick Adderley, the suspended chief constable of Northamptonshire Police, has been found guilty of gross mis

The next Lawyers Against Homelessness CPD event in aid of the Capuchin Day Centre is taking place in July. Guest speakers will include Court of Appeal judge Mr Justice Seamus Noonan, the High Court's Ms Justice Niamh Hyland, Hayes Solicitors partner Joe O'Malley, Arthur Cox senior associate Megan Gi

Retired High Court judge Mr Justice Michael White was honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the recent 2024 Dye & Durham Irish Law Awards.

A man who was convicted in Northern Ireland of driving without a licence despite holding a valid EU driving licence at the time may have been wrongly convicted, the miscarriages of justice body has said. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has referred the case of Stefan Stefanov, who was co

Mason Hayes & Curran has welcomed its first group of summer interns for 2024. The firm’s three-week programme offers an immersive introduction to life at a corporate law firm.

Addleshaw Goddard Ireland has announced the recruitment of Craig Sowman as joint head of restructuring and insolvency alongside internal promotions for Caoilfhionn Ní Chuanacháin, Doreen Mescal and John Darmody. Mr Sowman, previously with William Fry for over 15 years, brings significa

A woman who dumped her boyfriend after he broke a promise to look after her dogs has failed in a legal bid to force him to pay compensation. The New Zealand Disputes Tribunal heard that the woman, CL, was expecting her then-boyfriend, HG, to collect her from her home, take her to an airport and then

In a landmark ruling welcomed by climate campaigners, the UK Supreme Court has ruled that a decision to grant planning permission for a fossil fuel project was unlawful because it failed to consider the impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Campaigner Sarah Finch, supported by Friends of the Earth, br

The inquiry led by Ms Justice Ann Power into the Defence Forces complaints process for bullying, discrimination, harassment and sexual misconduct has been formally established. The Court of Appeal judge was named in January as chairperson of the tribunal of inquiry, which was established by statutor

William Fry has appointed Susan Walsh to the firm's technology department as a consultant. Ms Walsh specialises in commercial and technology law, particularly in drafting and negotiation of complex, mission-critical IT outsourcing and implementation projects, AI and emerging technologies, supply and