Appointments

Former Arthur Cox chief Eugene McCague has been appointed to investigate a high-profile vaccination row at Beacon Hospital. Mr McCague will investigate the circumstances surrounding the hospital's vaccination of teachers at a private school attended by the children of the hospital's chief executive,

Solicitor Sarah Johnson has been appointed to the board of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). The NTPF works with public hospitals to fund treatment for suitable patients who have spent the longest time on waiting lists.

Pinsent Masons has announced the promotion of 19 new partners worldwide, including Oisín McLoughlin in Dublin and Jane Boyd in Belfast. Senior associate Seána Donaghy has also been promoted to legal director in Belfast as part of the appointments round taking effect from 1 May 202

Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) has announced the appointment of Aoife Kelly-Desmond as its new managing solicitor. MLRC, which provides free legal advice to homeless people and people at risk of homelessness, assists around 1,600 individuals and families per year.

Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie has welcomed two new trainee solicitors, bringing its total to eight within the last two years.

Mary Keane has become the first woman to serve as director general of the Law Society of Ireland in its 191-year history. Ms Keane takes the reins from Ken Murphy, who retired on Monday after more than 26 years in the role.

Mr Justice Michael Humphreys has been appointed as deputy chairman of the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. The Boundary Commission is an independent and impartial public body which reviews UK Parliament constituency boundaries in Northern Ireland in line with the Parliamentary Constituencie

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm, has announced the promotion of six of its lawyers bringing the total number of senior appointments in the last six months to eight. 

Belfast-based Ó Muirigh Solicitors has announced the appointment of Niall Bradley as a solicitor. Mr Bradley brings over eight years' experience working in a law firm specialising in defence insurance litigation. He has acted for a number of market-leading national and international insurance

Christine Smith QC has been appointed to chair the public inquiry into the work of a Southern Trust urologist. The "historic appointment" makes Ms Smith the first woman to chair a public inquiry in Northern Ireland, The Bar of Northern Ireland has said.

Dillon Eustace has announced the appointment of Colman O'Loghlen as a partner in the firm's asset management and investment funds team. Mr O'Loghlen originally trained with Dillon Eustace prior to qualifying as a solicitor in December 2011, but returns to the firm as a partner after spending just un

Human rights experts Professor Phil Scraton and Dr Maeve O'Rourke have been appointed as part of a three-person team to establish the terms of reference for a fully independent investigation into mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries in Northern Ireland. The "truth recovery design team" will

Defendant insurance specialist firm Horwich Farrelly has reported continued growth in Northern Ireland, with Eva Bashford and Sarah McLeigh joining the team. Ms Bashford joins the firm as a partner, bringing over 15 years' experience of dealing with claims in both Northern Ireland and the Republic o

English solicitor Greg Cox has been appointed as a trustee to the board of governors of Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP). Mr Cox is the managing partner and CEO of English law firm Simpson Millar and has extensive experience of financial management, governance experience, capital raising and

Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of Sarah Thompson as a partner in the firm's finance group. Ms Thompson joins Arthur Cox from Kirkland & Ellis in London, where she was a partner in its financial services regulatory team. Prior to this, she also worked at Linklaters in its financial regu