The UK's controversial new legacy law has come into force, bringing a premature end to dozens of inquests and investigations related to killings during the Troubles. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, which the Irish government is challenging in a rare interstate app
Appointments
See all articlesWilliam Fry has appointed Clodagh Ruigrok, Elena Canavan-Young, Nessa Joyce, Barbara Galvin, Deirdre O'Donovan, Aisling O'Gorman, Tiernan Diamond, Barry Scannell and Rachel Hayes as partners in a major promotions round. The firm has welcomed the nine new partners across four departments — asse
Ronan McLoughlin has been elected by the Dublin partners of international law firm DAC Beachcroft as the new location head for its Irish office. Mr McLoughlin takes over today from Lisa Broderick, who took up the top role in 2018, for an initial three-year term.
Dermot Durack, associate director at Quigg Golden, has been appointed as chairperson of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Ireland. Mr Durack is a chartered quantity surveyor, arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator and one of three Quigg Golden employees who are members of the Construction
Former McCann FitzGerald partner Terence McCrann has been appointed to the board of governors and guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland. Mr McCrann, who retired last year and remains a consultant with the firm where he was a partner for three decades, is among three new appointees who will se
Global law firm DLA Piper has promoted Dublin lawyers Darach Connolly and William Marshall to partner. Mr Connolly, part of the firm's litigation and regulatory practice, joined DLA Piper Ireland in 2020 and focuses on EU and Irish competition law.
Caldwell & Robinson Solicitors has promoted Jade O'Kane to partner in the firm's private client team. Ms O'Kane joined the Ireland-wide firm's Derry office in 2005 as a work experience student, later becoming a paralegal and then a trainee solicitor and senior associate.
Northern Ireland
See all articlesThe UK's controversial new legacy law has come into force, bringing a premature end to dozens of inquests and investigations related to killings during the Troubles. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, which the Irish government is challenging in a rare interstate app
Legislation giving homeowners 30 years to bring compensation claims in relation to defective buildings will be brought to the Northern Ireland Assembly shortly. Communities minister Gordon Lyons yesterday confirmed that the Executive had approved the proposed Defective Premises Bill, which will "bri
Personal injury lawyers have expressed disappointment with the outcome of a consultation carried out ahead of a review of Northern Ireland's personal injury discount rate. The Department of Justice recently published its response to a consultation on the parameters for the 2024 review of the rate, w
Northern Ireland's High Court has listed three test cases in relation to the PSNI data breach scandal for hearing on liability only for 26 June 2024. An unprecedented PSNI data breach last year saw the names, roles and other personal details of all serving police officers and civilian staff ina
The UK government operated a "widespread, systematic, and systemic" practice of impunity that protected security forces from sanction during the Troubles, according to a new report. The International Expert Panel on Impunity was convened by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), based at the
Universities
See all articlesUndergraduate students Esther Ozonyia from Maynooth University, Johana Hajduchová and Ainsley Hamilton from Trinity College Dublin, and Anastasiia Ukhlova from University College Dublin have won the Matheson University Challenge 2024.
Dr Mariza Avgeri, a graduate of Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology's PhD programme, has been named joint winner of the prestigious European Law Faculties Association (ELFA) award for the best doctoral thesis on European law for 2023. The ELFA thesis award "seeks to stimulate and recog
A rare posthumous presidential pardon is to be granted to two men convicted and executed in relation to an 1882 murder following research by Dr Niamh Howlin. Sylvester Poff and James Barrett were convicted of the murder of Thomas Browne in October 1882 and executed in January 1883.
In the latest episode of the University of Galways's Human Rights Podcast, LLM student Julia Collins hosts Professor Ray Murphy, program director of the LLM in peace operations and humanitarian law. Together, they discuss children and armed conflicts, focussing on the recruitment of children and the
Professor Suzanne Kingston is to deliver UCD Sutherland School of Law's John M Kelly Lecture 2024. She was appointed as a judge of the General Court of the European Union in 2022. This year's lecture will be a major part of the celebration of 10 years in the Sutherland School of Law building on the
Interviews
See all articlesThe adoption this week of the UK’s controversial Safety of Rwanda Bill generated ripples (or rather waves) of concern that reached far beyond Britain’s shores. One of those most concerned was Michael O’Flaherty, the Irish human rights lawyer who has just been appointed Council of E
Joanna Robinson is used to long and demanding journeys. The partner at Pinsent Masons in Belfast is already preparing for the Chicago Marathon in October, having completed her first such event in Dublin last year. On the promise, she rather ruefully recalls that it was going to be a very flat route
As mergers, acquisitions and strategic representation arrangements have altered the Irish legal scene, the Big Four accountants haven’t been slow to see the opportunity to transform themselves from audit firms to multidisciplinary professional services operations. Having made their first foray
The cost-of-living crisis, a protracted war in Ukraine and a vicious conflict in the Middle East are among the emergencies that have meant a stressful year for many of us. Some upcoming respite over the Christmas and New Year break will be welcome. Sadly, though, that won’t be the case for eve
Time is something of a scarce commodity for solicitor Susan Martin. Like the principal of any independent law firm, she has been dealing with the inescapable practicalities of life that kick in at this time of year — a list of demands that were somewhat reduced when she recently completed her