The Data Protection Commission handed down administrative fines totalling €652 million last year, according to its latest annual report. The privacy watchdog issued 11 finalised inquiry decisions in 2024, including high-profile decisions on inquiries into LinkedIn and Meta, which alone made up
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Appointments
See all articlesLavelle Partners LLP has appointed Paul McCutcheon as a partner and head of housing within the firm’s property team. This strategic appointment enhances the firm’s property practice, bringing additional depth in the area of residential real estate development.
Mason Hayes & Curran has appointed Ursula McMahon as a partner in its charity and not-for-profit team. At a time when charities face heightened scrutiny and evolving regulation, Ms McMahon's proven judgment and governance expertise will empower clients to protect their reputation and manage comp
Sir Donnell Deeny has been awarded an honorary degree by Trinity College Dublin. Trinity awards honorary degrees each year to recognise exceptional achievements by individuals in their respective fields. The other recipients were Linda Ervine, the driving force behind the Turas Irish language centre
Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has appointed 13 new associate directors across a number of departments. Steven Gilliland and Karl O’Hagan have been appointed as legal services associate directors.
Philip Lee has launched a new financial services and investment funds offering through a strategic partnership with Aquest Advisory. The new practice will offer expert legal advice on a wide range of matters relevant to the financial services industry, including asset management, investment funds, f
Legal and tax advisory firm Orbitus has announced four appointments as part of the "first wave" of a major expansion. The firm has welcomed Eoin Casey as head of litigation and Carmel O’Shea Maloney as head of legal for Beam, the firm's online conveyancing product.
Northern Ireland
See all articlesAn independent panel tasked with reviewing environmental governance in Northern Ireland has published its interim report. The panel was appointed by agriculture, environment and rural affairs minister Andrew Muir in November 2024 and is considering a number of options for strengthening environmental
Legislation which will put adult safeguarding on a statutory footing has been introduced to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Adult Protection Bill will bring Northern Ireland in line with other parts of the UK, the Department of Health has said.
A proposed redress scheme has been branded "unfit for purpose" by a law firm acting for victims and survivors of mother and baby institutions, Magdalene laundries and workhouses in Northern Ireland. Legislation to establish a statutory public inquiry and a statutory redress scheme was announced by N
An application for judicial review against the Department of the Environment and Invest NI was listed in the High Court in Belfast yesterday. The court, which listed the case for hearing on 22 October with a review on 10 September, heard that the case of Al-Haq in England and Wales may have an impac
Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has appointed 13 new associate directors across a number of departments. Steven Gilliland and Karl O’Hagan have been appointed as legal services associate directors.
Universities
See all articlesSir Donnell Deeny has been awarded an honorary degree by Trinity College Dublin. Trinity awards honorary degrees each year to recognise exceptional achievements by individuals in their respective fields. The other recipients were Linda Ervine, the driving force behind the Turas Irish language centre
University of Galway School of Law associate professor Dr Brian Tobin has been named Legal Educator of the Year award at the LEAP Irish Law Awards 2025.
Matheson and University College Dublin have announced a new collaboration to support UCD Sutherland School of Law in the teaching and research of corporate governance and related law. The new corporate partnership will see the appointment of a new Matheson assistant professor in corporate governance
Children in Northern Ireland who are being exploited by paramilitaries and organised crime groups are not being formally identified as victims of modern slavery and human trafficking, according to new research.
Professor Jennifer Schweppe has been appointed as editor-in-chief of the Irish Judicial Studies Journal, with Dr Una Woods as deputy editor. The Irish Judicial Studies Journal is part of the central fabric of Irish legal scholarship, publishing two standard volumes and one special edition per year.
Interviews
See all articlesPaddy Kelly’s energetic leadership of the Children’s Law Centre (CLC) in Northern Ireland has seen it assume a pivotal role in advancing the rights and best interests of children and young people. When Ms Kelly, its founder and CEO, steps down at the end of this month, the most important
Ailish Finnerty has had only had some six weeks to become accustomed to her role as the new chair at Arthur Cox. She has, though, an air of calm assurance — the consequence of her history with the firm, one that stretches back to her becoming a trainee there after taking a BCL and LLM at UCC a

Wherever there is an Irish diaspora — and where is there not? — there will be St Patrick’s Day celebrations. This was the case earlier this month at the Hyatt Regency hotel in London when the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA) gathered for its third annual St Patrick’s D

Even by the standards of the bewilderingly swift advances in the social media arena, TikTok is a phenomenon. Launched in 2016, the app began its dizzying ascent to become a giant with more than 1.04 billion monthly active users, a scale of growth that took Instagram and Facebook almost a decade to a

The nature of the law means that major modifications to the status quo come rarely and after long consideration. But while the wheel turns slowly, it’s hard to stop once in motion. So, when October last year saw the introduction of new legal partnerships — which enable barristers a
