Environmental disputes were put under the spotlight at an event held yesterday as part of Dublin International Disputes Week 2024. The panel discussion, entitled "Comprehensive Resolution of Environmental Disputes – Is a Multi-Dimensional Approach Required?", was hosted at The Bar of Ireland&r
Appointments
See all articlesThe Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL) at Trinity College Dublin has appointed Robert McTernaghan BL as assistant director for Northern Ireland. Mr McTernaghan practises in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland and is currently vice-chair of the Bar of Northern Ireland's Immigration Bar Asso
Matheson has appointed Anthony Byrne as director of international listing services and Luke Tyrrell as director of information technology. Mr Byrne has extensive experience in the listed bond markets, having worked for 20 years in the stock exchange industry.
LK Shields has appointed Laura Keane as a senior associate in the firm's litigation and dispute resolution team. Ms Keane advises on a wide range of commercial disputes, with a particular focus on insurance litigation. She has significant experience in acting on behalf a broad range of clients acros
RDJ has appointed partner Ronan Geary as head of the firm's dispute resolution group and partner Diarmaid Gavin as head of the corporate and commercial group. Mr Geary, a partner in the firm's Cork office, takes over the leadership of the dispute resolution team from Darryl Broderick, who held the p
Dr Kevin Brown and Dr David Capper have been appointed as professors in Queen's University Belfast School of Law. Professor Brown is an expert in criminal justice and researches the relationship between the criminal law and society, particularly the impact of law on the most vulnerable.
Solicitor Barry Magee is to be appointed as the next chief legal costs adjudicator. Mr Magee joined the Office of the Legal Costs Adjudicator in 2020 and will take the reins from Paul Behan upon Mr Behan's retirement next month.
Northern Ireland
See all articlesThe Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL) at Trinity College Dublin has appointed Robert McTernaghan BL as assistant director for Northern Ireland. Mr McTernaghan practises in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland and is currently vice-chair of the Bar of Northern Ireland's Immigration Bar Asso
Tim Carson places the statutory review of the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 in context. Midway through the Long Vacation, the Northern Ireland Department of Finance quietly published its statutorily mandated Report on the Review of the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has been slapped with a £750,000 fine over its unprecedented data breach last year. The force inadvertently published the names, roles and other personal details of all serving police officers and civilian staff on its website just over a year ago.
Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has been urged to publish the findings of a review of criminal legal aid which was completed in the summer. Judge Tom Burgess was appointed a year ago to carry out a "fundamental review" of the criminal legal aid system, which was warmly welcomed by practitio
Global law firm Clyde & Co welcomed representatives from Northern Ireland's insurance industry to Tesla's flagship centre in Belfast for a unique event discussing the barriers to improved take-up of electric and hybrid vehicles.
Universities
See all articlesThe Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL) at Trinity College Dublin has appointed Robert McTernaghan BL as assistant director for Northern Ireland. Mr McTernaghan practises in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland and is currently vice-chair of the Bar of Northern Ireland's Immigration Bar Asso
A one-day conference later this month is to examine media and cultural representations of gender-based violence. The Centre for Crime, Justice & Victims Studies in the School of Law at the University of Limerick is hosting Words Matter: Promoting Best Practice in Media and Cultural Representatio
McCann FitzGerald LLP has delivered its first lecture as part of a new sustainability-focused curriculum for students at University College Cork (UCC). Éamon Ó Cuív, partner at McCann FitzGerald and newly-appointed adjunct professor at UCC’s School of Law, addressed studen
Dr Kevin Brown and Dr David Capper have been appointed as professors in Queen's University Belfast School of Law. Professor Brown is an expert in criminal justice and researches the relationship between the criminal law and society, particularly the impact of law on the most vulnerable.
Research by a law professor at University College Dublin has highlighted significant links between intimate partner violence and paramilitary coercive control in Northern Ireland.
Interviews
See all articlesWhen Marie O'Brien spoke to Irish Legal News, it was from a hotel half an hour away from Istanbul Airport, a major international hub and the second busiest airport in Europe. The location was an appropriate one: the partner and head of the finance department at A&L Goodbody in Dublin is also the
If, as Shakespeare nearly said, some are born lawyers… and some have the law thrust upon them, Flor McCarthy certainly appears to fit the latter. The Clonakilty-based solicitor is managing partner at McCarthy + Co LLP, which was founded by his mother Ann in 1987. Ann had, unusually, re-qualif
Talking with Joan Crawford, the chief executive of the Legal Aid Board, is a refreshing engagement with positivity. It’s an approach she clearly brings to the office as well as to her many sporting and social interests. The media frequently highlights the challenges facing the legal aid sector
Pro bono work has been "mainstreamed into the Irish legal culture" — but that was not the case until relatively recently, FLAC chief executive Eilis Barry points out. When Ms Barry joined the legal charity FLAC in 2016, Éamonn Conlon SC, then a partner in A&L Goodbody LLP, had just
At the beginning of this month, 285 people seeking international protection were moved from a makeshift campsite outside the International Protection Office (IPO) in Dublin’s Mount Street. Weeks later, 55 asylum seekers set up camp along the Grand Canal just hours after another tent clearance.