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Almost all of the UK's top 200 law firms have been exposed to threats from cybercriminals, new research shows. A report from Crowe, an audit, tax, advisory and risk firm, in conjunction with KYND, a cyber risk prevention company, shows that 91 per cent of firms analysed are exposed to having th

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates looks at how workplaces can best accommodate women who have miscarried. In the Irish Independent recently, Eilish O’Regan wrote an article where Lisa Finnegan spoke to her about enduring the sadness of two miscarriages

The requirement to hold a Public Services Card (PSC) in order to apply for the National Childcare Scheme is illegal, highly discriminatory and will violate the privacy rights of people living in poverty, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has warned. The alternative paper application proce

The barriers to open disclosure must be addressed if an open culture in healthcare is to be achieved, according to a medical protection organisation. The call from the Medical Protection Society (MPS) comes as the Patient Safety Bill 2018, which provides for open disclosure, continues to receive leg

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has refused to quash a sentence which it found to be unduly lenient because the Director of Public Prosecutions sought to advance an entirely new case on appeal – amounting to “conspicuous unfairness” to the respondent and to the trial judge.

High Court judges are making errors in law due to a lack of experience with certain types of banking cases, the Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan SC, has claimed. Mr Honohan yesterday decided there should be a full hearing of a bank's claim for final judgment of €945,613 against a woman,

A court in Egypt has ruled a woman should take an equal share in an inheritance with her brothers in a landmark case, The Times reports. Lawyer Huda Nasrallah, 40, brought the case to the court in Helwan, south of Cairo, with her brothers' support.

Brothers who committed several aggravated burglaries around Northern Ireland have lost an appeal against the severity of their sentences. Upholding the sentences of seven years in custody and seven on licence, Lord Justice Ben Stephens said that the “stiff sentences” were not “mani

Patrice O’Keeffe, partner in healthcare and medical law at Comyn Kelleher Tobin, examines the Supreme Court's decision in AC v HSE. A recent Supreme Court decision has provided helpful clarification and guidance to healthcare providers when managing patients who do not have capacity in circums

Controversial legislative plans to give adopted people access to their birth records have been dropped due to a failure to reach agreement with stakeholders. In a statement, Children's Minister Dr Katherine Zappone said the decision was taken following a period of "intensive briefings and consultati

Dr Rob Hendry, medical director of the Medical Protection Society (MPS), sets out the medical profession's perspective on Mr Justice Charles Meenan's expert group on tort reform and the management of clinical negligence claims. In 2018 the State Claims Agency paid out nearly €270 million i

The former harbour master at Killybegs has lost his appeal challenging the Government’s decision to dismiss him from his post in 2009. After a lengthy investigation, it had been found that the commercial pilotage services the man had provided after becoming harbour master represented a serious

A lack of real competition to tech giants Google and Facebook could mean people are already missing out on the next new idea from a potential rival, the Competition and Markets Authority has said in a new report. Furthermore, the market position of Google and Facebook may potentially be undermi

Dr Michael Wardlow, chief commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, considers the future of welfare in Northern Ireland. The election is now over and, once again, there’s an attempt this week to restore a working government at Stormont. It is also now two years since the Eq

Rose Wall, chief executive of Community Law & Mediation (CLM), examines the impact of the Housing Bill currently under consideration by the Oireachtas. The declaration by the Dáil in May last year that Ireland is facing a “climate and biodiversity emergency” would suggest that