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A hospital has lost an appeal against the finding that the two-year limitation period for issuing personal injury proceedings began when the plaintiff received a doctor’s medical report based on hospital records – not when he was informed in the weeks after his surgery that he had contra

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has opened a statutory inquiry into Google Ireland's processing of personal data. The inquiry will establish whether the processing of personal data as part of Google's personalised online advertising system is compatible with the EU General Data Protection Regul

Dozens of law firms, legal practitioners and in-house legal teams across Ireland have been named as finalists ahead of the 2019 Irish Law Awards. Now in their eighth year, the awards aim to identify, honour and publicise outstanding achievements, while also recognising individuals who have dedicated

A proliferation of new laws and judicial power has diminished people's ability to make their own decisions, according to a former Supreme Court justice, The Times reports. Jonathan Sumption QC, Lord Sumption, 70, retired from the bench in December last year. He said that the case of Charlie Gard ind

Co Kildare firm Moloney & Co Solicitors has announced a formal partnership with Greek law firm Pavlakis-Moschos & Associates to provide support to Irish people injured in Greece. Pavlakis-Moschos is an international travel law firm operating for 40 years in the centre of the commercial and l

OSM Partners has announced the appointment of Andrew Croughan as partner and head of personal insolvency, and Raymond Lambe as partner in the firm's corporate and commercial litigation department. Mr Croughan has over 10 years’ experience in the area of commercial litigation, dispute resolutio

Coleraine-based Macaulay Wray Solicitors has appointed Miriam Harte as an associate in the firm's litigation department. Ms Harte, originally from Ballymena, specialises in road traffic and personal injury cases, as well as having a keen interest in family law.

Naomi Gaston, senior associate and head of banking and finance at Mills Selig, considers how businesses can protect themselves from the impact of "fake news" and rumours. Customers queued earlier this month to withdraw cash and personal items from safety deposit boxes from Metro Bank. The queues at

New measures to protect British soldiers and veterans from prosecution for their actions abroad should eventually be extended to Northern Ireland, Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt has said. The proposals, announced yesterday, will see British soldiers protected from investigation over their actions

An advertising worker was injured after falling from a billboard advertising a personal injury law firm. David Fricker, 49, was working on a billboard advertising the services of law firm Cellino & Barnes before falling more than three metres onto a rooftop below.

The Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan SC, has expressed concern that High Court judges are overlooking the "exacting" test for summary or final judgment applications in cases involving personal litigants. In a written decision seen by The Irish Times, Mr Honohan called for an overhaul of the

Family law solicitor Karen Tobin of Cork firm Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) has qualified as a mediator. Ms Tobin has completed training accredited by the Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII), which covers key skills including recognising conflict behaviours, emotional intelligence, mediation practice

Dublin firm Richard Grogan & Associates has announced the appointment of Natasha Hand as an associate solicitor. Ms Hand will be working primarily in the area of employment law and personal injury work.

Dublin solicitor Ciaran Kirwan has been elected chair of the Board of Directors of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA). Mr Kirwan, managing partner of Margetson and Greene Solicitors, has been a director of the IABA since 2015.

A Polish national convicted of a series of offences and accused of other crimes in his home country who claimed before the Scottish courts that extradition to Poland would breach his human rights has had his legal challenge dismissed in a test case. Patryk Maciejec, 27, argued that new laws and