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Mercy Law Resource Centre has appointed Dr Freda Grealy as its new managing solicitor. Dr Grealy takes the reins of the independent law centre, which provides free legal advice to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, from Aoife Kelly-Desmond, who recently left to take up a new role as

The High Court has vacated an order attaching Enoch Burke's bank account in the sum of €79,100 in circumstances where the monies in the bank account were paid into the court’s fines account. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice David Nolan remarked: “It is noteworthy t

International law firm Taylor Wessing has promoted Dannie Hanna and Jo Joyce to partners in its Dublin office. The pair are among 10 new partners appointed across the firm's global network and will take up their new roles from 1 May 2025.

Speedy Gonzalez has been caught with an enormous haul of stolen supermarket goods, police say. A local police department in the US state of Georgia went viral after announcing the arrest and charging of a 40-year-old man seemingly named for the world-famous cartoon character.

A lawyer in Serbia who was fined for insulting a judge did not suffer a violation of his right to freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Čedomir Backović was fined 100,000 Serbian dinars, around €910 at the time, after sarcastically referring to a court as compri

Government proposals to allow guardianship rights to be "removed" from a parent convicting of killing the other are unlikely to be constitutionally permissible, a legal academic has warned. Ministers last week published the general scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025, which s

Fee-share law firm Excello Law has expanded into Northern Ireland with the establishment of a new office led by real estate lawyer Gregory Martin. Founded in London in 2009, the firm's latest move follows successful launches in Dubai and the United States earlier this year.

Revolut has been ordered by Lithuania's central bank to pay a €3.5 million fine for deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML) processes, its largest financial penalty to date. The Bank of Lithuania, which oversees Revolut's European banking operations alongside the European Central B

Former Law Society of Ireland director Teri Kelly has established a new specialist communications agency, Total Reputation, aimed at law firms north and south of the border. Ms Kelly recently left the Law Society after 11 years as director of representation and member services, during which she spea

Ireland is set to be among the first signatories to a world-first international treaty aiming to protect the profession of lawyer. The Department of Justice is currently analysing the new Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer with a view to Ireland signing it in

A man who brought a religious discrimination claim against the Hilton Belfast hotel with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has agreed to a £10,000 settlement without admission of liability. Jonathan Kerr, who describes himself as a "practising Judaeo-Christian", to

Plans to extend entitlement to paid statutory sick leave from five days to 10 days have been abandoned by the government. The Sick Leave Act 2022 introduced a statutory right to paid sick leave for the first time and was meant to be phased in from 2023 to 2026.

The High Court has refused leave to bring judicial review proceedings challenging the justice minister’s refoulement decision in circumstances where an alleged risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) was not raised in her leave to remain or refoulement representations to the minister. Deliveri

Northern Ireland MPs have backed a call for the UK government to establish an independent public inquiry into the UK's involvement in the Gaza war. An open letter penned by Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour leader turned independent MP, has been signed by 30 other MPs and five Lords.

Police have seized seven tigers from a septuagenarian who claimed they were his "emotional support animals". Nevada man Karl Mitchell, 71, took the big cats out on walks and allowed members of the public to interact with them, videos he posted to social media show.