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Matheson and A&L Goodbody are tied as Ireland's largest legal workplace, with both having 371 practising solicitors at the end of 2024. Both firms were considerably ahead of Arthur Cox on 333, Mason Hayes & Curran on 313 and McCann FItzGerald on 290, according to figures published today in t

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN human rights chief ‘deeply worried by fundamental shift’ in US

Albania is to shut down TikTok for 12 months, blaming the social media platform for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. The country's education minister, Ogerta Manastirliu, said that officials are in contact with TikTok on adding parental controls and age verification as well

Arthur Cox has named partner Ailish Finnerty as the firm's next chair. Ms Finnerty will take up the position on 31 March 2025, succeeding Orla O'Connor, who is completing her six-year term as chair.

The High Court has refused a plaintiff’s application seeking liberty for a barrister to directly represent him in his proceedings. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Siobhán Stack opined: "The suggestion… that the plaintiff’s right to be represented has some

A bumbling thief allegedly swallowed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Tiffany jewellery to conceal his crime before admitting he would have been better off throwing them out of a window. Texas man Jaythan Gilder, 32, was invited into the VIP room of a Tiffany & Co. jewellery store after

Victims of clinical negligence in Ireland are suffering as a result of a claims process that is too slow and too expensive, lawyers told TDs yesterday. The Medical Protection Society (MPS) yesterday hosted a parliamentary event with a range of lawyers, medico and dentolegal experts, with 20 TDs in a

The Law Society of Ireland has congratulated 40 transition year (TY) students from across the country on completing its Solicitors of the Future programme. The week-long programme, which aims to teach students about the law and to consider a future legal career, took place at the Law Society in Dubl

An additional £23 million has been allocated to progress reforms within Northern Ireland's justice system. The sum comprises £20.45m over five years which has been allocated to help speed up and transform the criminal justice system and £2.19m which has been allocated to an electro

Noeline Blackwell has been presented with an award from the Women in Law Society at the University of Galway in recognition of her outstanding contribution to furthering the human rights of women in Ireland.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is defending an appeal by the State against a High Court judgment which found that a failure to provide asylum seekers with accommodation breached their right to human dignity. Mr Justice Barry O'Donnell ruled in August 2024 that the State had failed in

Eight public bodies have designated as competent authorities responsible for implementing and enforcing the new EU AI Act within their respective sectors. The initial list was confirmed yesterday as the government approved plans to adopt a "distributed model of implementation" of the landmark EU leg

States and companies are manufacturing, promoting and selling electric shock equipment that is being used for torture and other ill-treatment, Amnesty International has said in a new report calling for a global, legally-binding treaty to regulate the unchecked trade in law enforcement equipment. &ld

A lawyer must pay £31,000 to the solicitors’ watchdog after he admitted giving his colleagues disparaging nicknames including “Jabba the Hutt” and “Pol Pot”. Benedict Foster, a former senior solicitor in BNP Paribas’s London offices, was fined £15,000

The High Court has refused to dismiss proceedings alleging liability for personal injuries arising from ruptured breast implants as disclosing no reasonable cause of action. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger explained: “Given the emphasis the plaintiff places