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MI5 has been sharply criticised over its late disclosure of materials to Operation Kenova, the long-running investigation into the alleged Provisional IRA informer codenamed “Stakeknife”. In a statement yesterday, PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher said it was "unacceptable that MI5 conti

A special team of Northern Ireland prosecutors has been established to build cases against those who have taken part in anti-immigrant riots. In a statement yesterday, Stephen Herron, the director of public prosecutions, condemned the "recent violent disorder, which is having a devastating impact on

Kane Tuohy employment lawyer Triona Cody examines the recent High Court decision in Philip Nolan and Science Foundation Ireland [2024] IEHC 368, which clarifies the law on “no fault” termination and the test for determining injunctive relief. On 27 May 2024, the board of Science Foundati

A further milestone has been achieved in the procurement process for the long-awaited dedicated family courts complex at Hammond Lane in Dublin. The National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) today held a market launch for the public-private partnership (PPP) project, at which prospective tenderers

For the first time ever, cases have been listed for hearing during the Long Vacation. Described as a pilot project, the government has demanded longer court sittings in exchange for additional judicial resources. Killian Flood explains why the move is yet another careless decision taken by the gover

Solicitor Madeleine Delaney has been appointed as chief executive of the Charities Regulator.

Pinsent Masons has reported a 7.2 per cent increase in revenue to €753.5 million. The multinational law firm saw profit per equity partner reach €919,900 in the 2023/24 financial year, it revealed today.

Lawyers for Shamima Begum have said they will launch proceedings at the European Court of Human Rights after exhausting UK appeals against the stripping of her British citizenship. The UK Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear an appeal against a Court of Appeal ruling which held that the revocatio

A man suffered age discrimination when an older colleague broke wind on him, a tribunal has ruled. The older man, a manager at Birmingham City Council in his mid-50s, also made comments about his colleague being a "newcomer" and "only a trainee", The Times reports.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched High Court proceedings against Twitter International Unlimited Company, the Dublin-based data controller for social media platform X. The regulator is seeking an injunction preventing the company from using EU users' data to train an AI-powered

Ireland has joined the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) as its 21st member state.

Elon Musk's social media company X, formerly Twitter, is suing a group of major advertisers for allegedly organising an "illegal boycott" shortly after his acquisition. In a bizarre video posted to X, the company's CEO Linda Yaccarino said the legal action was a response to evidence recently heard b

O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors has paid tribute to property lawyer Imelda McMillan on her retirement after 35 years with the Belfast-based firm. The former Law Society of Northern Ireland president has been succeeded as head of the firm's property department by director Janet Williamson.

Shoosmiths has increased salaries for newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers in Northern Ireland by nearly six per cent to £37,500. The UK firm has upped NQ pay by eight per cent — from £90,000 to £97,000 — in London, by five per cent regionally in England to £63,000 and by

A postgraduate student at Queen's University Belfast School of Law has participated in the prestigious 12th Law Schools Global League (LSGL) Summer School in Colombia.