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Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has appointed partner Philip Nolan as its new chair. Mr Nolan, who will continue to advise clients as head of the firm's technology law team, succeeds Christine O'Donovan in the post.

The High Court has agreed to inspect Bank of Ireland Group’s legally privileged documents following the successful reliance by its employee on the crime/fraud exception to legal privilege. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Nuala Jackson determined: “The present case come

Northern Ireland firm Mills Selig has appointed Richard Houliston as a banking and finance partner. Mr Houliston brings a wealth of experience and expertise in corporate and commercial banking, real estate finance, social housing finance, as well as clean energy and renewables finance.

Dr Mariza Avgeri, a graduate of Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology's PhD programme, has been named joint winner of the prestigious European Law Faculties Association (ELFA) award for the best doctoral thesis on European law for 2023. The ELFA thesis award "seeks to stimulate and recog

The PSNI has been urged to join more than a dozen UK police forces in issuing an apology for historic discrimination against LGBT+ people. Northumbria Police chief constable Vanessa Jardine has become the 16th UK police chief to issue a formal apology to the LGBT+ community in response to a campaign

The Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association (DSBA) hosted its annual dinner in The Westbury on Friday, with over 110 solicitors enjoying the night of "dinner, drink and song".

A judge has thrown out the attempted prosecution of a woman for holding a placard on jury rights outside of a climate trial. Mr Justice Saini said there had been no basis for the prosecution of Trudi Warner, 69, for criminal contempt for holding a placard outside the trial of climate activists that

The Court of Appeal has determined that GSOC is entitled to both types of DAR recordings in respect of investigating complaints arising from events which occurred both in the courtroom and its environs for the purpose of fulfilling its statutory duty. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr

Legislation paving the way for the UK to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda has been approved by Westminster in what human rights campaigners have called a "national disgrace". Michael O'Flaherty, the new European commissioner for human rights, is among those leading criticism today after the Safety of

The European Court of Human Rights is “backsliding” by surreptitiously reversing its principles established to protect asylum seekers, according to a new study. It is a decade since the court first established that asylum seekers are inherently and particularly vulnerable in law.

A&L Goodbody has appointed three newly-qualified solicitors to its 130-strong team of lawyers and business support professionals in Northern Ireland. Adam Magill, Andrew McClintock and Matthew Nesbitt have been appointed as solicitors in the firm's corporate department, in which they have comple

Northern Ireland's new Green Book will provide "more clarity and consistency" in personal injury awards, Clyde & Co has said. The global law firm recently welcomed senior insurance leaders to its Belfast office to consider the likely impact of the changes published in the sixth edition of the Gr

West Cork firm Hallissey & Partners LLP Solicitors has appointed Kate Hallissey and Julie Gallwey as partners. Ms Hallissey, who joined the firm 15 years ago, works across a number of legal areas, specialising in litigation, including personal injuries, medical negligence, landlord and tenant di

A public consultation has been launched as part of a review of civil legal services in Northern Ireland. The Department of Justice is seeking views from people who have needed to get legal advice or help in court for issues including family courts, non-molestation order, faulty goods, exclusion from

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has quashed a conviction for murder in relation to the 1975 Forkhill landmine attack following a referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). Patrick Thompson received a life sentence with a 30-year minimum term for the murder of four British Army offic