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Belfast firm Allsopp Campbell Rainey has expanded into North Down through a merger with Bangor-based Law Quinn Solicitors. From today, Law Quinn will become Allsopp Campbell Rainey (incorporating Law Quinn), with its founding solicitors, Bryan Law and Maureen Quinn, continuing to work with the firm

A senior Irish legal academic has withdrawn from a major EU symposium on the rule of law after organisers proposed to platform "fake judges and pseudo experts" linked to Poland's rule of law crisis. Professor Laurent Pech of UCD Sutherland School of Law yesterday said he had lost faith in the organi

Families of those killed in the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash have joined calls for the establishment of a new independent UK regulator to oversee public bodies involved in wrongdoing. A total of 29 service personnel died when the helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre en route from Northern Irel

Northern Ireland's High Court will today begin hearing six test cases relating to a major PSNI data breach. An unprecedented PSNI data breach in August 2023 saw the names, roles and other personal details of all serving police officers and civilian staff inadvertently published on its website.

O'Dowd Solicitors has opened a new office in Carrigaline, its third location in Cork alongside Fermoy and Glanmire. The firm, which has also unveiled a refreshed website, has said it is meeting rising client demand across South Cork.

KOD Lyons partner Matthew de Courcy looks back at divorce in early Irish law. The Brehon laws were the legal system of Ireland for over a thousand years, dating back as early as the 1st century AD and continuing in various forms until the 17th century, when they were superseded by English common law

Lawyers Against Homelessness will host its annual Christmas CPD fundraising event on 20 November. This year's event will focus on personal injury law, with guest speakers including High Court judge Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds and retired Supreme Court judge Ms Justice Marie Baker.

The High Court has, on appeal, made orders for proper provision for a woman who was misled into signing an unfavourable separation agreement by her then-husband. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice John Jordan opined: “The husband literally led his wife up the garden path and fo

A senior library assistant at Monaghan County Libraries has been awarded the A&O Shearman award for best overall performance in the two-year library and information management postgraduate diploma at Ulster University.  Shauna Clarke is this year's recipient of the award, sponsored by law f

Law, tax and HR advisory firm Orbitus has announced a strategic merger with Killarney-based Patrick Sheehan Solicitors, which will now operate under the Orbitus brand. The milestone in Orbitus' continued expansion in Kerry and Cork follows its recent launch of an HR advisory division and opening of

William Fry lawyers Rachel Hayes, Leo Moore and Aoife Keenan explain the key features of the EU's Digital Identity Wallet. The Regulation (EU) 2024/1183, which establishes the European Digital Identity Framework (EUDI Regulation), came into force in May 2024 and will take legal effect across the Eur

October is European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM), the EU's annual campaign dedicated to promoting cybersecurity among its citizens and organisations, and to providing current online security information. Ironically, it has coincided with Amazon Web Services (AWS) experiencing a recent major outage in

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Oleksi Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko against his extradition to the USA to stand trial for ransomware conspiracy charges. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Ms Justice Tara Burns was satisfied inter alia that the fact that the appellant had acquire

Robert Shiels reviews a newly-updated book on the infamous Moors murders. The sadistic murders of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are sadly too familiar. Following on from the criminal trial in 1966, there has been an endless stream of literature.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has awarded €23,000 to a tenant who experienced discrimination and victimisation from his former landlords. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission provided legal representation to William Gallagher in the case against his former landlords, Jenny