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John Joy, Principal of John M. Joy & Co. Solicitors has announced that Aidan Leahy has joined the firm which is expanding and strengthening its existing personal injury litigation practice. John M. Joy & Co., based in Clonmel Co. Tipperary has been practising for many years and specialise in

The Board of Management of a secondary school in Wicklow has lost its case against An Bord Pleanála, in which it sought an order of certiorari and various declaratory reliefs based on its failure to comply with the Planning and Development Act 2000 and disregard for anti-obesity policies when grant

Richard Grogan Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors are moving to larger Dublin offices on Monday.

The Courts Service of Ireland has slashed its running costs by more than half in just nine years, according to its annual report for 2016. The Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Susan Denham, presented the annual report to Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan at an event in Dublin today.

Mary Jackson Lawyers' mental health charity LawCare’s co-ordinator for Ireland, Mary Jackson, has become a qualified integrative counsellor.

The number of people seeking debt solutions in Ireland continued to rise in the second quarter of the year, the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) said. There were 1,259 new applications, a 26 per cent increase in the number of Protective Certificates issued, and a 22 per cent increase in approved

An Irish business association has raised concerns about potential "abuse" by workers of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) raised concerns about a Workplace Relations Commission case in which an employee retrospectively invoked the Protected

A Las Vegas lawyer has experienced a streak of bad luck after being disbarred and now arrested over separate alleged frauds. Easton K. Harris was disbarred in June over more than 100 professional conduct violations involving at least 23 clients, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.

Professor Deirdre Madden A law professor at University College Cork (UCC) has been appointed to a review group established to examine the role of voluntary organisations in publicly funded health services.

Joe Charles Delays in Ireland's probate system are causing financial hardship for families of the deceased, Royal London Ireland has claimed.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney The Government will seek to have Ibrahim Halawa returned to Ireland regardless of the outcome of his trial, Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said.

A man who disposed of upwards of £76,000 from his father’s estate while acting as executor has been found by the High Court in Belfast in breach of his legal and statutory duty as an executor, and guilty of devastivit in carrying out his role as executor of the estate of the deceased. Referring t

A Muslim practice allowing men to summarily divorce their wives by repeating the word ‘talaq’ three times has been declared unconstitutional by India's Supreme Court. The 1,400 year old practice was brought to an end this week after the five-judge bench ruled 3:2 that talaq-e-biddat is illegal i

Solicitors have been warned by their professional body to curb rude emails and online comments or face severe fines, The Times reports. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said even comments made in a personal capacity could be classified as misconduct if the poster can be identified as a

Three Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers and a staff member are under investigation in connection to rogue social media accounts, including one which issued derogatory tweets about a solicitor, The Irish News reports. One of the officers is alleged to have breached personal security