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New legislation on defective buildings is to be brought forward in Northern Ireland after the High Court refused compensation to owners of apartments at Belfast's Victoria Square. Residents of the luxury apartments, a stone's throw from the Royal Courts of Justice, were told to evacuate in 2019 afte

The European Commission has written to Google, Microsoft, Meta, X and other tech giants to request information on how they are mitigating the risks of generative AI. The formal requests for information have been sent under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and identify risks such as so-called ‘ha

French train conductors receive a 10 per cent commission of fines they impose on ticketless travellers, leaked documents have revealed. The policy, which was not publicly known until it was reported in Le Parisien, has sparked fears that conductors are being incentivised to issue frivolous fines for

Tánaiste Micheál Martin joined partners and staff at McCarthy + Co Solicitors LLP for the opening of its new offices at the West Cork Technology Park in Clonakilty last week.

The High Court has dismissed a claim for specific performance of a settlement agreement for want of prosecution. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Rory Mulcahy stated that “where a party is seeking to enforce a compromise of earlier proceedings", the "public policy which sees

Mason Hayes & Curran partner Robert McDonagh welcomes fresh clarification of the one-stop-shop test under the GPDR. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued an opinion on 13 February 2024 clarifying the one-stop-shop (OSS) test and, in particular, what is a “main establishment&rdqu

Companies House has new powers to improve the quality and reliability of its data and tackle misuse of the companies register. The first measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCT Act) come into force yesterday.

Generative AI is a hot topic in legal circles, with some companies boasting that their AI can replace lawyers. Killian Flood examines how AI might shape the professions in the coming years.

The Supreme Court has determined that the assignee of a company’s interest in a legal action may, in principle, by permitted to pursue the action by being substituted as plaintiff in lieu of the company. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Seamus Woulfe stated that “if

JMK Solicitors is celebrating 10 consecutive years as Northern Ireland's most prolific personal injury firm. New figures from the Department for Communities' compensation recovery unit shows that JMK was instructed in 1,939 cases last year, more than double the next law firm providing personal injur

A transgender English judge has reportedly resigned as she fears that she risks making the judiciary political if she remains on the bench. High Court Master Victoria McCloud, 54, told the senior judiciary she was quitting because “I am now political every time I choose where to pee” and

One in four financial services firms are yet to fully grasp the legal implications of the impending Central Bank accountability rules, according to a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran. There are significant gaps in readiness and understanding ahead of the individual accountability framework/senior

Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has named NI Hospice & Children's Hospice as its chosen charity partner for 2024.

The High Court has reminded lenders that as notification is a fundamental aspect of a fair hearing, they must take “reasonable steps” to identify family members of deceased borrowers and must demonstrate attempts to communicate with those family members or to write to those claiming to r

Increasing jurisprudence from the Court of Justice of the European Union is shedding light on Article 82 of the GDPR, write Mark D Finan BL and R. Caroline McGrath BL. Following the delivery of its first judgment concerning article 82 GDPR in May 2023 in Case C-300/21 UI v. Österreichishe Post,