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Carla Fraser and Julie Tierney Two lawyers at Edwards & Co. Solicitors have been recognised as specialist family lawyers by a leading UK child abduction charity.

Facebook has been blocked from using British citizens’ WhatsApp data outwith the app itself. The tech giant announced in 2016 that it planned to use data from the chat app to show more relevant adverts and provide better friend suggestions to users within Facebook.

The Association of Judges in Ireland (AJI) has condemned sections of the Polish media for aiming "personalised attacks and invective" at Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly. Ms Justice Donnelly recently ruled in the High Court that a case in which a man facing extradition to Poland objected on the basis that

The European Association of Judges (EAJ) has expressed its "total solidarity" with the Irish judiciary following personalised Polish media attacks on Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly. Ms Justice Donnelly recently ruled in the High Court that a case in which a man facing extradition to Poland objected on t

Pictured (l-r): Donal Creaton, Ed Kelly, Orla Donovan, Caitlin Love, Kevin Hegarty, Robert Kennedy and Harry Fehily. HOMS Solicitors has announced the appointment of four new solicitors in the firm's Limerick headquarters.

Padraic Kinsella William Fry has announced the appointment of Padraic Kinsella as partner in the firm's banking and finance department.

The Department of Justice has launched a new non-statutory disclosure scheme aimed at helping to protect people from becoming a victim of domestic violence or abuse. The Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme (DVADS) allows an individual to make inquiries confidentially to police, where they

Police in the UK should not be allowed to access individuals' phone data without a search warrant, privacy campaigners have said. At least 26 forces in England and Wales have admitted using technology to extract data from phones. The PSNI said they have not trialled or used mobile phone extraction t

A sheriff in Alabama has bought a beach house with cash budgeted for prisoners' food under a law dating back to the 1930s. Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin legally pocketed $750,000 from the fund for prisoners' food provision and then bought a $740,000 beach house, a reporter from The Birmingham

Mayor Rahm Emanuel The mayor of Chicago will receive an honorary doctorate from NUI Galway at a ceremony today.

Lisa McKenna McKenna & Co Solicitors have announced the opening of their new office at 56 Fitzwilliam Square North in the heart of Dublin.

A woman given nearly £10 million after she split from her husband has had her maintenance brought to an end by senior judges, The Brief reports. Kim Waggott, 49, was told by appeal judges to get a job if she needs more money.

A total of 11 questions will be referred to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) on the validity under EU law of EU-US data transfers by Facebook, the Irish Examiner reports. The High Court agreed last October to a request from the Data Protection Commissioner to make the referral following a compl

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Legislation to transpose the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into Irish law has come before the Dáil for second stage debate.

Belfast-based Johnsons Solicitors have presented a £400 cheque to the Alzheimer's Society as part of the firm's year-round fundraising.