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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.

The High Court has ruled that Facebook cannot stall the referral of 11 questions on EU-US data transfers to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), The Irish Times reports. Ms Justice Caroline Costello agreed last October to a request from the Data Protection Commissioner to make the refe

A judge has said it is unfair that fraud cases are coming before the courts four years after they were committed. Judge Patrick Quinn made his comments when sentencing a man who stole €4,300 in 2014 from a small financial services firm that employed him.

The UK government has apologised for its role in a Libyan dissident's 2004 abduction, torture and rendition to Libya. In a letter, Prime Minister Theresa May acknowledged that an MI6 tip-off allowed Abdul Hakim Belhaj and his wife, Fatima Boudchar, to be detained by US forces in Thailand.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been fined £325,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it lost unencrypted DVDs containing recordings of police interviews. The DVDs contained recordings of interviews with 15 victims of child sex abuse, to be used at the trial.

Amanda-Jayne Comyn Dublin firm Philip Lee has announced the appointment of Amanda-Jayne Comyn as a partner in the firm's tax department.