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A&L Goodbody LLP (ALG) has been named by LinkedIn as one of Ireland's top 25 best places to work. The annual rankings are compiled by LinkedIn using a novel methodology based on the platform's own data, focusing on seven key pillars: ability to advance, skills growth, company stability, external

The High Court in London has adjourned a $4.2 billion fraud trial involving a Ukrainian state-owned bank and several Ukrainian defendants on the basis that the defendants cannot properly prepare in light of Russia's invasion of their country. The case was brought by PrivatBank, the largest commercia

Flynn O'Driscoll LLP has announced the appointment of Mark Roberts as a partner in the firm's corporate practice. Mr Roberts joins the firm from Leman Solicitors, where he was also a corporate partner. Prior to this, he worked with Maples and Calder for 11 years.

A claim by a provider of online legal services alleging a breach of contract by a client to which it supplied it services as an add-on for insurance packages has been refused by an English judge. Epoq Legal Ltd argued that DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Ltd was in breach of contract and was obliged to

Plans to transform the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) into a quasi-judicial body comparable to the Workplace Relations Commission could be revisited later despite being abandoned by the government on the advice of the Attorney General, a minister has said. Robert Troy, minister of state i

In-house lawyers at Irish tech companies enjoyed drinks and cupcakes at the official launch of Irish Tech General Counsel (ITGC) last night.

The Court of Appeal has delivered a significant ruling on the operation of the Civil Liability Act 1961 and debt claims. The court determined that two sets of defendants could not be “concurrent wrongdoers” on the basis that an action for the recovery of debt was not an action for damage

Kerry McCloy, innovation and legal technology director at Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin, has won the Outstanding Innovation (Corporate) Award at the Women in Business NI Awards 2022. The Outstanding Innovation Award recognises an exceptional individual who has demonstrated entrepreneurial flai

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. The mysterious missing UN report on human rights abuses in Xinjiang

A solicitor has been found guilty of professional misconduct after admitting to falsely claiming to have witnessed a client's signatures on legal and banking documents. Cork solicitor John Moylan, of Richard Moylan & Co Solicitors, was censured by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on Wednesda

In a written judgment delivered on the 7th of February 2022, Holland J explained why he granted summary judgment to the sum of €567,540.12 against the defendants in Allied Irish Banks Plc v Kharwar Wasim and Saher Khawar [2022] IEHC 62 (hereinafter Kharwar). His reasons can be summarised in thr

Russia has been suspended from the UN Human Rights Council following a vote at the UN General Assembly. Ninety-three members voted in favour of the move yesterday while 24 were against and 58 abstained.

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has filed an application to trademark the word "Archetypes" – the name of her new Spotify-exclusive podcast. Her application to the US Patent and Trademark Office could struggle given that the word, which entered the English language in the 1540s, is widel

Global law firm Dentons has announced the promotion of corporate lawyer Ciaran O'Boyle to partner in the firm's Dublin office. Mr O'Boyle is one of nine new partners in the firm's UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) region, all of whom will take up their new roles with effect from 1 May 2022.