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William Fry partner Laura Scott, senior associate Colette Brady and trainee solicitor Sophie Delaney consider whether growing concerns about the availability of certain drugs and equipment in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic will we see governments start to issue compulsory licences. Concerns arou

Lawyers have raised concerns that coronavirus-related disruption at the Companies Registration Office (CRO) could land company directors in hot water. The CRO will only offer "limited services" to the public due to restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, government officials have said.

Corporate law firm BHSM has announced the appointment of Trea McGuinness as a senior associate in the firm's private client team. Ms McGuinness specialises in the areas of wills and estate planning, trusts and the administration of estates. She advises domestic and international clients, both privat

Dublin solicitor Seán Gallagher has passed away after being hospitalised with coronavirus. Mr Gallagher qualified as a solicitor in 1975 and established his own practice in Merchant's Court in 1994, but stepped back from active practice last year.

The death penalty can be handed down for the theft or destruction of manhole covers, Chinese judges have been told. A statement from the country's top legal and judicial bodies reminds judges that suspects can be charged with "endangering transportation" or "endangering public safety", which have a

The Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners (ISIP) has called for changes to company law to support firms through the coronavirus pandemic. Chairman Des Gibney, writing to Business Minister Heather Humphreys, said the 100-day deadline for examiners should be extended, The Irish Times reports.

Two new associates have joined Arthur Cox's litigation and dispute resolution team in Belfast. Kristina Cunningham joins the firm from a high-profile personal injury practice, while Tomás Corrigan has joined the Belfast team from the firm's Dublin office.

A new podcast has been launched by Maynooth University Department of Law to highlight what working in the criminology and legal fields is like. Dr Avril Brandon, lecturer and assistant professor of criminology, is hosting the new podcast, which will be released on a weekly basis via SoundCloud.

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has won a UK Supreme Court appeal against his two convictions in 1975 for attempting to escape from detention. In the judgment delivered this morning, the Supreme Court unanimously held that the interim custody order (ICO) made in respect of Mr Adams in

Belfast solicitor Eibhlínn McAleer (née Lynch) has suddenly passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced. Ms McAleer qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and had worked in private practice as well as as a personal assistant to Judge Corinne Philpott QC.

Personal injury and road traffic accident specialist firm JMK Solicitors has welcomed six new solicitors across Belfast and Newry. Caroline Cahill, Amy Goss, Karen McKee, Ailis McKeown, Karen Reavey and Ryan McKeegan have joined the firm in the last six months.

Correspondence between Queen Elizabeth II and her representative in Australia during his controversial dismissal of Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam in 1975 can be released to the public, judges have ruled. Three years after his Labor Party's narrow election victory, Mr Whitlam was removed fr

Former Attorney General for England and Wales Dominic Grieve QC will be a visiting professor in law at Goldsmiths, University of London, it has been announced. Throughout his career as a barrister and politician, Mr Grieve has worked at the intersection between the law and politics and taken a parti

Drogheda and Ashbourne firm Tallans Solicitors has announced the promotion of Orla Shevlin to partner. Ms Shevlin, who joined the firm last year after nine years with William Fry, will lead the firm's medical negligence and commercial litigation team.

Ireland's prison service is submitting guidance to the World Health Organisation (WHO) after avoiding a single confirmed case of COVID-19 among prisoners and staff. Prisons in Northern Ireland, England and South America have contacted the Irish Prison Service (IPS) for advice on keeping the virus ou