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The Department of Social Protection and the Data Protection Commission (DPC) have reached an agreement on the processing of personal data in relation to SAFE registration and the public services card (PSC). The data protection watchdog had concluded in August 2019 that there was no legal basis for r

Helen Murray BL has been appointed as the new editor of The Bar Review. Ms Murray will replace Eilis Brennan SC, who has stepped down after almost 20 years as editor of The Bar of Ireland's flagship publication.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Cabinet Office £500,000 for disclosing postal addresses of the 2020 New Year Honours recipients online. The ICO found that the Cabinet Office failed to put appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to prevent the

The Supreme Court has held that the Labour Court erred in concluding that a worker who complained about pain while working did not make a protected disclosure to his employer. It was held that the Labour Court did not properly set out the findings of fact relating to the worker’s complaint to

Caoimhe McConnell has joined Richard Grogan & Associates as head of litigation.  She brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the areas of personal injury, medical negligence, workplace accidents and product liability.

A former tennis player who claimed a newspaper had defamed him in a story that mentioned his tax affairs has failed in his Article 8 appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. The court found that as the newspaper article had been a mixture of value judgment and supported factual statements, it h

Northern Ireland barrister Conor Mullan has joined 3PB Barristers in London. Mr Mullan continues to practise as a barrister both in Northern Ireland, where he qualified in 2003, and in England and Wales, where he qualified in 2012.

The Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI) has received The Bar of Ireland's annual human rights award. The award recognises MASI's work with those in direct provision and in the community advocating for better legal and social protection, as well as access to state services, including educati

JMK Solicitors has congratulated tyre company W.H. Nutt & Son on its recognition at the Northern Ireland Road Safety Awards.

During the decades that Keith Walsh has been practising family law, the world in which he operates has undergone a period of seismic change. When he joined the Legal Aid Board in Dublin as a clerk in 1998, divorce was virtually unheard of in the country – and it tended to come with a sense of

The UK's Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today set out data protection standards that companies must meet to safeguard people’s privacy online when developing new advertising technologies (adtech). The privacy standards published in a commissioner’s opinion come as a wa

Kate McKenna, partner at Matheson, considers the impact of home working on regulators. Recent enforcement action conducted by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) provides an insight into the dynamic future of unannounced regulator

An Afghan woman judge who has been brought to safety in Ireland has recounted how she saw "people running in terror" from her courthouse building as the Taliban approached during their takeover of the country. Ireland has granted refugee status to 11 women judges and their families, three of whom ha

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the offence of sexual exploitation of a child is a standalone offence and does not require proof that the child was trafficked. The question arose following the acquittal of two men accused of sexual exploitation, who had argued that the offence only applied in the

The UK government must address ethical, legal, logistical and political challenges arising from new border checks due to launch next year that will affect UK residents travelling to the EU, according to the House of Lords justice and home affairs committee. In a letter to the Home Secretary, the com