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The UK government should ensure that each of the 4,000 pieces of legislation inherited from the European Union into domestic law are given due consideration, according to Stephen Gibson, senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and chair of the UK government’s Regulatory Policy Committee. The c

A new campaign is seeking to raise awareness of the support, services and redress available for victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland. From this week, advertisements will be running in regional and local newspapers and on social media platforms to ensure victims

Members of the public have a right to be rude at town hall meetings and can compare town officials to Hitler if they want to, a US court has ruled. Local officials in Southborough, Massachusetts have been left disappointed by a new ruling from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court which struck do

Northern Ireland firm JMK Solicitors has grown to 100 staff members for the first time after welcoming 10 new legal advisors, legal administrators and apprentice solicitors since the start of the year. The personal injury specialist firm was established in 2003 and provides services from offices in

Robust measures must be introduced to limit the use of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) in Ireland, a landmark conference will hear tomorrow. The Dublin Anti-SLAPPs Conference, taking place in the Trinity Long Room Hub at Trinity College Dublin, has been organised by Index on

ChatGPT, the advanced AI-powered chatbot which has taken the world by storm, has been banned in Italy on the orders of the country's data protection authority. In a statement issued on Friday, Italian regulator Garante Privacy said ChatGPT's US operator OpenAI was not transparent about its collectio

Damien Tansey Solicitors LLP has announced the appointment of Aisling Harrison as partner in its Sligo office, effective from 1st April 2023.

The European Commission has called on member states to take action to combat commercial-scale online piracy of sports and other live events, such as concerts and theatre performances. The Commission has adopted a recommendation encouraging member states, authorities, holders of rights and providers

Daniel Kreith & Company Solicitors has officially opened its doors in Castleroy, Limerick. The new firm has been founded by Daniel Kreith, who trained and practised for a number of years at a busy general practice in Limerick City. He is a graduate of NUI Galway, now the University of Galway.

The High Court has ruled that a defendant was properly served with proceedings where the papers had been served on a solicitor who was not on record in the case. The court stated that the solicitor had previously received a full set of papers and that she had been in communication with the defendant

A record €1.2 billion fine is to be imposed on Facebook owner Meta following GDPR breaches related to personal data transfers between the EU/EEA and the US.

An experienced lawyer who was misled by ChatGPT has apologised after citing several non-existent cases invented by the AI-powered tool in a legal filing. US attorney Steven A. Schwartz, who has practised in New York for three decades, said he was "unaware of the possibility that [ChatGPT's] content

Ellen Dalzell and Kevin Hegarty of Northern Ireland commercial law firm Tughans consider a recent English judgment involving a 'novus actus interveniens' defence in medical negligence proceedings. A common perception in medical negligence law is that a ‘specific rule’ exists as a necessa

Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has raised £10,000 this year so far for charity partner PIPS Suicide Prevention, in conjunction with accident management company CRASH Services. PIPS Charity offers expert and unrestricted face-to-face counselling services to individuals who

The fifth volume of the Irish Supreme Court Review for 2023 has been published. Articles in the latest edition of the peer-reviewed legal journal, which is published by Clarus Press on behalf of Trinity School of Law, include: