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Sofiya Kalinova has become the first Deaf person to qualify as a barrister in Ireland and the first to practice law in Irish Sign Language (ISL). A graduate of University College Dublin and the King's Inns, Ms Kalinova was called to the Bar by Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell yesterday.

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Equifax Ltd more than £11 million for failing to manage and monitor the security of UK consumer data it had outsourced to its parent company based in the US. The breach allowed hackers to access the personal data of millions of people and ex

The imprisonment of a 45-year-old woman in England who admitted to causing her own abortion during the lockdowns was “unlikely” to be just, senior judges have said. Carla Foster was given a 28-month prison term after obtaining tablets when she was between 32 and 34 weeks pregnant.

This small book, with a big title, is commendable in several ways: it shows quite how many courts or tribunals and different types of case a member of the Bar, in the author’s generation at least, might have had to deal with. The nature and extent of the pressing political and legal issues tha

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has appointed Jason Byrne as director with a focus on growing its insolvency services. A highly-specialised solicitor with years of experience in dealing with corporate and personal insolvency in Northern Ireland, Mr Byrne joins from a national firm where he

William Fry partner Leo Moore and senior associate Rachel Hayes consider a recent European judgment with significance for data anonymisation. A recent decision of the European General Court has shifted the goalposts for data anonymisation.

A&L Goodbody LLP (ALG) has launched its first Pro Bono Impact Report. The report details the breadth of free legal work undertaken by the firm and the positive impact it has on its pro bono clients. The launch of this report coincides with European Pro Bono Week 2024 – a celebration of vol

The High Court has refused leave to furnish to actor Dany Boon’s Monégasque lawyers unopened affidavits filed in his Irish fraud proceedings, which were intended for transmission to the instructing judge in a related criminal investigation in Monaco. Delivering judgment for the High Cou

UCC law students Caitlin Ong and Chidindu Ukah have each been awarded a diversity scholarship worth €5,000 and a work placement opportunity with RDJ. The RDJ Diversity Scholarship, which commenced in 2021, supports students from ethnically diverse backgrounds studying law at UCC, with the aim o

Callan Tansey Solicitors has appointed Scarlett Griffin O'Sullivan as a senior associate and head of the firm's Limerick office. The appointment marks Ms O'Sullivan's return to the firm where she originally trained as a solicitor in the mid-2000s.

Solicitors can now avail of individual psychotherapy at a discounted rate through the Law Society of Ireland's LegalMind service. From today, LegalMind has entered a new partnership with the charity Clanwilliam Institute to offer access to accredited psychotherapists at a reduced rate.

The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use, which met from April to October last year, has published its final report, with 36 recommendations for a new Irish model to reduce the harm caused by illicit drugs use. The report and recommendations were formally launched by Assembly chair Paul Reid, and G

The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has said coroner’s inquests in Ireland must remain inquisitorial rather than adversarial, working to bring together the most relevant witnesses and reduce the time taken for an outcome. The suggestions were set out in response to the Government’s Coro

Algeria and Botswana will be designated as safe countries of origin for the purpose of asylum claims from tomorrow, justice minister Helen McEntee has announced. While people from safe countries are still entitled to apply for international protection and have their application considered thoroughly

International law firm Bird & Bird has recruited IP and data litigator Ann Henry as a partner in the firm's Dublin office. Ms Henry starts at the firm tomorrow and brings over 20 years' experience to her new role. She represents international companies in pan-European litigation, particularly in