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A funeral ended on an unexpected high note after mourners unknowingly ingested hash cake. Police are investigating the culinary mix-up that led to the cannabis-infused confection being served at the restaurant hosting a funeral party after a burial.

A man who was “caught red-handed” at the scene of a largescale drugs distribution unit where over €4.1 million worth of cannabis and diamorphine was seized by gardaí, has had his sentence increased to 10 years in the Court of Appeal. Quashing the sentence of seven years impos

PA Duffy & Co Solicitors has announced the appointment of Emma McCaul as a solicitor in the firm's conveyancing department. Ms McCaul will be dealing with residential and commercial property matters, wills drafting and administration of estates, including tax planning, enduring powers of attorne

Solicitor partnerships will be able to register as limited liability partnerships (LLP) from this Friday. The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has confirmed it will accept applications from 1 November 2019, with further information regarding LLPs and the application process to be made avai

The implications of Brexit for legal practices is one of the issues being explored at a series of events taking place throughout Northern Ireland this week. The events, organised by the Law Society of Northern Ireland, aim to provide local solicitors with up-to-date information on Brexit and a platf

A female engineer who alleged she was subjected to unlawful sex discrimination has settled a case against her former employer for £5,000 with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Grants Electric Services (NI) Ltd settled the case with former employee Amy Verner without ad

An in-house lawyer who sued his former employer for disability discrimination and victimisation cannot rely on a leaked email or a conversation he overheard in a pub to support his employment tribunal claim, appeal judges have ruled. Michael Curless, a former legal counsel for Shell, allegedly heard

The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has launched a consultation on moving to smoke-free prisons. The consultation, which runs until the end of November, follows the successful implementation of smoke-free prisons in Scottish, English and Isle of Mann prisons in recent years.

McCann FitzGerald recently hosted Irish business leaders at a morning seminar on the impact of gender pay reporting.

Dublin law firms are leaders in Europe and the Middle East in terms of agile working, with half of firms in the Irish capital offering some form of agile workspace. Adoption of new workplace strategies is limited across the EMEA area, with the UK and Ireland leading the way in implementing agile wor

Legal services firm Johnson Hana International, founded by former barrister Dan Fox, has appointed IBI Corporate Finance to lead a €5 million fundraising round. The firm, which describes itself as Ireland's first on-demand lawyer company and managed legal services consultancy, previously raised

A woman has been charged with falsely reporting her own murder after she posed as her husband and told his alleged mistress that he had shot her. The wife - from the city of Bluffdale in Utah - was arguing with her husband about him talking to the other woman, police said.

A vulture fund must pay the costs of a debtor who was successful in overturning an order for possession in respect of his home in Clontarf. The fund contended that the High Court should depart from the normal rule that costs follow the event, arguing that, inter alia, the debtor owed a significant s

A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced the appointment of Patrick Brandt and Andrew Sheridan as partners in its Dublin office. Mr Brandt has joined the firm's financial regulation team, while Mr Sheridan has joined the commercial & technology team.

Flynn O'Driscoll (FOD) has announced the appointment of Louise Harrison as a partner in the firm's employment team. Ms Harrison joins from William Fry, where she trained and qualified in 2009 and was promoted to partner in 2018.