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McCay Legal has acquired Omagh firm James McNulty & Co Solicitors, bringing its total headcount to 23 staff across Derry, Strabane and Omagh. James McNulty & Co has been serving the people of Tyrone since 1931, offering services such as residential conveyancing, wills and estates, and person

A legal challenge has been launched in the Northern Ireland courts over the alleged state funding of companies linked to the provision of F-35 fighter jets to Israel. Madden & Finucane Solicitors is acting in the judicial review proceedings lodged at the High Court in Belfast yesterday.

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A Westminster committee has called for the resignation of the chief executive of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which investigates potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. A report from the justice select committee says the CCRC's leadership "has shown

An Irish lawyer has welcomed an Italian court ruling that women in same-sex relationships who conceive children abroad through IVF should both be named as mothers on their children's birth certificates. Italy's Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that it was discriminatory not to include the names

New legislation is under consideration in Northern Ireland to tackle the use of mobile phone by motorists while driving. The Department for Infrastructure is carrying out a 12-week public consultation on plans to make it illegal to use a handheld mobile while driving for activities like taking photo

A first-of-its-kind research study into the operation of the in camera rule in family law proceedings has been published by the Department of Justice. Researchers from University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin have made 21 recommendations for reform, while affirming that family law proceedi

More than 200 Matheson lawyers have attended the University of Cambridge's business school over the course of a partnership launched 10 years ago.

The UK could again face legal action at the European Court of Human Rights following a high-profile ruling on the definition of "woman" in equality legislation, a group of UN experts has warned. The UK Supreme Court last month ruled unanimously that the word "woman" in the Equality Act 2010 ref

Derville Rowland, deputy governor for consumer and investor protection at the Central Bank of Ireland, has been appointed to the executive board of the EU's newly-established Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA). Ms Rowland, a qualified barrister, will leave the Central Bank in order to take up th

An Amazonian tribe is suing The New York Times over an article which it says depicted their people as becoming addicted to pornography after gaining access to the internet. A journalist and photographer from the US newspaper visited the Marúbo people in western Brazil nine months after t

Sovereignty over the Chagos Islands has been transferred from the UK to Mauritius as part of a deal that will pave the way for a UK-US military base to remain on Diego Garcia, the largest island, for the next 99 years. The landmark agreement between the UK and Mauritian governments was signed yester

Legislation banning the Central Bank of Ireland from facilitating the sale of Israeli bonds across the European Union has been proposed by Sinn Féin. The Restricted Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025 was introduced in the Dáil yesterday by Sinn Féin's finance spokesp

A new legal business is offering individuals and businesses direct access to barristers without going through a solicitor. Barristers Direct has been established by Peter Shanley SC following the commencement last September of section 101 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 allowing barri

International intellectual property firm Stobbs has announced its expansion into the US. The business has grown since its founding in 2013 from a team of 18 to over 200 professionals, establishing offices in Dublin, London, Cambridge, Munich and Eindhoven.