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Callan Tansey has announced plans to pilot pre-action protocols in partnership with the Medical Protection Society (MPS) to help keep medical cases out of the Irish courts. The law firm said the use of pre-action protocols, which set out the requirements that parties to a claim must comply with befo

Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, chair of the Personal Injuries Commission (PIC), has told the Sunday Business Post he is surprised by the Law Society of Ireland's response to its latest report on personal injury awards. The second and final report of the Personal Injuries Commission was given a "ca

The High Court in Belfast has begun hearing three test cases for damages brought on behalf of people who were shot or wounded on Bloody Sunday. Three of 21 civil actions brought by Madden & Finucane Solicitors against the Ministry of Defence were selected as test writs and are being heard now.

The holding of children in single separation at Oberstown Children Detention Campus is set to be scrutinised by the Irish courts for the second time in two years. A 15-year-old boy who alleges that he was unlawfully held in solitary confinement has launched a judicial review in the High Court, The T

Celia Worthington, consultant at Worthington Solicitors in Belfast, writes on a recent case in the Court of Appeal in England and Wales. An essential element to any contract is certainty of terms. A recent case in the Court of Appeal, Robert Bou-Simon –v – BGC Brokers LP, highlighted the

A boxer has won an £8,500 pay-out from the Ulster Boxing Council (UBC) after alleging that he faced discrimination on the basis of perceived religious belief/political opinion. Lewis Crocker, 21, was supported by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in taking the case after he was not

Ethiopian authorities have been condemned for their arbitrary arrest of almost 3,000 young people over the weekend. Responding to a statement by Addis Ababa’s police commissioner Major General Degefe Bede that nearly 3,000 youths were arrested in the capital and that 174 would be charged

A journalist who was sentenced to 5,000 years in prison for failing to pay libel damages amounting to £1.2 million has reflected on the state of the profession in Africa. Rodney D Sieh, editor of Liberia's FrontPageAfrica, had run a story that cast doubt on a government audit, finding $6m unac

A catering manager who was unfairly dismissed by the new owners of a hotel has been awarded €28,400 in the Workplace Relations Commission. The manager had a long-standing arrangement with the previous owner of the hotel whereby other members of staff would clock her in if she was running late

Matheson has announced the establishment of a new office in Cork, marking its first Irish regional office outside of Dublin. The new office, Matheson's sixth worldwide following its recent expansion into San Francisco, will be led by Cork native Gráinne Callanan, senior associate in the firm'

The Law Society of Ireland has said that "considerable investment" would be required to implement proposals to dismantle the role of gardaí in court prosecutions, the Irish Examiner reports. The Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland, which launched its final report last week, said t

McCann FitzGerald has announced that incoming trainees at the firm will have the unique opportunity to spend part of their training cohort in New York. The firm's graduate traineeship programme is centred around a rotation system, with every trainee spending time in one of the core practice groups.

An epileptic solicitor has won a €30,000 pay-out from her employer over its failure to allow her to work from home. In an anonymised ruling, Adjudication Officer Pat Brady found that the legal service provider had breached the Employment Equality Acts by refusing the accommodation.

UCD Sutherland School of Law has announced the appointment of Dr Sarah Fulham-McQuillan as a McCann FitzGerald-sponsored assistant professor in law and business.

Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of five new trainee solicitors to its Belfast city centre office. The group, comprising of recent graduates James Mulligan, Sarah Swann, Maeve Williams, Lucy McKee, and Christopher Dickison, is the latest cohort to join the firm's training programme.