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The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) awarded over €20,000 on average in whiplash cases in the first six months of 2018. The average PIAB award was €18,581 in general damages (pain and suffering) plus €1,456 in special damages (medical expenses, loss of earnings, etc), accordi

The deficit on suspended Ballaghaderreen solicitor Declan O'Callaghan's client account could be more than €600,000, the Irish Independent reports. The High Court heard yesterday that Mr O'Callaghan had lodged a cheque for €395,000 to address the deficit, though €144,000 had bounced du

Antrim-based Legal-Island has become the only Northern Ireland business shortlisted in the Gold Employer of the year (2-49) category in the Investors in People (IIP) Awards 2018. The law training and information company helps HR professionals understand employment law and how it applies to their wor

Dr Vincent Power, head of the EU, competition and procurement group at A&L Goodbody, considers the likely outcome of the Brexit negotiations. Like all good soap operas, viewers of Brexit wonder whether there will or won't be a deal by 11pm Irish time on Friday 29 March 2019.

New members of the solicitor profession were presented with their parchments and prizes at the latest parchment ceremony in Blackhall Place. Mr Justice Michael Quinn of the High Court and former Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald addressed the ceremony, along with Law Society president Michael Quin

A man who fled to Ireland after committing a £5 million tax fraud in the UK has been jailed. Former construction boss Thomas O'Connor, 52, was convicted of cheating the public revenue after an HMRC investigation but fled before he could be jailed.

Professor Anne-Marie McAlinden's inaugural lecture at QUB School of Law, "Re-Imagining the Risk of Sexual Offending", has been published on YouTube.

Pet lambs reared by young people detained at Hydebank Wood College have been donated to a local charity.

A prominent Bahraini royal is facing a £35 million lawsuit for allegedly reneging on an agreement to spend time with Bollywood stars. Sheikh Hamad Isa Ali al-Khalifa is said to have drawn up a list of 26 A-listers he wanted to meet, and agreed to pay £1.15 million for each 15-minute enco

The Director of Public Prosecutions has successfully appealed the finding that a trial judge misdirected a jury in a prison officer’s trial for possession of €6,000 worth of drugs. In the Court of Appeal, the man’s conviction for possession was overturned on grounds related to the a

Leading Irish lawyers voiced frustration with Britain's lack of progress on the issue of human rights protections after Brexit at the Hibernian Law Journal's annual lecture.

John McKee Solicitors will offer a wider range of claims solutions services to insurance composite NFU Mutual following its reappointment to its revised legal panel. The Belfast firm is one of four legal services firms selected to support the delivery of the group's claims strategy.

A justice of the Supreme Court of Canada will deliver a keynote lecture in Dublin this month to launch the Palles Society for Private Law. Mr Justice Russell Brown, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2015, will address lawyers on Thursday 22 November on "Indeterminacy in the Duty of Care Anal

Data protection experts considered the potential for data breaches to become the personal injury claim of the future at a seminar hosted by DWF in Dublin. Following the implementation of the Data Protection Act 2018, panellists DWF partner Eimear Collins, Paul Anthony McDermott SC and Professor Eoin

Lawyers at international law firm Simmons & Simmons celebrated the opening of its Dublin office at the official launch event.