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More than half a dozen law firms have been shortlisted for awards from the LGBT+ magazine GNI MAG. International law firms Pinsent Masons and Allen and Overy have been shortlisted in the Business Contribution to the Community category.

Gardaí have failed to report almost 1,600 incapacitating spray incidents to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) within the necessary timeframe, The Irish Times reports. Figures obtained by the newspaper show that 1,794 reports of Garda use of incapacitating spray on s

Divorce judges will assign custody over pets on a similar basis to custody over children under new legislation in the US state of California. Judges are now legally required to consider an animal's best interests in divorce proceedings, and can order shared ownership of a pet.

The directors of a construction company who, along with their wives, signed guarantees in respect of the indebtedness of their company to the Bank of Ireland, have lost their Supreme Court appeal against the €1 million summary judgment granted by the High Court in 2011. Finding that there was n

In a first for any Irish law firm, A&L Goodbody has announced the appointment of solicitor Eithne Lynch as a full-time pro bono associate. Ms Lynch joins from the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) and will oversee the firm's pro bono programmes and initiatives, the Irish Independent reports.

Dublin firm Philip Lee has announced its appointment to the Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS) legal panel, the first formal legal panel for the organisation. The panel will provide legal advice and support to the company across the UK and Ireland.

Ronan Daly Jermyn has advised Goethe-Institut Irland on the recent redevelopment of its cultural centre at Merrion Square. Construction partner Finola McCarthy led the team advising on the construction contract for the extensive renovation and remodelling of the Samuel Sproule-designed 1787 house an

Matheson and UCD Sutherland School of Law have jointly hosted the first Brexit-focused event at the newly-opened UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland. "Cultivating New Opportunities: The Agri-Food and Beverage Perspective on Brexit and China" heard from industry and legal experts, as well as Agricult

The Court of Appeal has ruled that thousands of people may have been unlawfully held in immigration removal centres in recent years. In a case brought by five asylum seekers who were challenging the provisions of the Dublin III regulations, judges ruled that detained people could not be held indefin

A man has become the first person to be jailed under new modern slavery laws after he used children in a "county lines" operation. Zakaria Mohammed, 21, a drug dealer, was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court for his drug operation which he ran between Birmingham and Lincoln

Campaigners against Brexit have announced their intention to sue the Electoral Commission unless it reopens an investigation into a £435,000 donation to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). The Good Law Project, founded by Jolyon Maugham QC, sent a formal pre-action letter to the electoral wat

McCann FitzGerald was named the leading Irish law firm in the area of ‘Innovation in the Business of Law’ at the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards 2018 in London last night. The firm took away three honours in the category for its partnership with Women's Aid, its development of cutting edge l

Agents for Britain’s security service are authorised to commit serious crimes, on British soil, without informing prosecutors, under a secretive MI5 policy, a court has been told. Reprieve, Privacy International, the Pat Finucane Centre and the Committee on the Administration of Justice a

On 4 April 1603, the Treaty of Mellifont officially finalised the Tudor conquest of Ireland, however by 1606 it became clear to the British Crown that Brehon law, or ‘the common law of the Irishry’, was still being administered in Ireland. In particular, reliance on the customs of &lsquo