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The UK’s biggest commercial law firms are failing to make their female lawyers partners, with the number promoted remaining flat over the past 12 months, The Brief reports. Less than 20 per cent of the partners at the top ten commercial practices in the City of London are female, according to figu

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Dr Wolfgang Richter Legal business DWF has announced plans to open an office in Berlin in order to strengthen its financial services, real estate and corporate/M&A service lines and continue expanding its European footprint. The office will open 3 April 2017.

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The National Parks and Wildlife Service has successfully appealed a claim in negligence in which a woman was awarded €40,000 for tripping on a boardwalk provided by the service in Wicklow. In the judgment published yesterday, Mr Justice Michael White found that the service had not been negligent,

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Solicitor Pádraig Mawe and Cephas Power BL are set to be appointed as prosecutors for Limerick, the Limerick Leader reports. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said the men were selected for appointment "following competitive processes".

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Stuart Gilhooly, president of the Law Society The Calcutta Run, the legal profession’s annual charity fundraiser, has set a fundraising target of €200,000 this year.

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Prospective university and college students are showing an increased interest in law degrees, according to the latest figures from the Central Applications Office (CAO). Of 65,294 applicants for level 8 courses, a total of 2,694 applicants listed a degree in law as their first preference - an increa

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A new book from Clarus Press is set to provide an accessible and comprehensive account of the law in relation to sexual offending in Ireland. Sexual Offending in Ireland: Laws, Procedures and Punishment has been written by Dr Susan Leahy and Dr Margaret Fitzgerald O'Reilly, law lecturers at the Univ

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