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The Bar of Ireland has congratulated barristers on their success in the Bar Council elections. Mary Rose Gearty SC, Conor Dignam SC, Sean Gillane SC, Maura McNally SC and Seán Ó hUallacháin SC were elected to the senior panel.
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Mark Thorne Dublin firm Dillon Eustace has advised a European real estate investment specialist on the acquisition of 47 apartments in the Irish capital.
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Belfast solicitor Eoghan McKenna, managing director of MSM Law, has been recognised with multiple awards from wellbeing charity Inspire. Mr McKenna's firm resisted stiff competition from other nominees in the business and professional community to receive the Excellence in Small Private Sector Workp
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Aisling Scott Congratulations are due to Irish-born solicitor Aisling Scott, who won last week's Come Dine With Me in Edinburgh.
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A lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been given a four-year jail term for stealing the identities of immigrants who were facing deportation and using them to acquire credit cards and run up debts of more $190,300. Raphael Sanchez, 44, who was formerly the head of the ICE office
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The Court of Appeal has found that the current law enables legally valid humanist weddings to be performed in Northern Ireland. Overturning the High Court’s declaration that the lack of equal recognition discriminated against humanists pursuant to Articles 9 and 14 ECHR by not protecting a manifes
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Pictured (l-r): Michael Ohle, managing partner John Lynch, Emma Heron and Barry Heslin Dublin firm Whitney Moore has announced the appointment of three new partners and three new associates.
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The Law Centre (NI) has called for an urgent review of the "mandatory reconsideration" process following a new report on the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment process. The Department of Communities yesterday published the final report of Walter Rader's independent review of the assessme
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The Department of Justice has confirmed that convictions for abolished homosexual offences can now be disregarded and pardoned. The Northern Ireland Assembly agreed in November 2016 to bring the law in Northern Ireland in line with England and Wales, where disregards have been available since 2012.
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Dr Cliona Kelly, UCD Law Lecturer; Paige Kelly, Winner of the 2018 Leman Award in Intellectual Property; Brian Conroy, Leman Solicitors Trademark & IP Litigation Specialist; John Hogan, Partner, Leman Solicitors; and Prof Imelda Maher, UCD Dean of Law
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The police officer in command during the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 is to face trial for manslaughter, a judge has ruled. An inquest two years ago found that 96 football fans who were crushed to death in the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough were unlawfully killed.
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A number of human rights organisations have issued a joint statement following the publication of two reports yesterday by Westminster's Intelligence and Security Committee on the UK's complicity in torture and rendition incidents. Amnesty International UK, Freedom from Torture, Justice, Rights Watc
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Staff at Belfast solicitor firm Carson McDowell joined competitors from businesses across Northern Ireland to take part in the Grant Thornton Runway Run at Belfast City Airport this week.
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Colm O'Gorman Amnesty International Ireland has welcomed the Government’s offer of refuge to 20-25 people who were stranded on a ship that was refused docking in a number of countries.
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A multinational cement company has been indicted by French investigative judges on charges including complicity in crimes against humanity and financing of Syrian terrorists. The allegations relate to the conduct of Lafarge Cement Syria, a subsidiary of French-based Lafarge SA, between 2011 and 2014
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