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McCann FitzGerald has appointed Fiona Winders as director of clients & business development and Michéle Quinn as director of marketing & communications. Ms Winders brings over 25 years of experience in the ICT and professional services sectors. Her expertise lies in building sustainab

Retail and hospitality leaders have called on justice minister Jim O’Callaghan to address what they describe as a rising trend of “vexatious defamation litigation being entertained” in Irish courts, saying small businesses do not feel adequately protected under current law. In a le

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan is to open a series of reception centres to deal with asylum applications from certain countries within three months of people making a claim, The Sunday Times reports. Under the plans, which constitute the most significant revision of the immigration system in

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has in recent years paid out a total of £25m to settle civil cases related to the Troubles – and most of it went to lawyers – the chief constable has said. Jon Boutcher told MPs on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that lawyers had

A Scottish school must provide single-sex toilets for pupils after parents won a legal battle against a council which insisted on installing gender-neutral facilities, The Times reports. In a case dubbed the "first of many" which will see the rights of women and girls asserted in the wake of the Sup

An accountant has lost a £700,000 court claim against developers after refusing to complete the purchase of a £1.5 million flat in south London's Aykon London One tower, nicknamed the 'Versace Tower' for its fashion house-designed interiors. Mi Suk Park, 54, paid a £381,000 deposit

New protections intended to give children safer lives have been finalised by Ofcom today. More than 40 measures have been laid down for tech firms to meet their duties under the Online Safety Act. These will apply to sites and apps used by UK children in areas such as social media, search and gaming

Dr Joanna Ralston has been appointed as a member of the Mental Health Commission. Dr Ralston is a practising barrister with over 20 years’ experience. She completed a PhD in 2022, has published articles in peer reviewed journals and has practiced extensively in the area of capacity law. 

The European Commission has fined Apple and Meta after finding that the tech giants breached their obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the DMA and Meta breached its obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less

The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has published its first complaints report for 2025 which shows it received 829 complaints in a six month period, with 839 complaints closed.  The report provides details of the number and nature of complaints about legal practitioners (solicitors a

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has published a new procedure for agreeing settlements in administrative competition law investigations. Since September 2023, the CCPC – through independent adjudication officers – is empowered to find that a business has breache

A legislature has passed a bill dubbed by its detractors as the “Let Politicians Lie Act". The Missouri Legislature passed Senate Bill 22, which allows politicians to rewrite ballot summary language up to three times, even after courts have ruled it unlawful.

The Protected Disclosures Commissioner, Ger Deering, has today published a report on the work of his office during 2024. The Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner sends reports it receives of wrongdoing in the workplace (sometimes called ‘whistleblowing’) to the organisation b

Under new proposals set to be announced in the coming weeks, prison officers will be authorised to use synthetic pepper spray for the first time in response to violence and disorder within jails, The Irish Times reports. The incapacitant spray, which produces a heat effect similar to that of chilli

The Supreme Court is to consider key legal issues regarding the correct approach to sentencing in cases of violence within intimate-partner relationships, The Irish Times reports. The case centres on an appeal by Soufiane Mountassir, 40, whose prison term was almost doubled after he forced his then-