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Plans to transpose new EU rules on the enforcement of sanctions, introduced in response to Russia's continuing war against Ukraine, have been published by the government. The Department of Justice yesterday published the general scheme of the Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) B

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has recruited Nick Bennett as an associate in the firm's employment and immigration department. Mr Bennett has been practising as an immigration solicitor since 2019 and brings over 12 years' experience in immigration services to the firm, having spent time working

Northern Ireland firm JMK Solicitors has celebrated five years since embracing a four-day working week for employees with no reduction in pay. The personal injury specialist firm, with offices in Belfast city centre, west Belfast, Newry and Derry, permanently reduced its working hours by 20 per cent

Mercy Law Resource Centre has appointed Dr Freda Grealy as its new managing solicitor. Dr Grealy takes the reins of the independent law centre, which provides free legal advice to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, from Aoife Kelly-Desmond, who recently left to take up a new role as

International law firm Taylor Wessing has promoted Dannie Hanna and Jo Joyce to partners in its Dublin office. The pair are among 10 new partners appointed across the firm's global network and will take up their new roles from 1 May 2025.

Speedy Gonzalez has been caught with an enormous haul of stolen supermarket goods, police say. A local police department in the US state of Georgia went viral after announcing the arrest and charging of a 40-year-old man seemingly named for the world-famous cartoon character.

A lawyer in Serbia who was fined for insulting a judge did not suffer a violation of his right to freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Čedomir Backović was fined 100,000 Serbian dinars, around €910 at the time, after sarcastically referring to a court as compri

Government proposals to allow guardianship rights to be "removed" from a parent convicting of killing the other are unlikely to be constitutionally permissible, a legal academic has warned. Ministers last week published the general scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025, which s

Fee-share law firm Excello Law has expanded into Northern Ireland with the establishment of a new office led by real estate lawyer Gregory Martin. Founded in London in 2009, the firm's latest move follows successful launches in Dubai and the United States earlier this year.

Revolut has been ordered by Lithuania's central bank to pay a €3.5 million fine for deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML) processes, its largest financial penalty to date. The Bank of Lithuania, which oversees Revolut's European banking operations alongside the European Central B

Former Law Society of Ireland director Teri Kelly has established a new specialist communications agency, Total Reputation, aimed at law firms north and south of the border. Ms Kelly recently left the Law Society after 11 years as director of representation and member services, during which she spea

Ireland is set to be among the first signatories to a world-first international treaty aiming to protect the profession of lawyer. The Department of Justice is currently analysing the new Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer with a view to Ireland signing it in

A man who brought a religious discrimination claim against the Hilton Belfast hotel with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has agreed to a £10,000 settlement without admission of liability. Jonathan Kerr, who describes himself as a "practising Judaeo-Christian", to

Plans to extend entitlement to paid statutory sick leave from five days to 10 days have been abandoned by the government. The Sick Leave Act 2022 introduced a statutory right to paid sick leave for the first time and was meant to be phased in from 2023 to 2026.

Northern Ireland MPs have backed a call for the UK government to establish an independent public inquiry into the UK's involvement in the Gaza war. An open letter penned by Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour leader turned independent MP, has been signed by 30 other MPs and five Lords.