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Members of the Law Society of Northern Ireland have overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in chief executive David Lavery at Special General Meeting (SGM) of the Society which took place last night. Two SGMs were requisitioned following controversy that surrounded Mr Lavery’s provision

The DCU Law Review is calling for submissions for its inaugural issue on the topic of ‘Law, Society and the Disjuncture Between’. Founded by final year law students and editors in chief, Regina Chow and Darragh McDonald, the Review is the first student-led review at the university since

Matheson and University College Cork (UCC) recently welcomed a record 90 students to the fourth annual Matheson and UCC Hackathon, held at UCC on Tuesday 13 October 2026. The event, which forms part of the UCC and Matheson Innovation Partnership, brings together students from across a range of disci

What does it mean to be human, and what are we seeking to protect in the age of AI? On Friday evening, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson joined Centre for Digital Ethics (CDE) founder Niamh Lenihan at Trinity College Dublin for ‘The Human in Human Rights: Dignity, Autonomy and Democrac

The University of Limerick School of Law is hosting an alumni gathering in Dublin as part of their Silver Jubilee Celebrations.

QUB Women in Law is seeking legal professionals to become mentors as recruitment opens for the annual mentoring scheme. 

LawCare is offering a free webinar for lawyers on confidence in the workplace.

PureGym, one of the world’s leading gym operators, has signed an agreement to acquire a Swiss business for £235m (€279m) in a cross-border deal supported by Browne Jacobson. The UK and Ireland law firm advised PureGym during the transaction with NonStop Gym (NSG), one of Switzerland

A bus driver has lost a disability discrimination claim after being dismissed following complaints about her farting at work.

UCD Sutherland School of Law has released a special series of SSRN Working Papers honouring alumnus, the late Professor Conor Gearty, who passed away in September 2025. Professor Gearty graduated from UCD with a BCL degree in 1978 thereafter qualifying as a solicitor and attending the University of

Last week we were tragically reminded of the risk posed to society and innocent people by drug debt intimidation and it is clear that the funding to counter this drugs intimidation is inadequate, according to Independent MEP for Ireland South, Michael McNamara. 

Browne Jacobson will provide legal support to public sector bodies working in partnership with the private sector on construction projects after being awarded a place on Pagabo’s major framework. The UK and Ireland law firm has been appointed to Lot 2 (Development Legal Providers) of the Natio

Councillor Maurice Dockrell BL has called for a zero-tolerance approach from An Garda Síochána to illegal car dumping and anti-social behaviour in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.

A&O Shearman has raised £66,090 for the Northern Ireland Hospice and Children's Hospice following a successful two-year partnership, surpassing its original fundraising target by almost 50 per cent. The firm's people in Belfast exceeded the original £45,000 target through fundraising

Gardaí and Revenue now value a kilo of herbal cannabis at €14,000, not €20,000. The change was never announced, but it moves the line for the most serious drug possession offence, writes Brian Cusack. On 5 October, The Irish Times reported that An Garda Síochána had "o