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The Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Dame Siobhan Keegan, has paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died yesterday at the age of 96. In a statement, Northern Ireland's top judge said: "I am very saddened this evening by the news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen.

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has appointed David McGovern as head of its aviation and asset finance practice group. Mr McGovern brings 20 years' experience in both private practice and in-house roles to the team across the Irish and international aviation industry.

More that two-thirds of Ireland's energy sector believes that the government's delivery target for offshore wind is either extremely challenging or completely unrealistic, according to a survey by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran. Just seven per cent of industry professionals believe that

Plans for a new District Garda HQ in Newcastle West, Co Limerick have been unveiled by justice minister Helen McEntee. Mrs McEntee was joined by Patrick O'Donovan, the minister of state with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, to make the announcement at the site of the proposed new stati

Capacity pressures at the Office of the State Pathologist (OSP) have eased somewhat following a series of appointments in 2021, a new report indicated. Dr Linda Mulligan was appointed as chief state pathologist in February 2021 after a three-year search, with Ireland facing a "worldwide shortage of

Senior civil servant Anne Marie Caulfield has been appointed as CEO designate of the new Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland, which is due to be established under forthcoming legislation. James Browne, the minister of state with responsibility for law reform, said the early appointment would en

England's Court of Appeal has quashed another five convictions of sub-post masters and mistresses. The court ruled that their prosecutions and convictions were an abuse of the court’s process as the evidence against them arose from software, Horizon, which was replete with bugs, errors or defe

The sale of Siteserv to billionaire businessman Denis O'Brien in 2012 was so tainted by impropriety and wrongdoing that it was not commercially sound, a long-running inquiry has concluded. Mr Justice Brian Cregan was appointed in 2015 to lead a commission of investigation into the controversial tran

Donald Trump once offered a baffled lawyer a deed to a horse in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to settle a $2 million legal bill, according to a new book. Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump and the Corruption of Justice, by David Enrich, recounts how the lawyer confronted the futu

Carson McDowell has appointed seven more trainee solicitors, bringing the total number engaged in the firm's solicitor training programme to 15. The successful recruits who joined the firm this week are Anna Haughian, Kerrie Emerson, Aoife McConnell, Dylan Toner and Eilis Maguire, graduates of Queen

The 21st Volume of the Hibernian Law Journal has been launched by Mr Justice Michael Twomey and the president of the Law Society, Michelle Ní Longáin. A special launch ceremony held in the Blue Room at the Law Society's Blackhall Place headquarters was attended by members of the judici

The UK government's proposed Bill of Rights has been abandoned. The bill was due to have a second reading in Parliament next week. The government is now, however, "reviewing the most effective means to deliver objectives through our legislative agenda" and the Bill of Rights is "unlikely to progress

Brandon Lewis has been appointed as the UK government's new justice secretary by prime minister Liz Truss. Mr Lewis, who was previously secretary of state for Northern Ireland, was elected Conservative MP for Great Yarmouth in 2010 and replaces Dominic Raab.

The final report of long-running inquiry into the controversy surrounding the €45 million sale of Siteserv to billionaire Denis O'Brien in 2012 is expected to be published today. Mr Justice Brian Cregan was appointed in 2015 to lead a commission of investigation into the transaction, which saw