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UK law firm Shoosmiths has become a founding member of Hydrogen NI, a new group established to represent organisations with an interest in developing Northern Ireland's clean hydrogen economy. The new group counts companies such as Phoenix Natural Gas, B9 Energy Storage, Solo Renewables, Green Energ

An additional 17 legal and lay members have been appointed to the construction adjudication panel established under the Construction Contracts Act 2013. The appointments bring the total composition of the panel to five barristers, six solicitors, six architects, seven engineers and 12 quantity surve

Government plans to restrict asylum claims from people entering the UK without authorisation will place vulnerable children in extreme danger, the Children's Law Centre (CLC) has warned. The UK government confirmed in the Queen’s Speech that it intends to bring legislation to “establish

Wide injunctions against "persons unknown" cannot be used by local authorities to place a blanket ban on Gypsies and Travellers stopping on public land, the High Court in London has ruled. In a landmark judgment, Mr Justice Nicklin ruled that wide injunctions can only be granted against individuals

The Law Societies of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland have condemned Chinese sanctions against lawyers. They said in a statement that they "unreservedly condemn the recent announcement by the Government of the People’s Republic of China of sanctions against lawyers for providing legal ad

Staff at Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin continued to volunteer in the community during the Covid-19 pandemic through virtual workshops and telephone calls, a new report reveals. The firm's 2021 Corporate Social Responsibility Report notes that the pandemic "had a significant impact on t

Pokémon trading cards have been pulled from the shelves of one of the biggest US retailers in a bid to protect staff from rowdy fans. The resale value of Pokémon cards has sky-rocketed in the past year, leading to tense confrontations in stores, The Guardian reports.

The Court of Appeal has made a differential costs order against a plaintiff in personal injuries proceedings after her award was substantially reduced on appeal. Further, the court ordered the plaintiff to pay the defendants’ costs of the appeal as well. The plaintiff had previously received &

Fresh inquests into the 1971 killings known as the Ballymurphy massacre have concluded that all 10 victims were "entirely innocent of any wrongdoing" on the days they were killed. The 10 victims in five incidents over three days between 9–11 August 1971 were Father Hugh Mullan, Francis Quinn,

Legislation allowing the vast majority of companies in Ireland to be rescued without applying to the courts will be drafted as a matter of priority. Robert Troy, minister of state in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, yesterday announced he had secured government approval for the pr

Adopted people will gain the legal right to access their birth certificates under proposed new government legislation. Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman yesterday published the general scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill, which will enshrine in law a right to access birth and early l

State agencies and NGOs will be given a role in identifying victims of human trafficking following concerns that victims are slipping through the cracks. Ministers yesterday approved plans for a revised national referral mechanism (NRM), which will also be put on a statutory footing through primary

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Eversheds Sutherland has advised Anam Technologies on its acquisition by Croatian Infobip Group, a global cloud communications platform company for businesses and leader in telecom solutions.

Former politician Michelle Mulherin has returned to work as a solicitor with Duggan & Barry Solicitors in Castlebar, Co Mayo. Ms Mulherin served as the Fine Gael TD for Mayo from 2011 to 2016, then as a senator nominated by the Taoiseach from 2016 to 2020.

Benjamin Bestgen, the author of the jurisprudential primer series published in Scottish Legal News and Irish Legal News, reflects on a year of his articles – from their inception in far-flung New Zealand to their conclusion in besieged Jersey. My little jurisprudential-philosophical thought pi