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Dungannon-based P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors has announced the expansion of its medical negligence team with the appointment of solicitor Gary Daly. Mr Daly joins the all-island firm after 13 years in private practice with Gary N Daly Solicitors Limited, in which he developed a Northern Ireland-wi

UCC law students Aoife Nazneen Nurul Khasri and Ruth Fu Dong McKernan have each received a scholarship worth €5,000 and a work placement opportunity with law firm RDJ. The RDJ Diversity Scholarship, which commenced in 2021, supports students from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds stu

Ireland has filed an intervention at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a third party in the case taken by Ukraine against the Russian Federation under the Genocide Convention. Ukraine instituted proceedings against the Russian Federation in February. In its application to the court, Ukrain

Plans to require EU nationals crossing the border into Northern Ireland to apply for electronic travel authorisations in advance raise serious human rights and equality concerns, the Oireachtas has been told. In an address to the Houses of the Oireachtas, Sinéad Gibney, chief commissioner of

William Fry LLP has emerged as winners of this year's Law Society RFC 7s in London. Dating back to 1975, the event took place last Sunday as part of the Law Society Rugby 7s, Netball & Mixed Tag Tournament at the Richmond Athletic Grounds.

A pop-up exhibition about the centenary of the first woman to be called to the bar is now on display at the UK Supreme Court.

A Council of Europe body has called on France to introduce a system of recording of “stop and account” by law enforcement officials and, as regards Travellers, to recognise caravans as a type of housing. In a new report, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), has

UK law firm TLT is embarking on a new project to identify how climate-aligned contract clauses can be used in built environment projects to combat climate change throughout the entire lifecycle of a building. The commercial law firm has won a competitive brief to support The Chancery Lane Project (T

Lawyers for the family of murdered Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh have submitted a new complaint against Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The complaint alleges that Ms Abu-Akleh and another Al Jazeera journalist, Ali Samoudi, were deliberately targeted by Israeli forces de

A police station in the US has begun organising pot parties to help officers better understand how cannabis impairs motorists. Montgomery County Police Station in Maryland invited legal cannabis users to light up in front of officers so they could see the effects first-hand, The Times reports.

Dillon Eustace LLP has announced the appointment of Conal Keane as a partner and head of its Cayman Islands litigation and insolvency practice. Mr Keane is an experienced lawyer specialising in corporate insolvency and commercial litigation. He has advised international financial institutions, corpo

Belfast-based Tughans has announced the appointment of six new trainee solicitors, bringing its total trainee count to 13. Law graduates Adam Lynch, Anna Thompson, Leah Harvey, Lucy Dawson, Lucy Scott and Luke Scholfield have joined the firm and are now engaged in a comprehensive two-year legal trai

Lawyers for a group representing Northern Ireland families who lost loved ones during the pandemic are seeking core participant status in the next phase of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors is representing NI Covid Bereaved Families for Justice (NICBFJ), whose members want to g

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Irish-listed healthcare group Uniphar Group has acquired the McCauley Pharmacy Group, a leading provider of pharmacy and retail services in Ireland.

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has opened applications for its alternative legal services (ALT) trainee solicitor programme in Belfast to external candidates for the first time. The Belfast office launched training contract opportunities to internal candidates in 2012 and, to date, has supp