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A journalist recently tested the limits of baby naming in Australia by calling her son "Methamphetamine Rules". Kirsten Drysdale submitted the name to the New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages registry as part of national broadcaster ABC's new show What the FAQ.

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Gateley Legal Northern Ireland has appointed three new trainee solicitors, bringing the total number of trainees at its Belfast office to seven. Kate Adair, Paul Kerr and Annabel Barton, who were previously paralegals with the firm, will now be studying at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies

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A new documentary exploring the 1970s court case which paved the way for the legalisation of contraception in the State is to be broadcast on TG4 next week. May and Séamus McGee approached a solicitor in 1972 to raise concerns about a banned contraceptive. At the time, women could obtain the

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A first-of-its-kind judicial review being heard in Northern Ireland's High Court today aims to force the Department of Infrastructure to resume carrying out exhaust emissions tests on diesel cars for the first time in nearly two decades. Hundreds of thousands of diesel cars have never received a leg

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Small- and medium-sized transactions dominated both the Irish and UK M&A markets in the first half of the year as rising financing costs discouraged larger deals, according to a new report from Philip Lee. Philip Lee has published the fifth edition of its cross-border deal insight guide, produce

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Anne-Marie Linehan, partner at J.W. O'Donovan Solicitors, has been appointed to the board of Cork Chamber. Ms Linehan, who has been an active member within the Chamber for a number of years, was co-opted onto the board alongside two others following the business body's recent AGM.

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Energy lawyer Alan Bissett has been reappointed to the board of Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners (LPHC) for a second term. Mr Bissett is a senior utilities lawyer and has advised on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters at Belfast and London firms. He is dual-qualified as a soli

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Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani is being sued by his own lawyers over an alleged unpaid legal bill of $1.36 million (around €1.3m or £1.1m). The disputed bill relates to services provided since 2019, including early representation in some of the notorious election rigging cases, NBC New

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The legal community's collaborative initiative to support Ukrainian refugees in Ireland has been recognised at the Chambers Ireland Sustainable Business Impact Awards 2023. Matheson and A&L Goodbody led the collaborative effort, which involved six other law firms — Arthur Cox, William Fry,

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