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The board of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has been unable to meet for months due to unfilled vacancies, according to reports. There are currently just two board members, with seven positions vacant since the end of September 2021, The Times reports. The board is therefore unable to reach

A&L Goodbody has topped the M&A league tables for 2021 in terms of volume and value of deals, according to new figures. The law firm advised on 77 deals worth €48.2 billion in a bumper year that saw a record 682 deals worth €88.3 billion overall.

Corporate law firm Philip Lee has announced plans to relocate to new, larger Dublin premises with an ambition to hire at least 50 new lawyers this year. The firm will this month move to a new 2,500 square metre headquarters at Connaught House, 1 Burlington Road, Dublin, following the biggest commerc

Business law firm Flynn O'Driscoll has announced a series of senior appointments across its Dublin and Galway offices. Diann Cannon has been appointed as partner in the firm's corporate and commercial team, while Deirdre Walsh and Cian Mannion have been promoted to associates in the same department.

Football fans who racially abuse players will be banned from attending matches for up to a decade under new laws in England and Wales. Home secretary Priti Patel is introducing legislation to widen the ambit of football banning orders – which can be imposed on people convicted of violence, dis

Convictions imposed on people for consensual homosexual activity under former laws will be included in a scheme for “righting the wrongs of the past”, the UK's home secretary Priti Patel is to announce. Ms Patel said more people would have convictions for same-sex sexual activity removed

The lasting power of attorney system in England and Wales is open to fraud due to a lack of routine identity checks, a BBC investigation has found. A fraudster was granted genuine lasting power of attorney over a woman's financial affairs using fake names and forged signatures, according to the inve

A celebrity chef has won defamation proceedings brought against a food critic who wrote a scathing review of his "bland risotto". Italian chef Carlo Cracco sued Achille Ottaviani, editor of La Cronaca di Verona, over his assessment of the food served at an international wine festival in 2016.

Irish lawyer Alison Hardiman has been appointed to the government's major projects advisory group (MPAG), which will scrutinise proposals for major capital investment projects. Ms Hardiman is a qualified barrister and a PhD candidate at UCC School of Law, where she is completing a research project w

The Law Society of Ireland's law school has been recognised as a "distinguished school" by tech giant Apple for the third time. The law school is one of only six educational institutions in Ireland to achieve this status, which it will hold until 2024.

A 22-year-old law student at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) has been co-opted onto Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. Cllr Michael Rice, who is completing a Master's in law, is now a Sinn Féin councillor for The Mournes, succeeding the late Cllr Sean Doran.

The Hibernian Law Journal has reissued a call for submissions for its 21st volume ahead of the deadline this Saturday. The Journal is particularly interested in receiving articles examining domestic matters and will also consider those which discuss European or international law or other common law

People arriving at Dublin Airport without permission to enter the State will be held in dedicated detention facilities at the airport under Garda plans. The former Transaer building at Dublin airport has been refitted and now contains the new Dublin Airport Garda station and additional office facili

The Irish Times has published an obituary of Frank Callanan SC, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 65. The obituary, which appears in today's print edition, recognises Mr Callanan as a man who "managed to combine a busy practice at the Bar with an output of historical and literary writ

As the Michaelmas term has drawn to a close, it provides an opportunity to look back at some of the important judgments which defined the year in the courts. Over the course of 2021, Irish Legal News has produced hundreds of articles on new judgments and current awareness topics within the Irish leg