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The Courts Service and the Legal Aid Board will continue to prioritise domestic abuse cases over the Christmas season, the government has said. Justice minister Helen McEntee yesterday relaunched the "Still Here" national awareness campaign on domestic abuse, which was first developed last April in

The Policing Authority has published its review of 2021 which provides an overview of the breadth and depth of the work it has undertaken this year. The review highlights key areas of focus for the Authority’s oversight, as well as providing data relating to senior Garda appointments, public c

Our popular "and finally" section, with the most absurd, offbeat, strange or funny legal stories, has kept lawyers entertained over the past year. In this roundup, we share the 10 most popular stories of 2021 – many of them reflecting the strangeness of the time, with a number of stories about

Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm in Ireland, is supporting Barnardos Ireland with special Christmas donations this year. The donations follow calls for additional support from the charity, which anticipates that even more children and their families will face extreme hardship this wint

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeal in part of a board claiming entitlement to give instructions on behalf of the Central Bank of Venezuela and has dismissed the cross-appeal of a contender board. Lord Lloyd-Jones, with whom Lord Reed, Lord Hodge, Lord Hamblen and Lord Leggatt ag

Northern Ireland's Labour Relations Agency (LRA) has reported a spike in calls from the hospitality sector following the emergence of the Omicron variant. The LRA's workplace information service (WIS) has seen a dramatic increase in calls over the past two weeks, most of which have been distress cal

Communities would get a greater share of increases in land value arising from local authority planning decisions and public investment in infrastructure under legislative proposals from the government. The general scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones’ Bill was published

Belfast-based law firm Millar McCall Wylie has announced it will be once again renewing its sponsorship of one of Ulster Rugby’s most historic competitions, the Junior Cup.

Proposals for Ireland to adopt a territorial tax system, where corporations would only pay tax in Ireland on income and gains earned in Ireland, have gone out to public consultation. The government's roadmap for updating corporation tax, which was published in January, included a commitment to consi

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Arthur Cox has advised Permanent TSB plc on its proposed €6.4 billion acquisition of certain elements of the Ulster Bank retail, SME and asset finance businesses from Ulster Bank.

William Fry has welcomed 21 newly-qualified solicitors to permanent positions within the firm.

The Special Criminal Court was wrong to exclude the belief evidence of a Garda chief superintendent on the basis that he would not provide information on the basis of his belief, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The non-jury court had, in the trial of two men charged with IRA membership, excluded beli

Northern Ireland victims of the Post Office scandal which saw dozens of subpostmasters wrongly convicted of theft based on faulty evidence could be next in line to have their convictions overturned. Madden & Finucane Solicitors has written to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) on behalf of "a

Ciairín de Buis has been appointed as the inaugural chief executive officer of the newly-established statutory Parole Board. Ms de Buis brings over 25 years' experience in the NGO and not-for-profit sector. She currently provides strategic advice to organisations such as Dublin Rape Cris

The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision which determined that the minister for justice and equality failed to consider the “emotional and social dependency” in a non-EU national’s application for an EU residency card. The High Court held that the minister’s d