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Philip Lee has become the first Irish law firm to achieve accreditation as a cycle-friendly employer. The firm has been awarded gold — the highest of three possible grades — under the EU-wide programme established in 2017 by the European Cyclists' Federation to encourage more people to c

Lawyers with Pride has invited all those working in the legal sector to join the Belfast Pride parade this weekend.

A man has launched a multimillion dollar lawsuit against a retailer over its alleged failure to honour its promised lifetime guarantee on socks. Missouri man Kent Slaughter bought a dozen pairs of the "Redhead Lifetime Guarantee All-Purpose Wool Socks" between 2014 and 2021 and spent years bringing

International financial services law firm Walkers has announced the appointment of two new partners in Ireland. Damien Barnaville has been promoted to partner in the firm's asset management and investment funds group, while Shane Martin has been promoted to partner in the regulatory and risk advisor

Belfast human rights lawyer and political activist Pádraigín Drinan has passed away at the age of 75. Ms Drinan was admitted to the roll of solicitors in November 1974 and was principal in her own practice until her retirement in October 2013.

Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC, a prominent human rights lawyer from Ireland who practises in London, has spoken of receiving death threats, including one which said she should be murdered "like Pat Finucane". Ms Gallagher, a barrister with Doughty Street Chambers, shared her experience while speaking at

John Elliot, the Law Society of Ireland's director of regulation and registrar of solicitors, will retire this week after nearly two decades in the role. Mr Elliot, who joined the Law Society in 2004 and served as a member of its senior management team, is taking early retirement on Friday.

ByrneWallace LLP has announced the promotion of five new partners, bringing the number of partners in the firm to 52. The new partners are Alan Doyle in the health and social care team, Aoife Hearne and Bryan O'Gorman in property, Colin Bolger in tax and Eamonn Carey in corporate.

A major new report jointly commissioned by the Law Society of Ireland and The Bar of Ireland has recommended a system of non-binding guidelines for legal practitioners as the best means of controlling costs while ensuring fair and equal access to justice. The independent report was produced by EY an

Legislation providing for the establishment of a new national guardian ad litem service has been enacted. The Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 allows for the new service to be established within an executive office of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on an inter

Postgraduate student Eoghan O'Connell has become the first recipient of a new €5,000 scholarship from Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm. The Maples Group scholarship benefits one postgraduate student studying for the LLM in Business Law at University College Cork (UCC

The King's Inns has congratulated Diploma in Legal Studies class of 2022 on graduating this week.

The Legal Aid Board has officially opened a new co-located law centre and mediation centre in Sligo. Located on the second floor of Bridgewater House on Rockwood Parade, the new centre is the latest in the agency's network of 30 full-time law centres and 17 mediation offices across the State.

A police commissioner who vowed to crack down on speeding has been given a a six-month driving ban for speeding. Nottinghamshire's Conservative PCC Caroline Henry was caught breaking the speed limit five times in just 12 weeks.

The Law Commission of England and Wales is to launch a new project to review the law around autonomous flight. The two-year review is sponsored by the Future Flight Challenge at UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and supported by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Department for Transport (D