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Proposals to end religious discrimination in school recruitment in Northern Ireland have been put out to consultation by a Stormont committee. The Northern Ireland Assembly committee for the Executive Office has begun its examination of the Fair Employment (School Teachers) Bill, which would amend f

The renewable energy bursary established by Arthur Cox in memory of the firm's late partner Niamh Burke has opened for 2022 applications. The bursary is open to all those who are planning to study in a field related to renewable energy in Ireland, at postgraduate level. All relevant disciplines are

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has announced the appointment of Julie Austin as a partner in the firm's privacy and data security team. Ms Austin advises clients on a range of data protection issues solving complex global privacy problems for major organisations.

A decision by Northern Ireland's agriculture minister to order a halt to checks on goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been branded "a breach of international law" by Ireland's European commissioner. Mairead McGuinness, the European commissioner for financial stability, finan

The justice ministers north and south of the border have agreed to a new two-year work plan to enhance cross-border co-operation on criminal justice matters. At a virtual meeting, northern justice minister Naomi Long and southern justice minister Helen McEntee heard updates from PSNI officers and ga

The newly-formed committee of the Northern Ireland Young Solicitors Association (NIYSA) has elected its vice-chair, secretary, treasurer and other officers for 2022. The NIYSA committee, which was elected at its AGM last month, elected its officers following its first monthly meeting of the year.

Northern Ireland's planning system is not working efficiently and has failed to meet many of its main performance targets in recent years, a new report has found. The report, produced by Northern Ireland's comptroller and auditor general Kieran Donnelly CB and the local government auditor Colette Ka

The Bar of Northern Ireland and the Law Society of Northern Ireland have issued a stark joint warning over proposed cuts to Northern Ireland's justice budget, which the professions say will undermine access to justice. Representatives of the barrister and solicitor professions have been meeting with

The Hibernian Law Journal has opened submissions for its 2022 case note competition. Case notes of 2,000 to 4,000 words are sought by the Journal on any recent seminal judgment of the Irish courts, the EU courts or the European Court of Human Rights.

Belfast-based MKB Law has been named as the only Northern Ireland firm selected as finalists at the Chartered Institute of Credit Management's (CICM) Credit Awards 2022. The firm's specialist debt recovery and insolvency team represents a number of businesses in the credit industry within Northern I

The UK Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge to the £1,012 fee required to register children as British citizens, while recognising that the fee excludes large numbers of children from their rights. The ultimately unsuccessful legal challenge was brought by the Project for the Registra

An eel smuggler has been slapped with a record €7.2 million fine by Spanish authorities. The man, who has not been identified, will also have to serve a 15-month prison sentence after being convicted of trafficking a protected species.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) will gain more powers to enforce European and Irish competition law under a bill published by ministers. The Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 will give effect to the implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of t

Solicitors William Glover and David Hardstaff have been re-elected as co-chairs of the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA) for 2022. The association, which welcomes solicitors, barristers, academics and law students in London with an affinity to the island of Ireland, has over 800 members.

Global legal business DWF has announced the appointment of Sinéad Ryan as a partner in Dublin and the promotion of partners James Morrison and Mark Taggart in Belfast. The firm has announced 34 senior promotions as part of its worldwide promotions round, with 17 new partners, four other senio