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Eugene F. Collins partner Margaret Austin and solicitor Kate Liddy-Cormican examine a recent decision with implications for transparency in decision-making processes. A recent decision of Judge Max Barrett regarding the duty of An Bord Pleanála to give reasons for its planning decisions has b

Former solicitor Colm Kincaid has been appointed by the Central Bank as its new director of consumer protection. Mr Kincaid, who practised as a solicitor in London and Dublin prior to joining the Central Bank in 2004, will take up the senior role from 1 October 2021.

Aircraft leasing legal expert Catherine Kearns has been appointed as general counsel of SKY Leasing, based in Dublin. Ms Kearns has more than 25 years' aircraft leasing legal experience, previously holding senior legal roles at BOC Aviation, Sky Aviation Leasing International, and ORIX Aviation.

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has announced the appointment of Liam Flynn as a senior partner in the firm’s financial services team. Mr Flynn works with financial institutions, including insurers, banks and fintech firms, to help them respond to today's challenging regulatory

The man who appeared nude as a baby on the cover of Nirvana's best-selling Nevermind album is suing the band and others for $2.5 million, claiming the photo represents "commercial child pornography". Spencer Elden, now 30, has filed a lawsuit in California seeking $150,000 in damages from 15 parties

A petition demanding that all depictions of Wales' national animal, the Red Dragon, include an erect penis will be considered by Welsh legislators. The bizarre online petition has gathered enough signatures to be considered by the Welsh Parliament's petitions committee, Nation.Cymru reports.

Nine more US lawyers who attempted to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election in favour of Donald Trump have been sanctioned. Sidney Powell, Lin Wood and seven others could be disbarred after a federal judge ruled that their lawsuit in Michigan "represents a historic and profound abuse

Very few Irish-based tech companies have acceded to a government appeal for them to join Ireland's national reporting service for potentially criminal online content more than six months later. Hildegarde Naughton, minister of state with special responsibility for civil and criminal justice, made th

The estate of the sculptor of Copenhagen's famous Little Mermaid statue is suing a small Danish town to demand it removes its own statue of a mermaid. The heirs of Edvard Eriksen, who sculpted the character from the Hans Christian Anderson story that inspired the Disney classic, argue the statue in

Barrister Ronan Lupton has joined University College Dublin Sutherland School of Law as an associate adjunct professor. Mr Lupton has particular expertise in defamation, data protection, eCommerce, freedom of expression, intellectual property, privacy and media contempt, and has a special interest i

Belfast-based MKB Law has announced a new charity partnership with Depaul, which supports individuals, couples and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Since its establishment in Ireland in 2002 and Northern Ireland in 2005, Depaul has grown to become a significant leader in the hom

A Trump-era policy forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed in the US must be reinstated following a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). The top court refused to grant the Biden administration a stay on a district court injunction pending app

Two lawyers have been appointed to registration boards within multi-profession health regulator CORU. Barrister Colm Scott-Byrne has been appointed to the Dietitians Registration Board while solicitor Karen Watret has been appointed to the Medical Scientists Registration Board.

William Fry has congratulated the winners of the Irish Junior Lawn Tennis Championships of Ireland, one of the oldest amateur sporting events in the world, which it has sponsored for the 12th year. Recognised as one of the most prestigious events in youth tennis, the championship acts as a scouting

Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed five new trainee solicitors as part of its commitment to developing talent and investing in the future generation of lawyers. Each trainee will complete a two-year training programme working alongside skilled lawyers on a variety of cases and