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Global law firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has announced plans to build on the success of its legal services centre in Belfast with the opening of a second advanced delivery centre in Perth, Australia. The new centre, similar to that opened in Belfast in 2011, will comprise legal support profession

The criminal courts are expected to experience further disruption this week as a result of Covid-19 outbreaks in the prison system. The Irish Prison Service (IPS) said on Friday that it is dealing with active outbreaks in Cloverhill and Mountjoy, while Midlands Prison has been brought under control.

Personal injury lawyers have called on the Irish government to establish a statutory compensation scheme for vaccine-related injuries. An expert group chaired by Mr Justice Charles Meenan recommended in December 2020 that the government establish a vaccine compensation scheme "as a matter of urgency

Former chief justice Frank Clarke will join lawyers from some of Ireland's biggest law firms on Monday to launch the third Pro Bono Week Ireland. Pro Bono Week Ireland, which runs this year from 22-26 November, celebrates the role played by volunteer lawyers supporting civil society and those in nee

Any move by the UK to invoke Article 16 to suspend parts of the Brexit deal would risk equality and human rights protections for people in Northern Ireland, Amnesty International has said. The human rights group has written to UK and EU negotiators Lord Frost and Maroš Šefčovič to wa

Sligo-based Callan Tansey LLP has celebrated five years since opening its office in Ballina, Co Mayo.

The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed to introduce legislation to extend the so-called "six-month rule" for terminally ill people accessing certain benefits. The High Court ruled last summer that the requirement for terminally ill claimants to demonstrate that their death can reasonably be expec

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has dismissed a challenge to the religious language contained in declarations required to take up the office of president. The court unanimously held that the applicants, a group of five Irish politicians, had failed to provide reasonable and convincing evi

The non-jury Special Criminal Court should be abolished, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has recommended. The human rights watchdog said the State should declare that the ordinary courts are adequate to secure the effective administration of justice and the preservation of public peac

The High Court has dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of the voting system for the Seanad by a graduate of the University of Limerick. The plaintiff claimed that it was unconstitutional that graduates from the University of Dublin (TCD) and the National University of Ireland (NUI) could

McCann FitzGerald LLP has announced the appointment of Stephen Holst as its incoming managing partner, taking the reins from Barry Devereux in April 2022. Mr Holst is currently a partner in both the employment, pensions and incentives and disputes groups of the firm.

More alleged victims of sexual abuse have joined a class action suit against Celtic FC. It means that there are now around 35 people who claim to have been victims of molestation at Celtic Boys Club.

A millionaire German shepherd is selling a nearly $32 million Miami mansion that previously belonged to Madonna. Undoubtedly one of the richest dogs in the world, Gunther VI benefits from a $500 million fortune inherited from his grandfather, Gunther IV (also a dog).

Warm tributes were paid to Mr Justice Kevin Cross this morning on his retirement from the High Court. Mr Justice Cross, a graduate of University College Dublin (UCD) and the King's Inns, called to the Bar in 1975 and to the Inner Bar in 1997. He was appointed to the High Court in 2011.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Matheson has advised Bank of Ireland on its acquisition of all of the performing loan assets and deposits of KBC Bank Ireland for about €5 billion as the Belgian lender withdraws from the Iris