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Irwin Mitchell is reportedly considering a stock market flotation which would make it the most valuable legal services company on the London Stock Exchange. The Sheffield-based firm, which has 15 offices across Great Britain, has been working with investment bankers at Rothschild and is aiming for a

The Spanish government has begun reforming the secrecy regime that prevented papers from the civil war and Franco's dictatorship from being published. The Socialist-led coalition of Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister, said a commission had been established to bring Spain's freedom of informati

A scorned judge who took revenge on her cheating partner by "marrying" him in a sham ceremony with an impersonator has been ordered to retire. Judge Souad Meslem, a senior judge in Paris, admitted the bizarre plot to a disciplinary council and could soon face a criminal trial for fraud, The Times re

International law firm Taylor Wessing has announced plans to open its first office in Ireland to pursue tech and life science opportunities. It is the latest international law firm to establish a base in Dublin, following Cadwalader, Hogan Lovells, Ashurts and Linklaters in the last two months alone

Bord Gáis Energy, Ireland’s leading energy and services provider, has named Emma Burrows as its new legal, regulation and corporate affairs director.

The Attorney General should not have any role in the judicial appointments process, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The rights watchdog has published its recommendations to the government and the Oireachtas on the general scheme of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2

The Department of Health has launched a consultation on extending temporary arrangements for "flexibility" in children's social care until November. Regulations were introduced in May to provide HSC Trusts and other children’s social care providers with temporary modifications to support them

Arthur Cox and Mason Hayes & Curran LLP have been named among the best law firms in the world for promoting diversity. The two Irish firms join US firms Covington & Burling and Crowell & Moring as the winners of Accenture's inaugural 2021 Outside Counsel Diversity Awards.

An Irish medical expert has made global headlines with his expert evidence for the prosecution at the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering George Floyd. The jury yesterday heard from Dr Martin Tobin, a world-leading expert in breathing who hails from Co Kilkenny and stu

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has backed the Czech Republic on mandatory pre-school vaccinations in a case that predates the pandemic. Families whose children were refused entry to pre-schools because they had not been vaccinated against childhood diseases appealed to the court.

Authorities south of the border are to follow Scotland's lead and open remote jury centres. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will seek a change in the law to allow courts to use venues to host remote jury centres.

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A man who bundled himself into a wooden crate and tried to mail himself from Australia to Britain has made a public appeal to help track down his accomplices. Back in 1965, Welsh man Brian Robson, now 75, enlisted the help of Irish friends John and Paul in a scheme to return home cheaply.

US law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP has launched an office in Dublin, following in the footsteps of Hogan Lovells, Ashurst and Linklaters. Three of the firm's existing London partners – David Quirolo, Robert Cannon and Suzanne Bell – are expected to rotate between the UK he

An investigation has cleared gardaí of mishandling a complaint from a woman who reportedly accused a judge of inappropriate behaviour towards her. According to the Irish Independent, the woman filed a complaint in 2016 after the judge presiding over her civil case phoned her after a hearing,