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Landmark legislation creating a specific offence of domestic abuse will be brought into effect by the end of the year after clearing its final stage in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Bill was originally expected to be signed into law by the end of 2020, but w

Ireland has one of the highest rates of data breaches in the EU, according to a new report from global law firm DLA Piper. According to its latest annual survey of GDPR fines and data breaches, a total of 6,615 data breaches were reported to Ireland's Data Protection Commission in the past 12 months

Legal rights group FLAC has criticised ministers for giving "contradictory and confusing explanations" for the retrospective taxation of the Covid Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP). Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys told RTÉ's News at One that the government has "always been clea

A&L Goodbody has announced the extension of its partnership with Ulster Rugby and its official sponsorship of the A&L Goodbody Premium Lounge at Kingspan Stadium. The extension will see ALG continue to sponsor the venue, which underwent a £20,000 refurbishment earlier this year as part

Reports of female-perpetrated child sexual abuse rose by 84 per cent between 2015 and 2019, the BBC reports. Victims of such abuse face "enormous stigma and shame", according to police and charities.

An alleged doughnut thief has been arrested for impersonating a police officer. A shopkeeper in Utah, USA called police after a man wearing a "sheriff's deputy" jacket stole a doughnut and fled in a pickup truck.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against the renewal of a personal injuries summons and has confirmed the proper legal test for the renewal of a summons under the recent amendment to Order 8 of the Superior Court Rules in 2018. In a High Court application to renew a summons, it will be su

Lawsuits over inequalities that flow from environmental injustices are expected to loom large in the Irish courts, the Irish Independent reports. Harm wrought by air pollution as well as flooding, poor planning and lack of green space are likey to be the source of much litigation in the coming years

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has today opened a temporary system which will enable citizenship applicants to complete their naturalisation process by signing a statutory declaration of loyalty. This signed statutory declaration replaces the requirement for citizenship applicants to attend citizens

Neglect, reduced parental access and restrictions in vital support services mark the latest volume of reports published by the Child Care Law Reporting Project today on cases where the state sought orders to take children into or keep them in care. Inevitably, child care proceedings in the latter ha

Jason O'Sullivan, solicitor and public affairs consultant at J.O.S Solicitors, examines the dilemma employers will face when they encounter employees who refuse to take the vaccine and what measures they should take to deal with them. As the rollout continues with the Covid-19 vaccinations, its welc

BLM's Belfast Office has ushered in the New Year with four hires: Alanna Meeke, Klaudia Liberek, Laura Connor and Sara Brady. Solicitor Ms Meeke said: "After qualifying as a solicitor in 2017, I spent my first three years specialising in plaintiff litigation dealing mainly in the areas of indus

Ulster University law lecturer, John Keers, has been appointed to the Northern Ireland Judicial Digitisation Steering Group. The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan QC, has tasked the steering group with determining the judiciary’s requirements for digital transformation.

Two judges of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan have been shot dead by unknown assailants in Kabul. The murders are the latest in a series of killings that involve journalists, activists and other political figures.

TLT, along with its consortium partners, has been appointed to the UK government’s newly established trade law panel. TLT co-bid with two other leading firms in the field, US firm McDermott Will & Emery and Canada’s Borden Ladner Gervais.