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Irish lawyer Genevieve Poirier has joined international disputes firm LALIVE as a partner based in its London office, LALIVE (London) LLP. An Irish and Canadian national, Ms Poirer initially trained as a solicitor in New Zealand and later as a solicitor advocate with rights of audience before the En

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has been awarded the highest level of UN accreditation possible for national human rights institutions. Following a detailed review of its work, achievements, institutional independence and processes, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institu

Belfast law firm McKees has announced the appointment of PIPS as its new charity partner. PIPS is a community-based charity that delivers suicide prevention and bereavement support services, counselling and therapies throughout Northern Ireland. Almost 12,000 people accessed the services between 202

Private renters in Northern Ireland will be protected from eviction until May 2022 following an extension of Covid-19 laws. The Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Act requires landlords to give tenants a 12-week notice to quit period before seeking a court order to begin proceedings to ev

International law firm Taylor Wessing has formally opened its doors in Dublin, its 29th office worldwide. The firm announced plans to open in Ireland earlier this year, joining firms like Cadwalader, Hogan Lovells, Ashurts and Linklaters.

As a child growing up in 1980s west Belfast, Pádraig Ó Muirigh did not have a lot of trust in authority. Living in the Falls Road area, he says the views he formed of the police and the army were negative ones, which were reinforced when his father spent seven years behind bars.

A neo-Nazi terrorist has been ordered to read classic novels in lieu of a prison sentence. Judge Timothy Spencer QC told 21-year-old Ben John to swap his extremist literature for the works of Jane Austen and William Shakespeare.

A solicitor has been suspended after being caught using a disabled blue badge she was not entitled to. London lawyer Nina Koushi was caught parking in a disabled space in November 2019, just months after qualifying as a solicitor, the Law Society Gazette reports.

Thirty partnerships which pair communities and civil society groups to work together to achieve goals on an all-island basis will benefit from a new all-island community fund.

Northern Ireland's legacy pension scheme for victims of the Troubles has opened for applications from today. The scheme, officially known as the "victims' payments scheme for permanent disablement", is designed to recognise and acknowledge the harm suffered and to promote reconciliation, as well as

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Arthur Cox has advised HT Materials Science (HTMS) on a €5 million investment round led by Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures and Progress Tech Transfer.

A public inquiry into the work of a Southern Trust urologist, to be chaired by Christine Smith QC, will begin next week. The inquiry, which will be set up on 6 September 2021, will make history as the first public inquiry in Northern Ireland to be chaired by a woman.

Matthew Howse, partner at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast, examines why landowners and tenants are bringing more litigation involving 4G masts. A recent announcement by three mobile telephone networks that they have agreed a deal to build and share masts in order to improve 4G coverage in rural Nort

The Metropolitan Police could adopt a gender-neutral uniform for all police officers following a consultation of officers. The UK's largest police force said it would consult staff ahead of the contract with its current uniform provider expiring in 2023.

A defence lawyer in Canada has praised a judge's decision to exclude unvaccinated jurors – because he "wants intelligent people on the jury". Justice Kevin Phillips, who is overseeing a murder trial in Ottawa, said in a pre-trial ruling that he would dismiss any potential jurors who said they