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The draft heads of legislation providing a legal basis for the deployment and use of body-worn cameras by An Garda Síochána have been published following government approval.

Rachel Rodgers, partner at Walkers, considers the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on agreements between landlords and tenants. There is no doubt that as a consequence of the pandemic, the way we work and live has changed. Our attitudes, our priorities – they have all shifted slightly. They say

A Bill of Rights, with the inclusion of specific children’s rights, underpinned by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), could be transformative for children in Northern Ireland, the Children’s Law Centre has said. The list of issues facing children in Northern Ireland wa

The Law Society of Ireland has congratulated Justice Minister Helen McEntee on the birth of her baby boy. President of the Law Society, James Cahill, said: “It is with warm congratulations that we send our best wishes to Minister Helen McEntee and her husband, Paul Hickey, on the birth of thei

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm in Ireland, supported aircraft operating leasing and asset management company Falko Regional Aircraft Limited on its inaugural aircraft

Promoting good mental health is the focus of a new initiative being launched this week by the Law Society of Northern Ireland. The Society’s new Wellbeing Toolkit recognises the importance of promoting good mental health and providing support to help colleagues, their families and staff in the

Inheritances in the UK are set to grow dramatically compared to other income, research by The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) shows. For those born in the 1980s, average inheritances compared to lifetime income are projected to be almost twice as large as for those born in the 1960s. 

All good things must come to an end: in this, the 52nd and final of Benjamin Bestgen's jurisprudential primers, he discusses policing. Watch this space, however, as we plan to offer the series in a more permanent form. See his last primer here. Policing has been a controversial occupation probably s

A politician in India has called on the Delhi High Court to suspend the government in the national capital and impose President's rule – direct control from the Centre – to address the humanitarian crisis unfolding there. Shoaib Iqbal, a senior member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, s

The NYPD has been forced to fire its robot dog, the New York Times reports. Digidog, developed by Boston Dynamics, was obtained on a contract worth $94,000.

The Court of Appeal has rejected a defendant’s application to adduce further grounds of appeal relating to the particularisation of the debt in summary judgment proceedings. The defendant attempted to adduce new grounds of appeal based on the important decisions in Bank of Ireland Mortgage Ban

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has announced five strategic promotions across its corporate, real estate, construction, governance and healthcare teams. Corporate lawyer Ron Boucher, real estate lawyer Janet Cafferky and healthcare lawyer Jennifer Henry have been promoted to partner.

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has become the first woman in the history of the State to give birth while serving as a Cabinet minister. Ms McEntee gave birth to a baby boy in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin last night, a day after beginning maternity leave in another historic first.

Belfast-based MKB Law has announced the appointment of solicitors Jordan Hanna and Frederick Reilly. Mr Hanna has joined the firm's residential conveyancing department, while Mr Reilly has joined the employment department.

UK law firm TLT has won an expanded role on the National Legal Services Framework, which can be accessed by all police forces and local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The firm, which was first appointed to the framework in 2009, has retained its property role (residential, comme