News

DWF has expanded its team in Belfast with nine new appointments, including senior associates, associates, solicitors and a paralegal, taking its headcount in Northern Ireland to over 100. Tomás McLaughlin, Aine McGuinness and Kathleen Gillespie have been appointed as senior associates, while

The Children's Law Centre (CLC) in Northern Ireland has secured a £675,000 funding boost from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation's Youth Strategic Investment Fund. The law centre, established in 1997, is one of five organisations receiving support in the latest round of the Fund and the only one based

The UK government has reportedly told the European Commission that it has unilaterally breached the Northern Ireland Protocol because of circumstances beyond its control. In a 20-page letter in response to EU legal proceedings, the UK has suggested that it will rely on force majeure to explain its i

Dr Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and adjunct professor of climate justice at Trinity College Dublin, will deliver the opening presentation of the Law Society of Ireland's new five-week online course on climate justice. Over 2,600 people have registered for the Law Society's seventh mass

Matthew Howse, partner at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast, reflects on the UK's recently announced Covid public inquiry and what it means for Northern Ireland. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that an independent public inquiry into the handling of the Covid pandemic will be held in Spring

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has said it is continuing to carry out an internal review of its decision not to prosecute politicians who attended the controversial funeral of republican Bobby Storey. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) yes

Defence lawyers around Scotland downed their gowns yesterday in protest against the Scottish government's refusal to promptly disburse payments from a resilience fund it established to help the numerous firms affected by the pandemic. The Scottish government has only paid out £2.3 million of t

The UK Supreme Court is to begin hosting interactive, guided virtual tours for the public.

Two men in North Carolina who were wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of a young girl more than three decades ago have received a $75 million payout, believed to be the largest in US history. Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, who are intellectually disabled half-brothers, spent decades on deat

A construction worker was threatened with jail time after wearing a T-shirt to a virtual court hearing. Detroit judge Ronald Giles reprimanded the defendant, who claimed the attire was due to him being at work on a building site.

The High Court has rejected judicial review proceedings brought by Facebook Ireland Limited seeking to quash a preliminary draft decision of the Data Protection Commissioner regarding EU-US data transfers. In the case, Facebook made a number of complaints about the procedure which the DPC had adopte

A&L Goodbody (ALG) has promoted 18 new associates across its Dublin, Belfast and London offices. Following a promotion round in January which included 10 new partners and 23 new associates, the firm has now appointed 41 new associates this year.

Members of the public have been invited to share their experiences with the family justice system in a new public consultation. The consultation, running until 11 June 2021, will inform the oversight group which has been tasked with driving the modernisation of family justice in Ireland, including t

FRKelly partner Shane Smyth has been elected as president of the Association of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys (APTMA) in Ireland for a three-year term. APTMA Ireland represents the interests of all trade mark, patent and design professionals in Ireland and strives to bring recognition to the work

Prominent US lawyer Susan Hoffman, the immediate past president of the D.C. Bar, has been named as the new chair of the Washington Ireland Program (WIP). Ms Hoffman is a partner at an eminent Washington, D.C. law firm, specialising in human rights issues affecting women and children.