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The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Inquiry has recovered recordings of testimony from around 550 survivors which it said had been destroyed. A major legal row developed earlier this month after the commission, which was established in 2015 and published its final report last month, said it had

Ireland's human rights watchdog has been granted permission to act as amicus curiae in a case concerning the National Driving Licence Service’s (NDLS) refusal to permit asylum seekers to exchange their foreign driving licences for Irish ones. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Arthur Cox has advised Total Produce plc on its agreement to combine with Dole Food Company Inc., creating the world's largest fresh fruit and vegetable supply business.

Kennedys partner Noel Devins and senior associate Gearóid Corrigan examine a court ruling on the renewing of summons with important implications for Irish solicitors. Murphy v HSE, a recent Court of Appeal decision, confirmed the correct legal test for the renewal of a Summons under Order 8 R

Rosemary Connolly, principal solicitor at Rosemary Connolly Solicitors, Employment and Equality Lawyers, welcomes the UK Supreme Court ruling in Uber v Aslam and Others (Respondents). The Supreme Court ruled last Friday that taxi drivers providing services to Uber were workers providing personal ser

International law firm DAC Beachcroft (DACB) is automating the identification and verification part of its new client acceptance process through the use of an app. The new app is being piloted in the firm's eight offices in England and Wales but will subsequently be rolled out to its offices across

A former Syrian official has been convicted in Germany of being an accomplice to crimes against humanity in an unprecedented case. Eyad al-Gharib, 44, was one of two former Syrian intelligence officers charged by German prosecutors last year under the principle of universal jurisdiction. The other w

A man who claimed to have been kidnapped by masked men allegedly made it up to get out of work. Police in Coolidge, Arizona found 19-year-old Brandon Soules with his hands bound behind his back and a bandanna stuffed in his mouth.

The High Court has refused an application by Revenue to declare that the receivers to a company failed to properly discharge monies from the winding up of a company. It was held that the receivers were entitled to repay loans which were taken out to fund the receivership ahead of the preferential cr

Legal rights group FLAC has welcomed government plans to review the civil legal aid scheme and bring forward proposals for reform by September 2021. The review is one of the 240 actions set out yesterday by the Department of Justice in the first of its planned series of annual justice plans, though

Greater adoption of cutting-edge technology in the Irish legal services market could bring down costs and boost economic growth, a new report suggests. The issues raised by the rapid development of "lawtech" are explored in a new research paper drawn up by Dr Rónán Kennedy BL of NUI Ga

Barrister Tomás Mac Thréinfhir BL has been appointed to the board of directors of Na Píobairí Uilleann (NPU), the body promoting all aspects of uilleann piping. Mr Mac Thréinfhir is qualified to practise law through the Irish language and is also a CEDR Accred

An online safety commissioner must be established as a matter of urgency, especially in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Children's Rights Alliance (CRA) has said. The rights group today published its 2021 report card, compiled by an independent panel of experts chaired by former Supreme Co

Two former Cork solicitors who conspired to defraud banks and credit unions have been jailed. Keith Flynn, 46, and Lyndsey Clarke, 37, pleaded guilty last September to charges of conspiring with each other to defraud Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank, and other financial institutions.

Alistair Kinley of commercial and insurance law specialists BLM considers the latest developments on the personal injury discount rate in Northern Ireland. At last Friday’s meeting of the justice committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly it was reported that the minister had obtained the agre