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A new consent form to improve the process by which solicitors seek a client's GP notes and records has been launched by the Law Society of Northern Ireland and the British Medical Association (BMA). The pilot represents the first in a series of joint initiatives from the two professional bodies and

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced the appointment of Christopher Bew, Olivia Sheanon, Brendan Tabb and Ruaidhri Groom as trainee solicitors. The trainees will spend a period of six months each in four different departments, working alongside skilled solicitors with the opportunity to

A new group of women lawyers is reaching out to environmental NGOs to find out how they can best contribute their legal experience to the fight against climate change.

The Courts Service of Ireland is set to begin refurbishment works at the historic former Ballinamore Courthouse this week. The building has sustained serious water damage since its closure in 2009 but will now be waterproofed, the Leitrim Observer reports.

A group of US judges and lawyers is travelling to Ireland next week to coincide with the opening of the new legal year. The visit, which is being assisted by Thomson Reuters, will see judges and lawyers from South Carolina and Minnesota meet with members of the Irish judiciary in Dublin from Monday

An email with an "automatic" signature has the same legal effect as a signed document, the High Court of England and Wales has ruled in a dispute over the sale of a plot of land. The case, heard by Judge Pearce in Manchester, concerned a string of emails in which lawyers for two men involved in a pr

British royal Meghan Markle has launched legal proceedings against the publishers of the Mail on Sunday alleging a breach of data protection laws. The matter relates to a private letter the Duchess of Sussex sent to her estranged father, which was published by the tabloid in February.

A new report from the International Bar Association (IBA) Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee and the World Bank claims that improving legal aid services is as important for economic growth as providing functioning hospitals, schools and roads. The report, A Tool for Justice: A Cost Benefit An

The copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover used by the presiding judge in a landmark obscenity trial in the 1960s has been acquired by the University of Bristol. The annotated copy of the book was sold at auction to someone in the US last October but it was temporarily stopped from leaving the UK by the go

A round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. ByrneWallace advised medical technology company Neuromod Devices in connection with an €8 million fundraising, comprising of both equity investment and venture-debt.

An auction selling off 25 supercars from the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president has accumulated €21.6 million. Swiss prosecutors seized the cars in 2016 when they initiated a corruption investigation against Obiang, likely heir of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who has ruled in Equato

A farm manager who was employed by a food company for over ten years before he was summarily dismissed has had his complaint under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 dismissed. The complainant alleged that his dismissal was based on his refusal to sign fraudulent claim forms for EU payments, and that th

Athlone firm Fintan O'Reilly & Co Solicitors has announced the promotion of its associate solicitor Lisa Marie Doyle to partner. Ms Doyle, a native of Rahara, Co Roscommon, and a graduate of NUI Galway and the Law Society of Ireland, joined the practice as as trainee solicitor in 2011 and qualif

Beauchamps and Leinster Rugby have announced that the law firm will continue as the team's official legal adviser to the end of the 2020/21 rugby season.

A coroner has criticised delays in the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) after a file failed to reach a senior public prosecutor until eight months after it was submitted. The Police Ombudsman's Office (PONI) sent a file to the PPS in October 2018 in relation to the death of 36-year-old Gerard McMaho