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Employment lawyer Natasha Hand examines a case concerning alleged discrimination on the race ground in a company's sick pay scheme. In case ADJ-00027767, the case of Krzysztof Tryka and Thermal Insulation Distributors Limited, an employee claimed that the company's sick pay scheme was applied less f

A tribunal is set to consider whether people outside of the UK have a right to access information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. According to ComputerWeekly, the First-Tier Tribunal will hold a preliminary two-day hearing later this month to consider six questions related to nationality,

Benjamin Bestgen this week contrasts the letter of the law with its spirit. See his last jurisprudential primer here.  As a species, humans value play, sports and games. For example, probably all of us know somebody who enjoys cardgames, boardgames, videogames or various kinds of table-top game

The Chinese government is to revoke the licences of human rights lawyers hired to help protestors in Hong Kong who were arrested as they attempted to flee to Taiwan last August. A Chinese court sentenced 10 of the protestors to prison terms ranging from seven months to two years after they were conv

A taxi driver who allegedly charged unsuspecting tourists more than four times the standard rate for a trip from an airport to a hotel has been reported to police. The tourists, from Hong Kong, were allegedly charged €230 for a ride from Charles de Gaulle Airport to their hotel in Paris city ce

The High Court has ordered that Ryanair must pay the State’s fees in its unsuccessful challenge of the legality of the Government of Ireland’s coronavirus travel advice. Background

Arthur Cox LLP has announced the appointment of Ruth Lillis, Niamh McGovern and Sarah McCague as partners with effect from the start of the year. The triple appointment across its aviation and asset finance, infrastructure, construction and utilities and pensions teams boosts the representation of w

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced the appointment of Martin Phelan as head of its new tax team in Dublin. Mr Phelan, who joins from William Fry, is the latest senior hire in the firm's Dublin office following the recruitment of commercial real estate partner Peter McKeever i

Dublin firm Richard Grogan & Associates has announced the appointment of Sorcha Finnegan to lead its personal injury and accident claim practice. Ms Finnegan, who formally joined the firm as a senior associate yesterday, previously spent more than a decade as a partner in a well-known litigation

The International Convention Centre in Belfast (ICC) has been deployed as Northern Ireland's first "Nightingale venue" to facilitate court and tribunals business. However, the ICC is only being used for jury assembly this week pending "rigorous risk assessments", which the Northern Ireland Courts an

McCann FitzGerald partners Karyn Harty and Catherine Derrig reflect on Ireland's unique opportunity as the only English-speaking common law country in the EU. Ireland is well placed to capitalise on the uncertainty caused by Brexit to become a destination of choice for complex international litigati

Pinsent Masons partners Ann Henry and Jim Cormack QC address how UK-Ireland trade disputes will work following the end of the transition period and how vital this is for many companies. Brexit as an event will cause disputes related to trade between the UK and Ireland, and the Brexit process will ma

Business law firm Flynn O'Driscoll has hired Orla McCarthy as its new head of human resources in anticipation of growth in 2021 and beyond. Ms McCarthy spent over 20 years working in HR roles in the financial services sector, including roles with Standard Chartered Bank, Davy Stockbrokers and Barcla

The establishment of an independent Parole Board on a statutory footing will be completed by July this year, Justice Minister Helen McEntee has said. The justice minister has set out her plan for the full commencement of the Parole Act 2019 this year, which will build on "significant work" under tak

Fees for personal insolvency applications will continue to be waived until at least the end of 2023, Justice Minister Helen McEntee has announced. The waiver of all fees payable to the Insolvency Service of Ireland and to the courts was first introduced in 2014 and previously extended in 2017.