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Former SDLP councillor Máiría Cahill has been granted leave by the High Court in Belfast to challenge the requirement for local election candidates to disclose their home address. Ms Cahill, who is supported in her case by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), withdrew

Dublin-based AMOSS Solicitors has welcomed one of its interns, Amy Henry, as a trainee solicitor. Ms Henry joined the firm's insurance defence team as an intern in October 2018 and is now advancing her career with the firm.

Writing for Irish Legal News, barrister Andrew McKeown interrogates the insurance industry's narrative about the effect of litigation on insurance premiums in Ireland. With debate raging over so-called "compensation culture", the insurance corporations blame rising premiums solely on lawyers and the

Julie Galbraith, employment partner at Eversheds Sutherland in Dublin, looks at the coronavirus outbreak from the perspective of Irish employers. The spread of the ‘Wuhan coronavirus’ is a global concern with the World Health Organisation now declaring a global emergency and, at the time

Law students at Ulster University bested their opponents from Queen's University Belfast to win the Northern Ireland knock-out round of the ESU-Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition. Ben Lowry and Cerys Kennedy led their university to its first victory over QUB in the competition "for mo

Solicitors from Northern Ireland joined colleagues from across Britain and Ireland at a major family law conference at Malaga over the weekend. The Four Jurisdictions Family Law Conference included sessions on the thorny issues facing practitioners involved in child law and financial remedies, led b

The House of Lords' Economic Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into the economics of Universal Credit. The committee will examine whether the welfare reform is meeting its original objectives and whether the policy assumptions reflected in its design are appropriate for different groups

A round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin has advised Microsoft on the establishment of its Belfast-based cyber security centre, which will create 85 new jobs.

Police responding to reports of a child calling for help were relieved to find that the screams were coming from a goat. A man in Ottawa called police after hearing what sounded like a child calling for help from a nearby wooded area, CBC reports.

Scottish solicitor advocate Ronald Conway responds from the perspective of a lawyer in the UK to Michael Upton's recent reflections on Brexit. So John Cleese famously asked in The Life of Brian.

Global law firm Dentons has hired William Fry's head of corporate, Shane O'Donnell, as a partner in its new Dublin office. The move comes less than a month after Dentons expanded into Ireland with the appointment of two partners from William Fry and Matheson.

The State has successfully appealed against a finding of liability in a trip and fall case which resulted in an award of over €158,000 in general and special damages. Overturning the High Court’s finding that the State was liable due to movement in concrete slabs which created a trip haza

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced the appointment of Rachel Stanton and David Brangam as partners in its Dublin office. The firm, which expanded into Ireland in late 2018, said the announcement demonstrates its commitment to expanding its finance, corporate and capital marke

Global law firm Walkers has announced the appointment of Thomas Leyland as a partner in its insolvency and dispute resolution practice in Dublin. Mr Leyland joins from the London office of a large global law firm where he led the financial markets and commercial disputes group. Prior to that, he tra

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran saw its revenue rise by four per cent to reach €85 million in 2019, the firm has announced. The firm's growth was spread across different sectors and practice areas, with the main drivers being demand in technology and data privacy, energy, financial s