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Concerns have been raised that contact tracing apps designed to track the spread of coronavirus will not work north and south of the Irish border. Amnesty International has written to the entire Northern Ireland Executive to clarify its plans for a COVID-19 tracking app, with the UK government promo

A judge has questioned the decision to prosecute a homeless man for breaching coronavirus laws by leaving his home. Sultan Monsour, 45, was arrested in London and charged with being "outside of the place where you were living, namely no fixed address", The Guardian reports.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by Dunnes Stores Limited Company over a July 2019 judgment in which Ms Justice Miriam O’Regan awarded the sum of €102,000 and costs to a respondent in respect of injuries sustained in a fall in a Co Cork store. Background

William Fry has announced the appointment of Matthew Cahill as head of structured finance and debt capital markets. The appointment marks Mr Cahill's return to Ireland after over two decades of practice in Japan, the Middle East and the UK.

Barrister Mary Keane has been elected as chair of the Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland. Ms Keane, who is also deputy director general and director of policy and public affairs at the Law Society of Ireland, has served on the Board since 2014.

Pay and bonus cuts have been implemented at McCann FitzGerald, William Fry and Arthur Cox in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to The Irish Times. McCann FitzGerald has reportedly slashed working hours and salary for most staff by 20 per cent for four months, though no salary will be a

Tributes have been paid to barrister Deborah Wheeler, one of Ireland's leading conveyancing experts, who has passed away. Ms Wheeler, who called to The Bar of Ireland in 1977 after studying at TCD and the King's Inns, edited the definitive collection of Irish conveyancing precedents in the 1990s and

Coronavirus-related disruption at the Companies Registration Office (CRO) is having a "significant impact" on transactions, the Law Society of Ireland has said. The Law Society previously raised concerns after the government announced the CRO could only offer “limited services” to the pu

A coroner has held a preliminary hearing by conference call in a Northern Ireland first. According to the Belfast Telegraph, the hearing marks the first time that legal proceedings in Northern Ireland have been conducted by phone rather than video-conferencing.

A new service to support solicitor practices during the coronavirus crisis has been launched by the Law Society of Ireland. The new Crisis Practice Support service has been designed to deliver relevant, practical supports to help solicitors remain operational to ensure they can continue providing es

In-house lawyers and HR professionals are optimistic about the re-opening of workplaces by September 2020, according to a new survey conducted by Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC). The business law firm surveyed around 300 participants in a recent webinar on the employment law and health and safety iss

Families of prisoners will be able to pay small amounts of money to their relatives in the penal system at post office counters under a new system to be rolled out nationwide. The new service, developed through co-operation between the Irish Prison Service and An Post, is part of a wider drive to mo

Two jury trials will resume at the Old Bailey this week as Crown Court cases restart, the Law Gazette reports. The criminal bar has warned, however, that normal service "remains weeks off".

A lawyer who resigned from the Maltese prosecutor's office to take up a position defending the businessman accused of ordering a journalist's murder is facing calls for an investigation. The family of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia have submitted a complaint to the legal regulator after l

A law student whose twin sister caused a car crash by sneezing has successfully sued her for over €100,000. Caitlin Douglas, 21, suffered whiplash-like injuries after her sister Brighid suffered a sudden sneezing fit and veered the car they were travelling in off the road.