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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

UK law firm TLT, which recently relocated its Belfast office to larger premises in the Cathedral Quarter, has elected its first new managing partner in 19 years, with corporate head John Wood winning support from the firm's partnership. Mr Wood will replace the firm's long-standing managing partner

Insurers, brokers and solicitors were briefed on the latest developments in professional indemnity insurance at a DWF event in Dublin. Aidan Leonard, claims director and special purpose fund manager at DWF, moderated the event, which also heard from Brian Doherty, CEO of the Legal Service Regulatory

Delays in the investigation of killings during the Troubles are "an extension of the policy of collusion", solicitor and Lord Mayor of Belfast, John Finucane, said at an event launching a new book about the murder of his father, Pat Finucane. The late human rights lawyer was shot and killed in 1989

Tributes have been paid to Peter Cassells for his contribution to mediation following his retirement as executive director of the Edward M Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention at Maynooth University. The Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) said the former trade union leader had made an "imm

The Northern Ireland Office will soon launch an "awareness campaign" to set out how it plans to implement a law requiring abortion access and same-sex marriage to be introduced if devolution is not restored later this month. The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act 2019 requires the Northern I

A host of prominent human rights lawyers and activists will address the sixth annual Belfast International Homecoming Legal Symposium later this month. The event at Law Society House will address issues including freedom of speech and press freedom; human rights in the Supreme and European courts; t

LK Shields has announced the launch of a charity partnership with Peter McVerry Trust, a national housing and homelessness charity addressing the needs of people affected by homelessness and associated issues.

A well-respected chef arrested on suspicion of possessing cannabis has told police he was simply looking for "new flavours". Police say they found two cannabis plants, around two metres tall, at his home, as well as half a kilogram of Indian hemp.

The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by the three applicants whose conjoined applications for judicial review were dismissed in the High Court earlier this month. Stating that it was not the Court’s task to evaluate the merits of a UK withdrawal from the EU with

Ronan Daly Jermyn has announced the appointment of regulatory specialist Brian Hunt as partner and head of the firm's new financial services regulatory practice, set up in anticipation of post-Brexit demand. Mr Hunt joins from Zurich Insurance plc, a Dublin-based non-life insurer with 12 branches ar

Property lawyer Katharine Hardie has been appointed head of Pinsent Masons’ Scottish and Northern Ireland operations. Ms Hardie takes over the role of chair of Scotland and Northern Ireland from Richard Masters, 29 years to the day since she joined the firm as a trainee lawyer in 1990. Sh