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A legal challenge has been launched in the Northern Ireland courts over the alleged state funding of companies linked to the provision of F-35 fighter jets to Israel. Madden & Finucane Solicitors is acting in the judicial review proceedings lodged at the High Court in Belfast yesterday.
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Derville Rowland, deputy governor for consumer and investor protection at the Central Bank of Ireland, has been appointed to the executive board of the EU's newly-established Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA). Ms Rowland, a qualified barrister, will leave the Central Bank in order to take up th
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A&L Goodbody has appointed Clare Cashin as a partner in its construction and engineering practice. Ms Cashin has over 20 years’ experience advising on construction law. She specialises in dispute resolution in relation to construction and infrastructure projects both in the private an
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Holmes has announced two promotions in the firm's insurance defence litigation and employment units. Tríona Walsh has been promoted to of counsel specialising in insurance litigation, while Ed Kelly has been promoted to associate solicitor specialising in employment litigation.
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Justin Kouame has been reappointed to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission for a further three-year term. Mr Kouame was formerly chair of the Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers and member of the Northern Ireland Race Equality Sub-Group and Northern Ireland Council for
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Cork-based O'Flynn Exhams LLP has appointed Rachel Dukelow and Tamsin O'Callaghan as associate solicitors. Ms Dukelow, a West Cork native and graduate of University College Cork, has been appointed as an associate solicitor in the real estate department, having successfully completed the firm's trai
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Former justice minister Charlie Flanagan has been elected as chair of the board of the Irish Red Cross. Mr Flanagan was elected by the charity's general assembly to succeed Pat Carey, who served in the role for three terms over 10 years.
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A legal challenge has been launched in the Northern Ireland courts over the alleged state funding of companies linked to the provision of F-35 fighter jets to Israel. Madden & Finucane Solicitors is acting in the judicial review proceedings lodged at the High Court in Belfast yesterday.
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A Westminster committee has called for the resignation of the chief executive of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which investigates potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. A report from the justice select committee says the CCRC's leadership "has shown
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New legislation is under consideration in Northern Ireland to tackle the use of mobile phone by motorists while driving. The Department for Infrastructure is carrying out a 12-week public consultation on plans to make it illegal to use a handheld mobile while driving for activities like taking photo
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Northern Ireland's Department of Justice is seeking views on proposals to improve the experience of victims and witnesses. The vision of the draft Victims and Witnesses of Crime Strategy 2025-2030 is to increase confidence in the justice system by empowering and supporting all victims and witnesses
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Lawyers representing the president of the National Black Police Association (NBPA) have welcomed the conclusion of a PSNI misconduct investigation in his favour. Belfast firm KRW LAW LLP is representing PSNI chief inspector Andy George, who faced a misconduct investigation following social media pos
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More than 200 Matheson lawyers have attended the University of Cambridge's business school over the course of a partnership launched 10 years ago.
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A new book analysing sentencing in cases of serious sexual offences and exploring the factors that influence the decision-making of judges has been formally launched by justice minister Jim O'Callaghan. Sentencing Serious Sex Offenders: How Judges Decide When Discretion is Wide, published by Policy
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Trinity Law School says it has received a "significant gift" from alumnus Craig Verdon to support the Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance (TriCON). Founded in 2020, TriCON provides an intellectual hub for research, discussion, and public engagement on cutting-edge issues of constitutional l
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Human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has joined the Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford as a visiting fellow. Ms Gallagher will be a visiting fellow from April to June 2025, during which time she will focus on the pressing issue of impunity for journalists’ deaths, and on cre
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Trainee solicitors from the Law Society of Ireland and the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) have represented Ireland and the UK in the Florida finals of the prestigious Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition. Organised by the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Polic
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Wherever there is an Irish diaspora — and where is there not? — there will be St Patrick’s Day celebrations. This was the case earlier this month at the Hyatt Regency hotel in London when the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA) gathered for its third annual St Patrick’s D
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Even by the standards of the bewilderingly swift advances in the social media arena, TikTok is a phenomenon. Launched in 2016, the app began its dizzying ascent to become a giant with more than 1.04 billion monthly active users, a scale of growth that took Instagram and Facebook almost a decade to a
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The nature of the law means that major modifications to the status quo come rarely and after long consideration. But while the wheel turns slowly, it’s hard to stop once in motion. So, when October last year saw the introduction of new legal partnerships — which enable barristers a
Colin Cardwell
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Recent years have seen an impressive influx of significant international law firms to Ireland. They have arrived in the country to service multinational businesses attracted to the country by seamless access to the EU post-Brexit as well as the country’s growing reputation in areas such as tec
Colin Cardwell
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Barristers appearing in the most serious criminal cases in Northern Ireland are effectively being asked to do twice the work for half the pay they were getting two decades ago, the chairperson of the Bar of Northern Ireland has told Irish Legal News. Donal Lunny KC, who took up office in September,
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