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Pictured (l-r): Hilda O'Keeffe and Alison Kelleher Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) has announced the appointment of two new partners to their corporate and healthcare practices.

Serious work is required to bring Killorglin Courthouse up to modern standards, the Courts Service of Ireland has said. Court sittings have been moved to Caherciveen due to immediate health and safety concerns at Killorglin, built in 1869.

Emily Logan The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has appeared before the Court of Appeal in a case concerning the relationship between claims of discrimination and claims of personal injuries arising from the workplace.

Member states may reserve to notaries the power to authenticate signatures appended to the documents necessary for the creation or transfer of rights to real property, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. This requirement contributes to guaranteeing the legal certainty of real prope

https://vimeo.com/207645384 Leona Rankin, a solicitor in Carson McDowell's employment team, has been given a prestigious award by the Prime Minister for her work to support people living with sarcoma in Northern Ireland.

Briony Clarke A 31-year-old woman has become the UK's youngest ever female judge just 16 years after beginning her law career, The Telegraph reports.

Pictured (l-r): John-George Willis collects the award from judge Stephen Kirkpatrick, chief executive at Corbo Properties Belfast firm Tughans has celebrated success at Insider’s Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards 2017 by claiming the title Corporate Law Firm of the Year for the second year runnin

A woman who suffered serious life-long injuries as a result of a fall in Tesco has had her award reduced from €1,439,495 to €1,206,535.50. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court of Appeal, Ms Justice Mary Irvine largely rejected submissions put forward by Tesco arguing that the award w

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Ireland is joining a growing list of European countries criminalising the purchase of sex, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald told an event in Dublin City Hall.

Pictured: Helen Kelly, Peter Oakes, Vincent Crowley and Julie Bishop Dublin firm Matheson hosted Australia's foreign affairs minister at a breakfast briefing held in conjunction with the Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce (IACC).

Many of Ireland's leading law firms organised events in support of Dress for Success Dublin to mark International Women's Day yesterday. Arthur Cox, A&L Goodbody, ByrneWallace, Eversheds Sutherland, McCann Fitzgerald and DWF were among the firms taking action to support the not-for-profit initia

Photo: Google Street View Belfast solicitor Jane Crilly, formerly of Francis Crilly Solicitors, has passed away.

The Northern Ireland Assembly must legislate to protect and promote the Irish language, a new Council of Europe report has said. In its 4th Opinion Monitoring Report, the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities criticised the lack of political consens

Belfast firm Carson McDowell has been named as a business partner of The Irish News Workplace and Employment Awards.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald is asking her colleagues for views on whether she should bid to succeed Enda Kenny as leader of Fine Gael, The Irish Times reports.