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The Scottish Parliament has voted for the first time to consider legalising assisted dying for people with terminal illnesses, following a lengthy debate. MSPs backed the bill by 70 votes to 56 in a free vote, after months of cross-party pre-legislative scrutiny, our sister publication Scottish Lega

A&L Goodbody's Belfast office has announced a new two-year charity partnership with Northern Ireland Hospice. NI Hospice is the only service of its kind in Northern Ireland providing specialist palliative care for both children and adults with life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses. The ho

Northern Ireland's High Court is to hear a damages claim from two of the "Hooded Men" after rejecting an application from the UK government to have their case dismissed. Liam Shannon and Jim Auld, represented by KRW LAW LLP, argue that there is new evidence pointing to torture which was not availabl

A consent system relied upon by tech giants including Google, Microsoft, Amazon and X to serve targeted online advertising has been ruled to be incompatible with the GDPR. Belgium's Court of Appeal yesterday ruled on an appeal brought by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe against an ear

Mason Hayes & Curran has promoted three lawyers to partner and seven to of counsel. The business law firm's new partners are Andrew Gill in the debt capital markets and financial services team, Conor O'Leary in the dispute resolution and built environment teams, and Micheál McCarthy in th

Prison experts and officials from around the world are convening this week at the Correctional Research Symposium, taking place in Belfast for the first time. The event is organised every two years by the European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services (EuroPris) and the International Corr

The Council of Europe has formally adopted a new Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law. The new Convention is the first international legally-binding instrument to address environmental crime, covering a broad range of criminal acts that aggravate the triple planetary

Lawyer John Small has joined insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh as head of private equity, M&A and transactional risk in Ireland. Mr Small is admitted as a solicitor in Ireland and in England and Wales and has strong experience in cross-border legal matters and deal facilitation. He advises

An optician's shop called the "Spex Pistols" has been forced to rebrand following legal action from the punk band that inspired their name. The popular store in Dundee, Scotland has changed its name and logo after more than 15 years, The Courier reports.

The Supreme Court saw a 14 per cent increase in both applications and determinations last year, according to its latest annual report. In its busiest year since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the court resolved a total of 183 applications for leave to appeal in 2024, with 49 grant

Legislation aimed at protecting "access to cash" across the State has been approved by the Oireachtas. The Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024 will require designated retail banks to meet certain prescribed levels of access to ATMs and cash service points in every region.

Carson McDowell has joined a prestigious list of Northern Ireland's top 100 companies for the first time. The independent law firm has secured position 66 in the Belfast Telegraph's Top 100 Companies list, making it the first Northern Ireland-based law firm to be featured.

Law firms have joined organisations representing patients, doctors and dentists to urge the government to take the final steps needed to implement pre-action protocols in clinical negligence cases. Matheson, Carson McDowell and Hayes solicitors have signed a letter co-ordinated by the Medical Protec

Northern Ireland's justice minister has rowed back on plans for legislation requiring compensation settlements for injured children to be approved by judges. Sir John Gillen's 2017 review of civil justice recommended that minor settlements in personal injury cases where legal proceedings have not be

Around 6,000 same-sex marriages have now taken place in Ireland, a conference marking a decade of marriage equality has heard. The Marriage Referendum +10 conference at Dublin Castle marked the 10th anniversary of the historic referendum in which 62 per cent of voters backed a constitutional amendme