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New climate change reporting duties for Northern Ireland public bodies will come into operation in May 2024. Regulations laid in line with the landmark Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 will require the first reports to be submitted in October 2025.

Jim McCooe has been appointed to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland for a three-year term. Mr McCooe is currently a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee at Northern Ireland's Department of Health. He is also business improvement director at Healthy Kidz.

Belfast-based Paschal O'Hare Personal Injury Solicitors has welcomed Amy Brady as a solicitor in the firm's personal injury team. Ms Brady qualified as a solicitor in 2021, having graduated from the University of Liverpool with an undergraduate degree in law in 2017.

Legislation aiming to improve road safety, including by closing a so-called loophole allowing some motorists to avoid a six-month driving ban, will be enacted as soon as possible following its approval by the Oireachtas.

A teenager has landed in hot water after allegedly impersonating his school headteacher and faxing a resignation letter to school authorities. The 17-year-old student at a New York high school was arrested and now faces a charge of criminal impersonation, WSAZ NewsChannel 3 reports.

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Anthony O'Hanlon as a partner in the firm's financial services team. With significant experience in asset management, Mr O'Hanlon helps clients seeking to establish and operate regulated funds in Ireland. He also regularly e

Belfast lawyer Jude Copeland is to address a major legal technology conference in London next week. Mr Copeland, a legal technology specialist at Cleaver Fulton Rankin, will speak at the Future Lawyer UK conference on the shifting landscape of client expectations and the imperative for law firms to

William Fry has been named Ireland's trademark disputes firm of the year for a second year running at the annual Managing IP Awards. Florence Meagher, a senior associate with William Fry who specialises in intellectual property law, also won the inaugural Ireland Rising Star of the Year award.

Justice ministers Helen McEntee and Naomi Long have met to discuss north-south co-operation across a range of criminal justice matters.

Business lobby groups have met with a junior minister in the Department of Justice to set out their call for a €75,000 cap on defamation awards. A delegation from ISME, which represents small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and the Convenience Stores & Newsagents Association (CSNA) met with

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has promoted David McKeating, Jonathan Ennis and Michelle Stewart to partner as part of a spring promotions round. The trio — Mr McKeating in the commercial and pensions team, Mr Ennis in the corporate team and Ms Stewart in the real estate team — wer

The long-awaited dedicated family courts complex in Dublin has reached a significant milestone with the approval of planning permission.

Better-looking lawyers are more likely to win their cases, according to a new study. Research undertaken at the University of Illinois gathered data on more than 1,000 US court cases and obtained photos and courtroom videos of the attorney involved.

The total debt of the top 50 law firms in the UK has reached £5.4 billion as they struggle to get clients to pay up. Data from accountancy firm Lubbock Fine found that the debt has rise by £177 million in the past year, City A.M. reports.

An American politician has been gently admonished for accidentally leaving a loaded firearm in a state legislature bathroom. Don Wilson, a Republican member of the Colorado House of Representatives, apparently placed the 9mm Glock handgun on a shelf and forgot about it, NBC News reports.