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Global legal business DWF has announced seven promotions in its Belfast office. As previously reported, partner and Belfast office head Julie Galbraith has been promoted to the rank of managing partner while Orla Hanna has been appointed as a partner in the finance and restructuring team.

Attorney General Rossa Fanning SC will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) tomorrow morning to make Ireland's submissions in a landmark case concerning Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. The case, which is entirely separate from the proceedings initiated by South Afric

DUAL Asset Ireland is delighted to announce that Michael Moran has joined our team and will be based in our Dublin office. Michael joins as a commercial underwriter and is a native of Castlebar, County Mayo in the west of Ireland.

The High Court has granted leave for a judicial review of a decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for a housing development in Limerick. The development, consisting of 54 residential units, primarily in apartment blocks, on a greenfield site off St Patrick's Road in Limeri

International law expert Dr John Reynolds will deliver a talk in Dublin next week on South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The lecture, titled "Israel in the Dock for Genocide: The significance of the case at the International Court of Justice", will take pl

Hindu nationalists are suing a zoo to prevent a lioness named after a Hindu deity from sharing an enclosure with a lion named after a 16th-century Muslim emperor. Sita — named after an avatar of Lakshmi, one of the principal goddesses of Hinduism — is reportedly sharing an enclosure in t

Law Centre NI has successfully overturned an HMRC decision on the allocation of child benefit in a case involving parents with 50/50 joint custody. The law centre took judicial review proceedings to challenge a decision by HMRC to withdraw child benefit from its client, who was in minimum wage emplo

Former solicitor Michael Lynn has been jailed for five-and-a-half years in connection with the theft of over €18 million from various financial institutions in 2006 and 2007. Judge Martin Nolan yesterday handed down a total sentence of 13 years' imprisonment, reduced by seven-and-a-half years d

Matheson has appointed former OECD adviser Olivia Long as head of tax policy within the firm's tax department. Ms Long, who previously spent a number of years working with Matheson, rejoins the firm from the OECD in Paris, where she spent a number of years working with its tax treaty unit.

A visa scheme allowing Ukrainian refugees to bring their family members to the UK has been closed without warning. The UK government yesterday announced the immediate closure of the Ukraine family scheme (UFS), while new visas under the Homes for Ukraine (HFU) scheme will now be issued for 18 months

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has appointed Kate Curneen as a partner in its financial markets team in Dublin. Joining from DLA Piper, Ms Curneen brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience in advising domestic and international clients on a range of real estate and developme

Specialist employment law firm GQ|Littler has appointed Barry Reynolds as a partner in Dublin. Mr Reynolds brings over 20 years' experience and joins GQ|Littler from international law firm DAC Beachcroft, where he was partner and head of employment.

Russian abuses of ant-terrorism and anti-extremism legislation have escalated dramatically since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago, according to Amnesty International. A new eight-page briefing titled “Terrorising the dissent” shows how the Russian authorities have

The European Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether TikTok may have breached the new Digital Services Act (DSA). The move marks the first enforcement action under the landmark DSA, which came into force on Saturday.

International law firm Clark Hill has partnered with United Against Online Abuse (UAOA) to release updated guidance on the European Digital Services Act (DSA) for sports organisations. United Against Online Abuse is backed by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of