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In-house lawyer Ross White has been elected as chair of the Northern Ireland Young Solicitors' Association (NIYSA). Mr White, legal counsel at construction group GRAHAM, succeeded Shannon Gawley following the association's AGM at Law Society House yesterday.

A man who escaped police custody in the middle of a snowstorm apparently turned himself in less than an hour later to escape the cold weather. Demarkus Davis, 20, allegedly escaped from a police car on the way to a jail in Memphis, Tennessee on Sunday night, when temperatures were as low as -10°

Human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has been presented with a Presidential Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her contribution to charitable works and advocacy. Ms Gallagher, who began her legal career in Dublin and now practises with Doughty Street Chambers in London, was among

Court of Appeal judge Ms Justice Ann Power has been appointed to chair the judge-led tribunal of inquiry on dignity and equality issues in the Defence Forces. The inquiry is being established to investigate whether there have been serious systemic failures in the complaints processes in the Defence

New ministerial guidelines aimed at creating more attractive, liveable, well-designed, high-quality urban places have been published. The Sustainable Residential Development and Compact Settlements Guidelines have been issued under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, mea

McCann FitzGerald has become the new sponsor of a prestigious horse race at this year's Dublin Racing Festival. The firm is sponsoring the Grade 1 Spring Juvenile Hurdle, which has a prize fund of €150,000 and will take place on 3 February 2024, the first day of the two-day festival.

LK Shields has welcomed Katie Hogan as an associate solicitor in the firm's litigation and dispute resolution team. Ms Hogan joined the firm after qualifying as a solicitor with another Dublin firm.

The Irish language was spoken during legal proceedings in Belfast's Royal Courts of Justice yesterday in what language experts say was the first time in nearly 300 years. The First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) was hearing an appeal brought by Conradh na Gaeilge against a decision by the Inform

A conspiracy theorist who accused the government of setting forest fires to make people believe in climate change has admitted setting more than a dozen forest fires. Brian Paré, 38, forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes and destroyed hundreds of hectares of forest by setting the

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has presented £12,500 to its 2023 charity partner, Cancer Fund for Children. The law firm raised cash for the charity throughout 2023, including through a sponsored 20-mile hike through the Mourne Mountains, relay teams in the Belfast City Marathon and

The UK government plans to redeploy 150 judges in order to fast-track appeals by asylum seekers against deportation to Rwanda, according to reports. The proposed Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will allow the controversial scheme — under which asylum seekers arriving in the UK w

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has published a new legal guide to global regulatory trends and developments in artificial intelligence (AI). The Artificial Intelligence Review covers the EU's AI Act, the first legislative regulation of AI globally, which is expected to pass into law this

Professor Aisling Swaine has joined UCD Sutherland School of Law from the UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice. She was last year awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant of €2 million to lead ‘GENCOERCTRL’, a project examining women’

Northern Ireland commercial law firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed its latest cohort of trainee solicitors. The new trainees are Rebecca Cargill, who completed her legal studies at Ulster University; Rachael Orr, an alumna of the University of St Andrews and the University of Law; and Ross Gall

Solicitors can now avail of individual psychotherapy at a discounted rate through the Law Society of Ireland's LegalMind service. From today, LegalMind has entered a new partnership with the charity Clanwilliam Institute to offer access to accredited psychotherapists at a reduced rate.