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Palestinian refugees fleeing Gaza and the West Bank should be allowed to benefit from the same emergency measures introduced for Ukrainian refugees last year, a group of Irish lawyers has said. The Socialist Lawyers' Association of Ireland, chaired by solicitors Gary Daly and Erin Allen, yesterday c

A fake lawyer who is said to have secured victory in over two dozen cases despite having no legal qualifications has attracted a fan following. The fraudster allegedly stole the identity of Kenyan lawyer Brian Mwenda and appeared in 26 cases before Kenya's Court of Appeal, High Court and magistrates

Irish citizenship applications can now be submitted online in a significant milestone for the modernisation of immigration services. The Department of Justice's immigration service delivery modernisation programme aims to digitise a number of currently paper-based immigration processes and introduce

A public consultation on the development of strategies to combat economic crime and corruption has been launched by the Department of Justice. The online consultation will help to inform the Advisory Council against Economic Crime and Corruption (ACECC) which was established last year under the lead

Revenue has launched a public consultation on the modernisation of Ireland's administration of value-added tax (VAT). The consultation focuses initially on the modernisation of business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) VAT reporting, supporting by e-invoicing.

Legal rights groups FLAC and Community Law & Mediation are among more than 135 civil society organisations which have urged the Irish government to help stop Israel committing war crimes in Gaza. In an open letter published by Uplift, the signatories condemn Palestinian militant group Hamas, say

Dozens of personal injury lawyers from across Europe gathered in Dublin for the annual conference of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL). Photos and videos from the two-day conference at Blackhall Place can now be found on the PEOPIL website.

Ireland's chief prisons inspector has warned that the "degrading" conditions seen at Mountjoy Prison could soon "become a grave problem for the prison system as a whole" as a result of increasing numbers of prisoners. Writing in the foreword to his office's 2022 annual report, Mark Kelly said inspec

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has welcomed three newly-qualified solicitors — Roma O'Hagan, Sean Hayes and Roisin Cassidy — to its team. Ms O’Hagan joined the firm in 2021 as a paralegal, having graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 2019. She has now qualif

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Equifax Ltd more than £11 million for failing to manage and monitor the security of UK consumer data it had outsourced to its parent company based in the US. The breach allowed hackers to access the personal data of millions of people and ex

UK justice secretary Alex Chalk is to announce that foreign criminals in England and Wales, including drug dealers, thieves, and burglars, will bypass prosecution and instead be deported in an effort to address the prison overcrowding crisis.

A&L Goodbody has announced a new partnership with P-TECH, a global education model that helps prepare second-level students for ongoing education and career opportunities. The partnership with P-TECH is part of ALG's social mobility strategy which aims to improve pathways for people in Dublin&rs

Criminal barristers in Northern Ireland will walk out next month in a legal aid dispute — just weeks after barristers south of the border secured a significant increase in fees in a similar action. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) balloted members on a withdrawal of services in response to "

BHSM LLP has appointed Conor Mac Nally as partner and head of banking and finance. Mr Mac Nally joined the firm as a senior associate in 2018, having previously spent a number of years in the banking and financial services department of an international law firm in Dublin.

France is to fine shops that leave their lights on too long as it cracks down on energy waste. Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the energy transition minister, said that firms that break rules on when they can have their lights on will face fines of €1,500 (£1,294).