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Ireland’s Professor Aoife Nolan has been elected president of the European Committee of Social Rights, which oversees the European Social Charter. During its plenary session yesterday, the committee also elected:

Legislation to permit the use of body cameras by members of An Garda Síochána, including dogs, will be put before the Dáil this week. The new law from Justice Minister Simon Harris, the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022, will be taken at second stage by

The Southern Law Association (SLA) has hosted the Climate Bar and its Environmental Law Conference.

The Socialist Lawyers Association of Ireland, a newly formed group, has issued an open letter in response to the release of gender pay gap figures in some of Ireland's largest law firms, as reported in Irish Legal News earlier this month. We reproduce the letter below. Matheson highlighted the impac

To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Tom O’Connor considers the courageous conduct of two German judges who remained true to their principles and stood up to the Nazis. The shameful conduct of German judges under the Hitler regime was symbolised by the appalling behaviour of the fa

A new bill to prevent members of the US Congress from trading and owning stocks has been introduced – and is entitled the Pelosi Act. Senator Josh Hawley introduced the Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act in an effort to once again stop lawmakers from trading

President of the European Court of Human Rights, Síofra O’Leary, has encouraged Council of Europe member states to use the forthcoming Summit of Heads of State and Government in Reykjavik to commit further resources to the court. Speaking at the court’s annual press conference in

Burges Salmon, which has offices in Dublin and Belfast, has been named the RollOnFriday ‘Best Law Firm to Work at 2023’, an accolade that the firm has achieved for the second year in a row. Burges Salmon’s managing partner, Roger Bull, said: “To be named the inaugural RollOnF

The legal market is a highly competitive environment. Everyone in our beloved sector can witness it and the heat is constantly dialling up. A recent LexisNexis business development survey indicated that competition for new clients is the greatest concern that solicitors have. One of the most, if not

Pictured (left–right): Tomás McDonagh, Aisling O’Donovan, Jamie Olden, Jennifer Noctor and Brian Morrissey RDJ has announced the appointment of four partners.

The human rights adviser for the Policing Board has criticised the PSNI’s “endless excuses” over how it records the community background of people who have been arrested or stopped and searched, The Detail reports. The board's annual human rights report noted that that a “sig

Fieldfisher has announced the appointment of three new associates: Ciara Gilroy (insolvency and restructuring), Steven Whelan (public and regulatory) and Clodagh Morrissey (public and regulatory).

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Major changes to the planning system, including new restrictions on judicial review applications and legal costs, have moved forward with the publication of a draft bill. The government said its draft Planning and Development Bill 2022 will bring greater clarity, consistency and certainty to how pla

UK law firms and accountants that fail to do enough to prevent fraud are the target of the UK government's Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. The government intends to introduce a new offence in the bill, when it makes its way to the Lords, that will be based on similar offences for bri