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An Garda Síochána is retaining the personal data of innocent people who have been cleared as suspected producers or sharers of online child sex abuse material without any legal basis, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has claimed. The civil liberties group has published corr

Belfast lawyer Claire Edgar has delivered a talk on domestic abuse to lawyers at the Jersey International Family Law Conference 2022. Ms Edgar, family law partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, spoke on domestic abuse in the context of divorce and and ancillary relief proceedings to legal pro

Northern Ireland firm Wilson Nesbitt has announced seven promotions following growth across its real estate and construction, banking and financials services, and individual and family life sectors. Leo Morrison has been promoted to senior associate. Working in the criminal defence team, he has exte

New research from the Next 100 Years project has found 84 per cent of UK mothers working in the law still find it difficult to balance working life with the demands of being a mother, with half believing they are treated differently at work to men with children.

UK law firm Shoosmiths, which has an office in Belfast, is to begin imposing a £200 “levy” on lawyers who choose to travel for business by plane. The policy's aim is to encourage staff to reduce their carbon footprint in accordance with the firm's goal of achieving net zero emissio

Indonesia has demanded that the Netherlands return various valuables including collections of jewels and fossils. The country, once a Dutch colony, has called for hundreds of artworks as well as eight collections, among them the famous fossilised hominid skull of Java Man in addition to valuables lo

A new report has found that the judiciary in England and Wales is “institutionally racist”. The study, undertaken by the University of Manchester and barrister Keir Monteith KC, found that judicial discrimination was directed particularly towards black court users — be they lawyers

Cannabis can now be ordered on Uber Eats in Toronto. Four years after Canada legalised the drug, the American company launched a partnership with three marijuana dispensaries in the city

The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) will assess claims from gardaí injured as a result of malicious incidents under legislation approved by the Oireachtas. The Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 provides for a complete overhaul of the current Garda compensation sc

The Law Society of Ireland has awarded its inaugural Justice Award to the people of Ukraine. The new award was created to recognise extraordinary contributions to the discourse and development of Ireland's legal landscape through legal practice, academia, social justice or rights advocacy.

Dillon Eustace LLP has appointed Brendan Cunnane, Grace O'Connor and Alanna Hannon as partners across its real estate and asset management and investment funds teams. Mr Cunnane, who has become a partner in the firm's real estate practice, has extensive experience advising on Irish real estate acqui

The National Archives and the Courts Service of Ireland have announced plans to stage a dramatic re-enactment of the drafting of the Irish Free State constitution to mark its centenary. The unique event will be performed in the Constitution Suite of the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, where the 1922 Con

Residential landlords will not be able to evict tenants over the coming winter months under plans agreed by ministers today. Housing minister Darragh O'Brien said new legislation would provide a temporary and conditional stay on tenancy terminations this winter, despite earlier suggestions by govern

Ireland's data protection watchdog is being sued by a man who complained about the Catholic Church's refusal to destroy his baptismal records. Martin Meany, a former Catholic, made a complaint to the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in 2018 after the church told him that it would not destroy data of

Diversity at board or C-suite level in the aviation industry has declined in recent years, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has found. Just 17 per cent of those surveyed by the law firm report that the percentage of employees at C-suite or board level that identify as female, or as a member