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Belfast-based Paschal O'Hare Personal Injury Solicitors has welcomed new solicitors Victoria Thompson and Claire Leemon. Ms Thompson, who studied law and politics at Ulster University, joins the firm to assist with various personal injury matters.

Ms Justice Nuala Butler has been nominated for appointment to the Court of Appeal in a move that will make it the first court in Irish history to have a majority of women judges. A judge of the High Court since 2020, Ms Justice Butler's appointment will fill the vacancy created by Mr Justice David B

Global law firm Dentons has announced the appointment of Karyn Harty as head of litigation in Ireland. Ms Harty, currently a partner at McCann FitzGerald, will join Dentons in late September — around the second anniversary of Dentons expanding into Ireland in the wake of Brexit and in the mids

Ireland's former chief justice Frank Clarke has resigned as a judge of the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) Courts and former High Court president Peter Kelly has been urged to follow suit in light of a row over the UAE's record on human rights. The two retired judges were sworn in last wee

European law firm Fieldfisher has awarded its first-ever training contracts in Belfast to two senior legal professionals. Hollie Ferris and Leo McSweeney will begin the LPC in September this year, during which time they will undertake a mixture of full time study and two years' qualifying work exper

Dechert LLP has hired Emmet Quish as a funds partner in its Dublin office. Mr Quish is an experienced funds lawyer with a focus on the structuring, establishment and ongoing compliance for all types of investment funds, including alternative funds and UCITS.

A passenger on a flight from Indonesia to Australia has been fined $1,874 after a police dog sniffed out two McMuffins and a ham croissant in his possession. The passenger failed to declare the McDonald’s breakfast order before arriving at Darwin Airport in Australia's Northern Territory.

The English courts have held that the “lis pendens” provisions of Brussels I Recast apply to proceedings commenced in that jurisdiction after the expiry of the Brexit transition period where relevant proceedings were already commenced in an EU Member State before that expiry date. In thi

As the Trinity term draws to a close, barristers and solicitors will have spent the last few weeks trying to finalise all outstanding matters before the long vacation. Indeed, many will have welcomed the return of the frenzied, feverish activity that marks the end of term, given the notable absence

Pictured (L-R): Dario Di Murro, Mary-Louise O’Hagan and Richard O’Sullivan OSM Partners LLP has announced the appointment of Mary-Louise O’Hagan as a partner in the firm’s property team.

The lives of women and girls in Afghanistan are being devastated by the Taliban’s crackdown on their human rights, Amnesty International has said in a new report. Since they took control of the country in August 2021, the Taliban have violated women’s and girls’ rights to education

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Chinese human rights lawyer Chang Weiping in closed-door trial as family barred from county

A man is challenging a parking ticket that he was given after the kerb was repainted red while he was away from his car. Desiree and Jeff Jolly said they have been parking in a space at the corner of Larkin and Union streets in San Francisco for the last 25 years. However, last week they discovered

Legislation strengthening protections for whistleblowers in Ireland has been enacted. The Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 transposes the EU Whistleblowing Directive into Irish law, and extends the scope of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 to provide protections for volunteers, shar

Immigration law expert Fiona Hurley has been appointed as the chief executive officer of Nasc, the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre. Ms Hurley has served as the NGO's interim CEO since March 2022, having previously managed its legal advocacy service and later its policy and communications service.