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International law firm Bird & Bird has appointed Susan Battye as head of its employment practice in Ireland. Ms Battye brings over two decades of experience advising both international and domestic clients on the entire lifespan of employment law issues.

Journalists and bloggers can now report from most family court hearings in England and Wales following the introduction of new open reporting provisions. The new rules, which came into effect yesterday, allow journalists and legal bloggers to report on what they see and hear while attending any fami

A man accused of drunkenly speeding at more than 130 mph allegedly told police he was desperate to get home to see his cat. Logan Mirmozaffari, 28, was arrested by police in Norwich, Connecticut early on Sunday morning, Daily Voice Norwich reports.

The closing conference of a three-year international project to improve responses to child sexual abuse in Ireland will take place this week. The EU and the Council of Europe jointly funded the project to support the implementation of the Barnahus ("children's house") project in Ireland.

Ryanair's US court victory against online travel agency Booking.com over alleged "screenscraping" has been overturned. A jury in Delaware District Court found last July in favour of Ryanair's claims that Booking.com had violated the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), causing loss to the Irish b

An obituary of the late Paddy MacEntee SC has been published by The Irish Times.

Barrister Jim O'Callaghan SC's appointment as justice minister has been met with a warm welcome from the Bar Council as it seeks urgent progress on criminal legal aid fee levels. The Fianna Fáil TD, who called to the Bar in 1993 and became a senior counsel in 2008, was named last week as

The European Court of Human Rights is to set up an ethics council to advise the president of the court on matters of judicial ethics. The president will be able to consult the new ethics council whenever they consider it necessary to give guidance to a judge seeking advice on compliance with the eth

China's first corgi police dog has become a social media hit — despite his frequent misbehaviour. The police force in Weifang, in China's eastern Shandong province, has just marked one year since Fu Zai joined the team as a reserve bomb-detector dog.

Arthur Cox has appointed Orla Clayton, Fiona Cotter, Edel Curry, Katrina Donnelly, Ciara Dooley, Audrey Hughes, Aoife Mac Ardle and Ben Rayner as of counsel. Ms Clayton leads the knowledge function in the firm’s life sciences group. She has extensive experience in advising the life sciences, f

ByrneWallace and LK Shields Solicitors have completed their merger to create Byrne Wallace Shields. The firm said on Friday that the merger, first announced in November 2024, was now completed, creating a merged firm with over 430 employees, including 220 solicitors.

Every pound spent on legal aid in Northern Ireland creates £8.32 of social value, according to a groundbreaking new report from the Law Society of Northern Ireland. The 56-page report, The Social Value of Legal Aid, was launched on Monday in the Northern Ireland Assembly at an event which hear

European consumer watchdogs have accused Meta of continuing to breach EU law with its "pay-or-consent" policy. Meta first introduced a pay-or-consent model in November 2023, offering EU users of Facebook and Instagram the option of either paying a monthly fee to use ad-free versions of the social ne

DLA Piper partner Caoimhe Clarkin has been appointed to the global law firm's international board. Ms Clarkin has headed the firm's litigation and regulatory practice in Ireland since 2019.

Human rights expert Professor Aoife Nolan has been re-elected as president of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR). The ECSR is the monitoring body of the European Social Charter. It is composed of 15 independent, impartial members elected by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Mini