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International law firm Ashurst, which expanded into Ireland earlier this year, has announced new Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging (IDB) targets to be achieved by 2026. The new targets, set by the board in consultation with the executive team and the Committed to Change Advisory Group, comprise:

ByrneWallace LLP has announced the appointment of Martin Cooney as head of the firm's infrastructure, construction and energy (ICE) group. Mr Cooney has been a partner and head of the firm's construction law practice since joining ByrneWallace in November 2017.

A looming deadline to register rights of way with the Property Registration Authority (PRA) will be removed following pressure from the Law Society and the Bar Council. Ministers yesterday agreed to introduce a "short amending bill" to amend the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 and repeal c

Supreme Court judge Ms Justice Marie Baker has joined UCC School of Law as an adjunct professor, alongside human rights expert Emily Logan and corporate lawyer John Gaffney.

Michael Jackson memorabilia seized from the vice president of Equatorial Guinea will be used to help pay for Covid-19 vaccines for the country, US authorities have said. Obiang Mangue was required to sell the memorabilia, as well as a $30 million California mansion and a Ferrari, as part of a 2014 s

The third and final volume of a legal academic's trilogy on the history of Irish political prisoners from 1848 to 2000 has been launched in Dublin.

A public consultation on Ireland's equality legislation has been extended for a further month. The consultation was launched in July as part of the government's review of the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018 and the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015.

Lawyers will only receive legal aid payments for large volumes of disclosure where it has been sanctioned in advance under a new procedure put in place by the Department of Justice. The amount of evidence being disclosed in criminal cases has increased dramatically in recent years due to the growing

The Supreme Court has ruled that a prison was not liable in damages to an inmate who went on hunger strike following complaints about his living conditions. The inmate had been granted €5,000 in damages by the High Court after it was held that the prison had taken six weeks to make a decision o

The Russian state likely assassinated rogue spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. In the case of Carter v Russia, the court held that there had been: unanimously, a failure by the Russian government to comply with their obligations under Ar

Lady Hale has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, is a former judge who served as the first female president of the Supreme Court. In 2019 she announced the court’s judgement that the prorogation of Parliament was "unlawful, void and of no eff

A victims' commissioner for Northern Ireland is set to be established on a non-statutory basis until legislation can be progressed for a statutory commissioner. Justice minister Naomi Long said the decision, which follows a 12-week public consultation, will "ensure this voice for victims can be intr

A new programme which aims to tackle offending among young men by looking at how masculinity and gender stereotypes impact their decision-making has been launched by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI). The groundbreaking "Back on Track" programme, which will be piloted later this year,

The High Court has awarded both personal damages and repayment to the company in an unfair prejudice claim against a Coleraine company which voted to oust a founding shareholder. The petitioner, Mr Fergus Shaw, sought relief under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006 on the grounds that the affairs

A couple who wanted to name their newborn son "Vladimir Putin" have been refused permission by Swedish authorities. The couple, who live in Laholm in south-western Sweden, submitted the name to authorities but were told it could "cause offence" or "distress" to their child.