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An American cyclist is taking legal action after being struck and injured by an ambulance, which took him to hospital and then sent him a bill for nearly $2,000. William Hoesch, 71, is seeking $997,000 (around €930,000 or £775,000) from Columbia River Fire & Rescue in Oregon in compen

Northern Ireland firm McCay Legal has promoted Kirsty Holmes to associate director and head of residential property. Ms Holmes was promoted on her return from maternity leave last month.

Northern Ireland's Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) has paid a substantial settlement to its former interim chief executive who complained of sex, race and age discrimination and constructive dismissal. The sum paid to Margaret Farragher, who resigned in June 2022, was

Tughans remains Northern Ireland's most prolific M&A firm according to figures spanning the first three-quarters of the year. The firm has acted in 42 transactions in the year to date, well ahead of A&L Goodbody and Carson McDowell on 35 each, according to the latest Experian MarketIQ report

Flynn O'Driscoll LLP has been ranked as Ireland's most prolific M&A firm in the first three-quarters of the year. The corporate law firm has acted in 42 transactions in the year to date, according to the latest Experian MarketIQ report for the UK and Ireland.

A man who was told the Garda Siochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) did not have the resources to investigate his complaint has been granted leave for a judicial review. Raymond Quinn, a former compliance officer with a New York securities firm who is now retired and living in Co Donegal, compl

Legislation making it a criminal offence to destroy privately-held records relating to institutions implicated in historical sexual abuse has been commenced. The legislation forms part of the Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Act 2024, which was signed int

Two Newry firms, Luke Curran & Co Solicitors and Casey & Casey Solicitors, have merged.

Lawyers Against Homelessness will host its 2024 Christmas CPD seminar on Thursday 28 November 2024. This will be the 14th event organised by the legal initiative since 2017, in the process raising over €417,000 for the Capuchin Day Centre.

Barristers appearing in the most serious criminal cases in Northern Ireland are effectively being asked to do twice the work for half the pay they were getting two decades ago, the chairperson of the Bar of Northern Ireland has told Irish Legal News. Donal Lunny KC, who took up office in September,

Retired High Court judge Mr Justice Robert Eagar has passed away. A graduate of University College Dublin, he qualified as a solicitor in 1978 and joined Garrett Sheehan and Partners in 1984.

An octogenarian who was attacked with a machete after knocking on the wrong door by mistake managed to fend off his attacker with a pair of nunchucks. The would-be victim told police that he knocked on the door in Youngstown, Ohio and heard an irate man shout that he had the wrong apartment.

Airlines have won a stay on the implementation of Dublin Airport's summer passenger cap pending the outcome of a legal challenge. Aer Lingus, Ryanair and Airlines for America took High Court action after the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) set a seat capacity limit of 25.2 million seats for the summe

Dillon Eustace has promoted Shane Harron to partner in the firm's Dublin-based restructuring and insolvency and commercial litigation teams. Mr Harron has over 12 years’ experience advising both private and commercial clients in all aspects of commercial litigation, insolvency, corporate

Vulnerable children are falling through the cracks because of a shortage of care placements and overcrowded courts, according to a report from the Child Law Project. The analytical report identifies trends emerging from three years of court reporting and marks the conclusion of the Project's three-y