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Retired Dublin solicitor John M. O'Connor, former managing partner of O'Connor Solicitors, has passed away. Mr O'Connor qualified as a solicitor in the early 1950s and became a partner in the firm of J G O'Connor & Co Solicitors, a practice commenced by his late father. He later served for almos

Jacci Fox, head of the debt and asset recovery unit at HOMS Solicitors, examines what is required for a debtor to succeed in dismissal of bankruptcy summons. We recently acted in a rather protracted bankruptcy case on behalf of the Collector General of the Revenue Commissioners. The debtor in this c

Dr Thomas Muinzer of Aberdeen Law School in Scotland comments on the Supreme Court's recent squashing of the government's climate change plan. I have talked multiple times in print and in lectures of Ireland’s need to live up to the distinguished legacy of John Tyndall (1820–1893),

An Irish academic who evaded arrest at protests against Alexander Lukashenko a decade ago has said the COVID-19 crisis and years of economic decline have weakened the Belarusian ruler's authority. Dr Donnacha Ó Beacháin, associate professor at DCU School of Law and Government, spe

A home-schooled Leaving Cert student has launched judicial review proceedings against the Department of Education after it refused to give him a calculated grade based on estimates from his tutor, his mother. The case brought by Elijah Burke opened before Mr Justice Charles Meenan in the High Court

Ministers have met with Ireland's competition watchdog to discuss plans to boost its regulatory powers.

Law firm DLA Piper has set up a £150 million funding pot and joined the litigation financing market. The firm has struck a deal with a currently unnamed funder to create a fund which will be aimed at clients that want to shift the costs of litigation and arbitration off their balance sheets, T

Trowels will be left in 90 lay-bys in parts of the Scottish Highlands for people who desperately need the toilet to dig a hole and deposit their waste. Lochbroom Community Council Chairman Topher Dawson said the trowels would be an "emergency, last resort" for people who cannot access toilets.

The Court of Appeal has affirmed the judgment of the High Court refusing family reunification where the applicant's marriage was, at the time of contracting, actually polygamous. The ruling in I.H. (Afghanistan) v. Minister for Justice and Equality [2020] IECA 241 marks the latest occasion on which

Tughans has announced it has expanded its corporate, real estate and energy teams in a move it says reflects confidence in these sectors across Northern Ireland and Great Britain. Patrick Brown, managing partner, said: "We have seen continued confidence in the real estate, energy and infrastructure

The Government will explore giving greater powers to the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) after concerns were raised about a "loophole" which meant employers had no legal obligation to report cases of the coronavirus in the workplace. Following a meeting with the HSA yesterday, a spokeswoman for&nb

A new information sharing agreement has been struck between the PSNI and the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI). The new memorandum follows months of discussions prompted by police failures to disclose "significant" evidence related to legacy cases to the watchdog.

US law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP, along with the National Whistleblower Center, Whistleblowing International, and the European Center for Whistleblower Rights, has made recommendations to the Irish government for the new whistleblower law. The legislation is currently being drafted to fulf

Deborah Kelly and Jack Lehane from the corporate team at Eugene F Collins look at virtual AGMs and the impact of COVID-19 on company constitutions. COVID-19 continues to impact on how businesses are staying connected. This is particularly relevant for the requirement to hold virtual annual general m

A civil liberties campaigner who appealed a decision of the Divisional Court that the use of automated facial recognition (AFR) technology by the South Wales Police Force was compatible with Article 8 of the ECHR has succeeded in respect of three of the five appeal grounds.  The appellant,