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Only limited progress has been made in improving the safety of prisoners in Northern Ireland over the past five years, according to a new report. Brendan McGuigan, the outgoing chief inspector of criminal justice in Northern Ireland, said he was "frustrated" by the pace of progress in implementing r

A landmark case brought against three NHS trusts by a woman who was not told during her pregnancy that her father has Huntington's disease has begun in the High Court in London. The claimant, known only as "ABC", said she would have had an abortion if she knew at the time that her father has the con

Irish employers looking to enforce a mandatory retirement age cannot rely solely on an employee’s contract of employment even if it does stipulate a mandatory retirement age, businesses have been warned at a William Fry breakfast briefing. Over 100 clients attended the briefing on the topic "M

Humanitarian aid agency GOAL has congratulated its general counsel, Alison Mitchell, on being the only Irish lawyer working for a non-profit to be named in a prestigious list of top in-house lawyers. Ms Mitchell is named in the The Legal 500 GC Powerlist: Ireland 2019, which was recently launched at

A new guide details the best practice on gender-neutral drafting for the legal profession. The publication has been prepared by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and the Government Legal Department.

A state prosecutor has been shot dead after a loaded shotgun went off in court. Addelaid Ferreira-Watt, 62, a senior barrister, was shot in the thigh and is believed to have died from blood loss in the freak incident on Monday at the regional court at Ixopo, 85 miles from Durban.

A man is suing Burger King on behalf of vegans and vegetarians after finding out its "0% beef" burger is cooked on the same grills as its beef counterpart. The fast food chain has been rolling out its plant-based "Impossible Burger" across Europe and the US in recent months.

The presiding coroner for Northern Ireland has identified the 10 inquests which will take place from April 2020 to April 2021 under the Lord Chief Justice's five-year plan for dealing with legacy inquests. Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan held 41 preliminary hearings over a three-week period in Septe

A woman who sought judicial review of a decision refusing family reunification has had her application dismissed in the High Court. Stating that the “tedious approach of ‘never mind the facts, look at the interesting law’ has no place in the practical business of litigation”,

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the re-selection of Declan Black as the firm’s managing partner for a third term.

Belfast-based MKB Law has announced the appointment of Deborah Archer as an associate director following a successful year for the firm's corporate commercial team. Ms Archer is cited in the Legal 500 2019 as a leading individual in banking and finance and is also ranked in Chambers and Partners 201

Dublin-based Eugene F Collins has announced the appointment of Ray Byrne and Erc Walsh as senior associates in the firm's banking team. Mr Byrne and Mr Walsh advise domestic and international financial institutions and corporate clients on all aspects of banking and finance law, with a particular fo

The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has identified judges to sit on the Judicial Council's personal injuries guidelines committee, he announced this morning. Ireland's top judge told Insurance Ireland's annual fraud conference in Dublin that he had picked judges from the High Cour

Hanna Fine Art – in association with the Law Society of Ireland, the Irish Women Lawyers Association, the Bar of Ireland and Irish Legal News – is delighted to announce the forthcoming release of a fine art print of Irish artist Stephen McClean's original oil on canvas - “Enterin

The court poor box in Kerry, which accounted for a quarter of all poor box payments in Ireland last year, has finally been scrapped. Offenders in Kerry are now being asked to make donations directly to charities instead of going through the poor box, the Irish Examiner reports.