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Insurance risk and commercial law specialist firm BLM has announced the appointment of John Guerin as head of its Belfast and Derry offices. Mr Guerin, a former president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, joins the firm amid a wider leadership restructure both north and south of the border.

UK law firm BLM is renewing its lease for its Belfast office despite launching a new redundancy consultation and closing two of its other UK offices. The leases for the firm's Belfast and Glasgow offices are currently being renewed and BLM said it has no plans to close any of its other 11 UK offices

Insurance and risk specialist BLM has announced the appointment of Seamus White and Audrey McGinley as partners in Dublin. The UK-headquartered firm now employs 50 people in Dublin, its only office in the EU following Brexit.

Three new partners have joined BLM in Dublin in the firm's largest round of partner promotions since it established its office in the Irish capital in 2012. Sinead Connolly, Olivia Treston and Garrett Cormican span all business streams across the firm's Dublin office, which now employs over 40 peopl

Risk and insurance law specialists BLM, with offices in Belfast and Dublin, has warned that sporting bodies are leaving themselves vulnerable to claims of sexual misconduct by not taking the necessary steps to protect against allegations of abuse. Fintan Canavan, partner at BLM in Belfast, said orga

A defendant in an insurance claim has become the first person to deliver evidence by video link to the newly-refurbished Mullingar Court. Natalie Crooks, represented by BLM, was allowed to give evidence to the court from the law firm's London office due to her childcare commitments.

Staff at BLM's Belfast and Derry offices volunteered their time to help tidy up the grounds of the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice in Newtonabbey.

Insurance risk and commercial law specialists BLM has announced plans to recruit 10 more lawyers in Dublin as it anticipates increased demand due to Brexit. The firm currently employs 110 people across its offices in Dublin, Belfast and Derry, and this will grow to 120 by the end of 2019 - partly in

Senior solicitors, barristers and a Court of Appeal judge are set to deliver bite-sized updates on the law at a fundraising event for the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People later this month. Attendees at the next Lawyers Against Homelessness (LAH) CPD event will hear from 12 speakers, including

Alison Cassidy, partner at BLM in Belfast, examines the latest personal injury guidelines for Northern Ireland. The Judicial Studies Board for Northern Ireland has published the fifth Edition of the ‘Green Book’ following the recommendations of a Committee chaired by Lord Justice Stephen

Ireland will remain the "fraud tourism" capital of Europe because there are no "credible repercussions" for those caught making fraudulent injury claims, defence litigation solicitor Sarah Dick has claimed. Ms Dick, based in the Dublin office of insurance law specialists BLM, highlighted figures sho

BLM has become the first law firm to officially sign up to the Inclusive Behaviours in Insurance Pledge, an initiative set up by Lloyd’s of London and Zurich to demonstrate the insurance industry’s commitment to creating a “culture where inclusive behaviours become the norm and whe