News & Events
An archive of the latest Carson McDowell news, events, and seminars.
Carson McDowell reaches landmark with recruitment of 100th solicitor
11 February 2020
Carson McDowell, Northern Ireland’s largest law firm, today announced that it has reached the significant milestone of employing 100 lawyers for the first time, over half of whom are female....
Author: Roger McMillan
Practice Area: Banking & Finance
Carson McDowell Announces a new Partner in Defence Insurance Litigation
04 February 2020
Carson McDowell, Northern Ireland’s leading law firm has today announced Catherine Carton’s promotion to partner in the Defence Insurance Team. Since her qualification in 1999, Catherine has specialised in the...
Author: Roger McMillan
Practice Area: Defence Insurance Litigation
Update: Trusts must change their approach to disciplinary processes (MHPS)
17 January 2020
Baroness Dido Harding, Chair of NHS Improvement, issued correspondence entitled ‘Learning lessons to improve our people practices’ to NHS Trust and NHS foundation Trust Chairs and Chief Executives dated 24th...
Author: Rachael McAdorey
Practice Area: Healthcare
Carson McDowell partners IOD as Director of the Year Awards Mark 10 Years
14 January 2020
Carson McDowell is delighted to sponsor the Institute of Directors Director of the Year Awards 2020.The awards, which this year celebrate their 10th anniversary, honour the achievements of directors representing...
Author: Richard Gray
Practice Area: Corporate - M&A
Pharmacy fined £275,000 by ICO under GDPR
02 January 2020
A London pharmacy has been fined for inappropriate handling of patient data which breached the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The pharmacy which supplies medicines to customers and to...
Author: Anna McCarthy
Practice Area: General Data Protection Regulations
EDPB publishes guidelines on the right to be forgotten under EU GDPR
19 December 2019
On December 11th 2019, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published its draft guidelines on the criteria of the right to be forgotten in search engine cases under the EU...
Author: Olivia O'Kane
Carson McDowell does Strictly raises a dazzling £52,000
19 December 2019
Staff and clients from Carson McDowell have raised more than £50,000 for Cancer Fund for Children, following the Strictly themed dance event in November at La Mon Hotel and Country...
Carson McDowell beats its own records to top prestigious legal rankings
29 October 2019
Carson McDowell has achieved its best-ever rankings in the legal profession’s two most respected industry guides, Chambers UK and the Legal 500. Carson McDowell, Northern Ireland’s largest independent law...
Seven new judges appointed to the Court of Appeal
14 October 2019
Legislation introduced earlier this year, allowing the Court of Appeal to increase from 10 to 16 judges has finally come into effect, following sharp criticism from the Chief Justice of...
Author: Emma Duffy
Protecting your Intellectual Property can be complex in the Internet age
01 October 2019
These days it seems there isn’t a week that goes by without a press report of a cyber-hack, or law enforcement attempts to thwart one. Just recently...
Author: Peter Guzhar
Practice Area: Cyber Security, Intellectual Property, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Sector: Technology