Earlier this week, I posted about surprising “products” you can find at Belfast,Northern Ireland’s St. George’s Market. There are other spots in Belfast that also bring a smile. Near the law courts are two shops that offer tailoring and “Legal Clothing,”
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Signs of the Times? (Part 1 from Belfast)
Last week I was visiting in Ireland, and specifically in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where I was giving a workshop on comparative contract law for students at Queen’s University Belfast in its new J.D program. When I visit the city, I always try…
ALPS 2016: Next Year in Belfast
I’ve just returned from the annual meeting of the Association of Law Property and Society (ALPS) at the University of Georgia (check out the new and improved website). As usual, it was terrific: great papers, warm fellowship, and an invigorating…
Congratulations to Dr. Joe Duffy, Queen’s University Belfast
Speaking of Joe Duffy at Queen’s University Belfast (see details of a news story below in our blog, from Joe’s home country), I’m very happy to report that my friend has had quite a good year. Joe is now “Dr. Joe…
Opportunity at University of Ulster
Ciaran White, Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Ulster Law Clinic at the University of Ulster, has asked me to share this opportunity with the clinical community. The University of Ulster is hiring a permanent Lecturer in Law…
Birth defects at significantly higher rate with Depacon, Depakene
By Jared Fink
Titled “Malformation risks of antiepileptic drugs in pregnancy: a prospective study from the UK Epilepsy and Pregnancy Register.”, an article by J. Morrow and a team from Belfast (UK) published in the February, 2006 edition of Journal of…
Depacon Doubles Risk for Birth Defects (At Least)
By Jared Fink
Another article demonstrating that prenatal exposure to antiepileptic drugs containing valproate like Depacon is associated with birth defects, “Valproate and the risk for congenital malformations: Is formulation and dosage regime important?” was published in the April, 2012 edition…
Depacon, Depakote, and Depakene carry risk for birth defects at 6.7%
By Jared Fink
In February of this year, E. Campbell and a team from Royal Victoria Hospital (Belfast, UK) published a piece in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry titled “Malformation risks of antiepileptic drug monotherapies in pregnancy: updated results from the…
Belfast Coast Guard Medevacs Passenger From Thomson Spirit Cruise Ship
By Jim Walker
A newspaper in Ireland reports that the Belfast Coast Guard arranged for the airlift of a 78-year-old woman from a cruise ship last night due to a heavy nosebleed. The doctor aboard the MS Thomson Spirit reportedly became concerned for the passenger’s…
About Emma Wallace
By Hazel Murray
Name: Emma Wallace
Title: Solicitor
Email: ewallace@algoodbody.com
Emma is a Solicitor in the IP & Technology Group at A&L Goodbody, based in our Belfast Office. Emma holds a law degree from the University of Cambridge having completed an Erasmus year…