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The judge-led review of Northern Ireland's civil and family justice systems has produced two reports with over 400 recommendations for "transformative change". The reports were launched by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, and the most senior Court of Appeal judge, Lord

Pictured (l-r): Joe Dolan, Irish Hotels Federation President, Mark Adair, Partner at Mason Hayes & Curran, Emily Mahoney, Associate at Mason Hayes & Curran, Tim Fenn, Irish Hotels Federation Chief Executive Mason Hayes & Curran has launched a new guide on the EU General Data Protection R

A man who was convicted of sexual offences as a minor, and who now has over 70 convictions, has been unsuccessful in his application to serve a writ of summons out of the jurisdiction on Google. Sitting in the High Court in Belfast, Lord Justice Stephens refused leave to serve notice of a writ of su

Allied Irish Bank has been unsuccessful in its application for a summary judgment for amounts owed under a guarantee provided by the partner of a man who did not explain to her what she was signing. Referring the matter to plenary hearing, Mr Justice Max Barrett stated that the Court could not prope

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has launched a new Mediators' Institute of Ireland brochure promoting mediation in farm disputes.

An otherwise passionate, even-tempered UCD Law Society debate between pro-choice and pro-life campaigners swung in favour of Repeal the Eighth after a brash closing speech from the deputy chair of the Pro-Life Campaign.

A man who complained that his human rights were breached by members of the police service when attempting to recruit him as an informer, has lost his appeal to bring judicial review proceedings because an alternative remedy was open to him in the form of the Tribunal established under section 65 of

Charges against ten of the 11 Jobstown water charge protesters have been formally dropped. Cheers broke out and air horns sounded in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday after Judge Melanie Greally formally discharged all but one of the remaining Jobstown accused.

Clare Daly Solicitor Clare Daly of Ronan Daly Jermyn writes on provisions of the Children First Act 2015, including those on mandatory reporting, which will soon come into force.

Pictured (l-r): Michael King, Lorraine Keown, Fergal Maguire, Alan McAlister, Rachael Gamble and Michael Black Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has launched a new brand protection team to handle defamation, IP and data protections cases, just months after it was first to establish a specialist cyb

Katie Buchanan Employment solicitor Katie Buchanan of Worthingtons Solicitors in Belfast writes on a recent employment case in the High Court of England and Wales.

Over a hundred business leaders have attended a ByrneWallace conference on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The defence team of a boy being sentenced for criminal damage and assault while detained, or about to be detained, in a Special Care Unit has unsuccessfully argued that convicting the boy of the charges would amount to a double penalty. Finding that the boy had a fair trial, Judge John O’Connor st

MKB Law is sponsoring Vespa World Days as it comes to Belfast for the first time since the yearly global event started in 1954.

Irish businessman Denis O’Brien, who has been involved in a long-running legal battle with public relations firm Red Flag, has lost his appeal for the discovery of the firm’s client. Mr Justice Sean Ryan, president of the Court of Appeal, stated that Mr O’Brien would have had a remedy if Red F