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Pictured (l-r): Lisa McElherron and Eoghan McKenna The Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA) has handed over a record sum of £15,000 to its 2017 charity partner, Inspire.

Joel Hyatt Big companies increasingly want to work with smaller law firms, a new survey of more than 300 general counsel and senior in-house lawyers at international businesses generating more than $1 billion in annual revenue has found.

Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems can bring an individual action in Austria against Facebook Ireland, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. However, he cannot bring proceedings on behalf of seven other users in Austria, Germany and India who assigned him their claims for

Northern Ireland lawyers have told the Law Society Gazette in England and Wales that attacks on lawyers by mainstream newspapers and politicians have led to them facing harassment and death threats. It follows the New York Bar writing to Prime Minister Theresa May and then Northern Ireland Secretary

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has apologised to a man over a series of failings by prosecutors and police which led to him being placed on bail for almost two years and tried for rape. Liam Allan, 22, from London, had been charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault.

Deirdre Malone Holding prisoners in isolation in excess of 22 hours and for extended periods of time must be abolished due to the harm this can cause to prisoners’ mental health, the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has said.

Stephanie Johnston Stephanie Johnston, solicitor in the private client team at Carson McDowell in Belfast, writes on a recent judgment in England and Wales.

Gerry Adams Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has failed in his bid to overturn his 1975 criminal convictions for attempting prison escape.

A woman who petitioned for her own bankruptcy in 2016 has had her period of bankruptcy extended for nine months for failing to disclose assets of €8,000 which comprised loans and gifts given to her children. Stating that there was “grounds for disquiet” due to the extent of the woman’s discr

Gerry Adams has lost an appeal against his convictions in the 1970s, which he claimed were invalid due to the fact that they had been signed by the Minister of State for the Northern Ireland Office, and not the Secretary of State – which he contended was required by the legislation. Dismissing the

Constitution Society President Sir Malcolm Jack with Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP The following is the full transcript of the speech given by Dominic Grieve QC MP, former Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland (2010-14), at the Constitution Society’s Inaugu

Clio, the world’s first and leading creator of cloud-based legal practice management software, now offers an Outlook 365 add-in to its global customer base, further meeting the needs of the modern legal professional. Clio is the first and only cloud-based practice management platform to offer a na

Richard Grogan Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates writes on the issue of lack of representation in unfair dismissal cases.

The High Court will today hear the first part of Liberty’s legal challenge to the UK government’s flagship surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act. The challenge has been funded by donations from members of the public, who gave more than £50,000.

Aoife Kavanagh At the age of 22, Irish law graduate Aoife Moore Kavanagh has become one of the youngest-ever people to pass the New York bar exam.