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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

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

John O'Connor A technology partner at William Fry has been named co-chair of the International Association of Privacy Professionals' (IAPP) Irish KnowledgeNet chapter.

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.

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.

A detective found guilty of harassing a State solicitor by sending her abusive letters has been jailed for three years. Judge Melanie Greally said that while Eve Doherty, 50, is considered at low risk of re-offending, she maintains her innocence and has shown no remorse for the crimes.

Commissioner Helen Dixon Over €2 million has been spent on legal fees for the Data Protection Commissioner in the ongoing Schrems/Facebook data protection case.

Ken Murphy The Law Society of Ireland has defended a decision to increase the salary of its part-time president to €115,000 per year.

A man who was convicted of murdering another in Crumlin in 2001, has successfully appealed his conviction on the basis that the trial judge made impermissible comments to the jury that could have been construed as advocating the prosecution case. In the five-judge Supreme Court, the appeal was allow

Edward Evans Edward Evans investigates the corporate criminal liability measures within the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017.

A human rights group has condemned Russian authorities’ blocking of five websites run by the Open Russia movement founded by the former Russian prisoner of conscience and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Amnesty International’s deputy director for Europe and Central Asia, Denis Krivosheev, s

Pictured (l-r): Partners Richard O’Sullivan and Declan Murphy with new senior associates Claire Colfer, Julie Sweeney, Raymond Lambe and Andrew Croughan OSM Partners has announced the appointment of four new senior associates within the firm's corporate and commercial litigation, mortgage litigati

The chiefs of The Bar of Ireland and The Bar of Northern Ireland have welcomed Friday's Brexit agreement between the UK and EU. In a statement, chairpersons Paul McGarry SC and Liam McCollum QC said they welcomed "the recognition and protection afforded to the relevant key legal provisions".

Pictured: Senator Michael McDowell SC at Checkpoint Cathal Borders and broken agreements lie ahead if the UK government stays its course on Brexit, according to speakers at the Hibernian Law Journal's Checkpoint Cathal lecture in Dublin.

Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors has been named The Legal 500's Northern Ireland Law Firm of the Year 2018. Managing director Jonathan Forrester said he was delighted with the accolade on the eve of the commercial law firm's 125th year in business.