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The death of a senior partner's close friend inspired staff at Edwards & Co to raise over £60,000 for charity Bowel Cancer UK over the past two and a half years, the firm said. Dorcas Crawford, senior partner at Edwards & Co, said the death of her close friend from bowel cancer was "very mu

The Board of Management of a secondary school in Wicklow has lost its case against An Bord Pleanála, in which it sought an order of certiorari and various declaratory reliefs based on its failure to comply with the Planning and Development Act 2000 and disregard for anti-obesity policies when grant

The housing market in Northern Ireland is currently the strongest in the UK, according to new research. Surveyors and estate agents have reported a surge in business, the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Ulster Bank residential market survey has found.

John Joy, Principal of John M. Joy & Co. Solicitors has announced that Aidan Leahy has joined the firm which is expanding and strengthening its existing personal injury litigation practice. John M. Joy & Co., based in Clonmel Co. Tipperary has been practising for many years and specialise in

Handwritten notes by an employment judge have been given to the losing side in a constructive dismissal case following a data request that is likely to be “far reaching” in its effects. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) gave the notes, which provide an insight into the Judge Ian Pritchard-Witts’ r

Friday 28 July 2017 09:15

Derek Walsh Derek Walsh, litigation solicitor at Keating Connolly Sellors, writes on bullying and the law after giving a recent in-house seminar on bullying in schools and the workplace.

Solidarity TD Paul Murphy and five other men have been found not guilty of falsely imprisoning former Tánaiste Joan Burton and her adviser during a 2014 water charges protest. The jury of seven men and four women returned the unanimous verdicts today after just over three hours of deliberations.

Maya Foa Reprieve and Privacy International have launched legal action after the UK government refused to reveal the subject matter or contents of a secret prime ministerial order governing the activities of the British security services.

Niamh Laverty Niamh Laverty, associate solicitor at Tughans in Belfast, writes on the danger of side letters in lease agreements.

Imelda McMillan The Law Society of Northern Ireland's Mentoring Programme continues to go from strength to strength as it enters its fourth successful year.

Ken Murphy The Mediation Bill must be amended "in the public interest" to uphold the principle of confidentiality and strengthen regulation and standards, the Law Society of Ireland has said.

The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) has said reports that a pregnant child was detained under the Mental Health Act after seeking an abortion show that Ireland's laws are not fit for purpose. The latest tranche of reports published by the Child Care Law Reporting Project includes the case of a young

The charges against one of seven men on trial for falsely imprisoning former Tánaiste Joan Burton and her adviser at an anti-water charges protest have been dropped. On day 27 of the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court trial yesterday, Judge Melanie Greally told the jury she would be discharging Ken Purc

Maria McCloskey Maria McCloskey, an associate solicitor at Napier & Sons in Belfast, has been appointed to co-ordinate a new legal project in partnership with the Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers (NICRAS).