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The widow of a man who died in 2003 must be removed as the administratrix of his estate and appoint a firm of professional trustees in her place, the High Court has ruled. Two daughters of the deceased brought the case to replace their mother as administratrix due to a number of inconsistencies in t

Claire Rowe UK firm Shoosmiths has announced it is expanding into Northern Ireland through a merger with Belfast firm McManus Kearney.

Health Minister Simon Harris A private member's bill to make cannabis available for medicinal purposes has passed the second stage in the Dáil.

TD Clare Daly Commercial-scale drug dealing convictions have halved in recent years, The Irish Times reports.

Stuart Gilhooly, president of the Law Society The Law Society of Ireland has said lawyers have been "vindicated" by a new report on insurance costs.

Emily Logan, IHREC chief commissioner The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has welcomed Taoiseach Enda Kenny's historic move towards State recognition of Traveller ethnicity.

Pictured (l-r): Eithne Lynch and Rachel Power of PILA; and Mary Brassil and Adam Finlay, partners at McCann FitzGerald McCann FitzGerald and the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) have launched a handbook on data protection for NGOs and community organisations.

Richard Grogan Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors writes about the potential impact of a recent court decision on exemplary costs in an employment law case.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a farmer who acted as a guarantor for his brother’s loan has an arguable defence against the bank which is seeking judgment against him for over €170,000 – therefore the case must be given a full hearing. The bank had sought a summary judgment, but Mr Justice

A five-judge Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a claim for damages for alleged medical negligence brought by a woman against a Dublin hospital did not survive her death, as per section 7(2) of the Civil Liability Act 1961. Background

Edwards & Company has become the first Northern Ireland law firm to achieve accreditation in Data Protection by THINK Data Protection.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Guerin Report into the handling of allegations of Garda misconduct contained conclusions that that were damaging to the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Mr Alan Shatter, and that the defective procedure adopted in publishing the report amounted to a br

Charlie Flanagan The Government has reaffirmed its support for Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa, whose mass trial in Egypt has been adjourned again.

Pupils at Dalriada School are competing in the Bar Mock Trial World Championships in New York following their success in the Northern Ireland heat in November 2015 and UK Final triumph in April.

The Department of Justice has launched a consultation on the statutory “age of digital consent” to be applied in Ireland as part of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Article 8 of the GDPR provides that, in the case of information society services offered directly to a child, pare