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The decision by the PSNI to not take further steps to investigate the question of identifying and prosecuting those responsible for criminal acts during the interrogation of the Hooded Men, has been quashed in the High Court in Belfast. Delivering the judgment, Mr Justice McGuire found that the deci

Ken Murphy The Law Society of Ireland has called on the Government to increase investment in its legal services in order to improve the system for Irish citizens, increase access to the law for those in disadvantaged circumstances and grasp opportunities that may result from Brexit.

Mr Justice Frank Clarke The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has criticised the increasing complexity of the Irish legal system, with ever greater numbers of regulatory bodies and appeal mechanisms.

The Government is planning to grant extra powers, staff and a wider remit to the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement following a series of collapsed court cases, the Irish Examiner reports. It is part of a package of measures aimed at improving prosecutions for white collar crime, particular

A judge of the High Court in Dublin is seeking further information on the conditions in a Northern Ireland prison before deciding whether to extradite a Belfast man wanted there in connection with the murder of a mother-of-three. Raymond O’Neill is facing charges of murder and arson over the death

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors writes on the challenges of an ageing workforce. It was previously that an individual got to 65 and retired. Currently the State Pension becomes payable at 66. This will rise to 67 in 2021 and 68 in 2028. There hav

An Irish man who claimed his conviction for selling drugs was unfair as it was based on evidence obtained by police entrapment has had his application unanimously declared inadmissible by the European Court of Human Rights, which concluded that the role of the police in the case had been essentially

Conal McGarrity

HOMS Solicitors has been awarded the Gold Standard in the Q9000 Legal Quality audit by the Institute of Legal Research and Standards.

More work is needed to address judicial diversity and issues with recruitment that threaten the UK’s world-renowned legal systems, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned today. The committee states in a report that It is deeply concerned about the dispute between the UK government an

The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempted to trademark the shape of London’s black cabs, upholding a decision of the High Court from last year that the shape lacked "distinctive character”. The London Taxi Company, manufacturer of the hackney carriages, had taken the firm Frazer-Nash to cour

Two crofters are seeking compensation after one of their Highland cows was allegedly impregnated by a neighbour’s bull. Bernard and Kathleen Allen, from the Isle of Lewis, claim that the Belted Galloway bull was found a number of times on land where there livestock was kept, the BBC reports.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) and the Law Society of Ireland successfully raised preliminary objections as to jurisdiction in respect of issues sought to be litigated by a solicitor as part of his appeal from a finding of misconduct by the SDT. Dismissing the solicitor’s appeal, Mr Ju

McCann FitzGerald has announced the appointment of six partners and one consultant, bringing its total number of partners to 75.

Conal McGarrity Dungannon-based P.A. Duffy & Co. Solicitors has announced the appointment of Conal McGarrity as one of the firm's directors.