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Lord Sumption Courts have misapplied the approach to solicitors' liability in negligence claims, according to a Supreme Court ruling which clarifies the law.

Northern Ireland solicitors will walk a five-kilometre route to raise cash for Marie Curie this May. The Law Society of Northern Ireland has organised a Legal Walk/Run in support of the president's chosen charity of the year.

A law student at Maynooth University has won a work experience placement with a charity providing representation for those facing the death penalty in the United States.

Michael Kingston A solicitor hailing from West Cork witnessed the direct aftermath of the terrorist attack at Westminster on Wednesday.

Indian opium farmers are as sick as a parrot at losing up to 10 per cent of their crop to flocks of feathered addicts which have adapted their behaviour to avoid detection. Stoned parrots are routinely now falling off their perches after gorging themselves on the pods of opium-yielding poppies.

A Commandant who was fined and had his salary reduced for prodding a superior officer in the chest with his finger, and for using insulting language against the same, has lost an appeal against his conviction. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Edwards rejected al

Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan Glowing tributes have been paid to Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan on his retirement as a judge of the Court of Appeal.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Legislation to transfer the administration of criminal legal aid to the Legal Aid Board will be laid before TDs "as early as is feasible", Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

Children's Minister Dr Katherine Zappone The existing redress scheme for victims of residential child abuse could be re-opened to provide redress for those abused in Mother and Baby Homes, The Irish Times reports.

The High Court has ruled that a Blair-era renditions case should be heard in secret, following a request from the government under the Justice and Security Act 2013. In reaching his judgment, Mr Justice Leggatt warned that secret hearings are a “serious derogation from the fundamental principles o

Liz Griffith Liz Griffith, policy officer at Law Centre (NI), writes for Irish Legal News on a recent study by the Department of Justice.

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (Photo credit: By Chensiyuan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0.) The Lord Chief Justice has excoriated the Lord Chancellor over her failure to understand reforms that are being introduced to spare children from live cross-examination, The Times reports.

Joe Moore Joe Moore, partner at Belfast firm Tughans, reflects on the MIPIM property conference in Cannes.

A&L Goodbody has been named Irish Law Firm of the Year 2017 for the third time in four years by The Lawyer. The annual European Law Firm Awards Ceremony in London recognised the most notable achievements and stand-out successes of law firms across Europe.

A spate of toilet roll thefts in the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing has prompted the management to install a facial recognition toilet paper dispensing system to deter thieves. The newly installed machines scan visitors' faces for three seconds before issuing a ration of 24 to 27.5 inches of toile