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Lorcan O’Connor, director of the ISI There was a 26 per cent increase in new applications for Personal Insolvency Arrangements (PIAs) in the first quarter of 2016, according to new figures.

Acting Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe Acting Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe has criticised the continued use of court poor box donations to provide an alternative to penalty points.

David Sullivan, director at Sullivans Law in Belfast David Sullivan, director at Sullivans Law in Belfast, outlines recent changes to the taxation of dividends.

Solicitor Gavin Booth of KRW Law The Attorney General for Northern Ireland, John Larkin, has written to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) in support of a fresh inquiry into the shooting of Colum Marks.

The detention of an Algerian national who acquired permanent residence in 2003 and 28 criminal convictions by 2012, pending a decision to deport him, was not unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled as it additionally declined to make a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the European Unio

Faculty of Advocates’ director of training and education, Dr David Parratt The Faculty of Advocates’ director of training and education, Dr David Parratt, has achieved a highly unusual hat-trick, after calling to the Northern Ireland bar.

Matt Higgins Staff members at Belfast firm HHD Solicitors are completing the Belfast Marathon 2016 to raise funds for CAUSE.

A statue of Heracles in a small French town has been endowed with a removable prosthetic penis in a bid to prevent vandalism. It will feature on the 10-foot statue during special ceremonies.

The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s construction of a will, following a dispute between the will’s executor and his nephew over the use of land as a garden. The appellant, James Mullen, was the son and executor of the will of the late Elizabeth Mullen, while the respondent, James Mul

Gerry McAlinden QC, chairman of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland Gerry McAlinden QC, chairman of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland, stressed the importance of an independent referral bar in a major speech delivered over the weekend.

John Halford of Bindmans LLP The UK government has been forced to back down on introducing a residence test for civil legal aid claims in England and Wales.

Drivers are continuing to avoid penalty points and fines by donating to court poor boxes despite a court ruling that the practice is barred under the Road Traffic Act 2010, The Irish Times reports. There were more than 37,000 people before the Irish courts for speeding offences between January 2013-

An American attorney has tested the patience of a federal judge after allegedly lying about his mother's death and an extended hospital stay in order to have court proceedings repeatedly delayed. Attorney John Nonnenmacher sent a colleague to tell Judge Allyne Ross that his mother had died suddenly,

Emma Hutchinson Co Down lawyer Emma Hutchinson is among a group of UK Labour Party members who are defying party rules by running candidates in next month's Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

Corporate insurance head Darren Maher Dublin-based Matheson's insurance team boasts three ‘Leading Individuals’ in the 2016 Legal 500 directory for EMEA.