Search:

Maxine Orr Maxine Orr, partner at Worthingtons Solicitors in Belfast, considers two cases whereby an employee was not required to share the relevant protected characteristic in order to claim discrimination by association.

Rossa McMahon Limerick-based law firm PG McMahon Solicitors has won the Litigation Lawyer of the Year Award for Ireland at the Acquisition International Dispute Resolution Awards.

Staff at Madden & Finucane Solicitors will run the Belfast Marathon in May to raise cash for a local homelessness charity. The Belfast firm is appealing for donations in a bid to raise funds for the Welcome Organisation, which delivers a range of support services to people who are homeless or at

Gordon McElroy and his son Patrick A director at Belfast firm MKB Law has raised more than £2,400 for a local special school after participating in a fundraising swimathon.

A neo-Nazi politician who participated in anti-refugee marches and handed out racist propaganda received first aid from Syrian asylum seekers after crashing his car, German media reports. Stefan Jagsch, 30, was hospitalised last week after losing control of his vehicle and hitting a tree near Büdin

The Supreme Court has made orders under s.3 of the Legal Practitioners (Ireland) Act 1876, enabling a firm of solicitors to claim their fees from the award granted to a client despite the argument that a prior security existed over the award. The firm of solicitors, Matheson, had represented Lett an

Madden & Finucane Solicitors has overtaken KRW Law to top the table of legal aid payments to solicitor firms in Northern Ireland in 2014-15. They were the only two solicitor practices to receive more than £2 million in total from the legal aid fund.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said An Garda Síochána is liaising with authorities in Brussels to counteract the threat of terrorism in the wake of multiple deadly attacks this morning.

Justice Minister David Ford Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford has launched a new guide to help people with mental or emotional ill-health to access fair justice.

New analysis shows that an 8,000 jobs boost follows each one per cent growth in legal services; that £379 million is added to the economy for every one per cent growth in the UK legal services sector and that the sector grew by eight per cent from 2014 to 2015. The first ever investigation of the w

Dr Brian Tobin Dr Brian Tobin of NUI Galway writes on potential solutions to the challenges of legislating for surrogacy in Ireland.

From left to right: Kate Kenneally and Sarah Browne Two associate solicitors at LK Shields will travel to Haiti next month to participate in the Haiti Build Week.

Pictured (l-r): Joanne Young from Macmillan, clinical nurse specialist Deirdre Armstrong, and CFR managing director Karen Blair Belfast law firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin (CFR) has announced a new partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support.

The president of Tajikistan has proposed declaring 22 March a public holiday in recognition of wrestlers. President Emomali Rahmon proposed the holiday as a national wrestling competition gets underway in capital Dushanbe today.

A&L Goodbody has won two European accolades at the Managing Partners' Forum (MPF) Awards 2016. The Irish law firm was recognised in the category of Best Community Engagement for its Dublin literacy programme and Best Use of Business Systems for developing a bespoke business bid platform.