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The Belfast solicitor who owns a 340-year-old tablecloth that was presented to the Prince of Orange in 1675 has said it belongs in Northern Ireland. Solicitor Sam Wilson told the Belfast News Letter that he turned away the Rikjsmuseum in Amsterdam and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London after b

A burglary suspect has told the High Court in Belfast that his electronic ankle tag was chewed off by his pet dog. However, he failed to convince the court, which heard that there were "no signs" of teeth marks on the tracking device -- and his own lawyer admitted he faced "an uphill battle" to secu

The High Court in Dublin has found that Dunnes Stores’ application for the judicial review of a retention permission granted by An Bord Pleanála amounted to an ‘abuse of process’, as the primary aim of the application was not to challenge the permission’s legality, but to secure an advantag

Bryan Bourke, managing partner at William Fry San Francisco is set to host the third US office of Dublin-based firm William Fry from early next year, the firm announced today.

A former solicitor who admitted theft, fraud and forgery offences worth a total loss of more than €300,000 has been jailed for four years with two suspended. Judge Sean Ó Donnabháin, sitting in Cork Circuit Court, told Mark Cronin, formerly of Cronin Mungovan Solicitors in Macroom, that it was n

The president of the District Court has hit out at media outlets for carrying "inaccurate, incorrect, unbalanced and incomplete" reports on road traffic cases. The remarks, thought to refer to widespread reports indicating only 40 per cent of drink driving cases before District Court judges led to c

Mark Orr QC Mark Orr QC offers helpful advice and eight top tips to businesses and bank customers looking to protect themselves while borrowing money.

One in three of Ireland's top 20 law firms were the subject of cyber attacks in the last 12 months, according to a major report by Smith & Williamson. The accountancy firm's Survey of Irish Law Firms 2015/16 report found that one in five of all Irish law firms had reported attempted or successfu

Michael Lowry Ex-government minister Michael Lowry has lodged papers for two new High Court proceedings connected to the 2011 Moriarty Tribunal, The Irish Times reports.

Pádraig Ó Muirigh of Ó Muirigh Solicitors Ian Paisley MP is set to make a charitable donation as part of a libel settlement with Martina Anderson MEP, the High Court in Belfast has heard.

King's Inns has announced a new advanced diploma course on The Democratic Process and Electoral Law which is set to commence in January 2016. The course, billed as "the first of its kind in Ireland", is designed to enable participants to navigate the complexities of Ireland's electoral and parliamen

Dr Delia Ferri Dr Delia Ferri, a lecturer at Maynooth University Department of Law, has been appointed as an affiliated researcher of the Dirpolis Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy.

A judge in Wisconsin who handed a lawyer a five-day jail sentence for contempt of court decided to add a creative punishment he called a “moving jail” Judge Philip Kirk in Waupaca County told lawyer Michael Petersen, 33, that over the course of his probation he will have to tell every client he

The Court of Appeal has found that the High Court incorrectly granted itself jurisdiction under the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 when ordering a father to make additional payments to the mother of his children to cover her legal fees in an ongoing legal dispute over the maintenance of their chil

Brian Keegan, director of taxation at CAI Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI) has warned the Government that plans to freeze property tax in Ireland could potentially be challenged in court.