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A judge has issued a stern warning about the "real and growing risk of expensive, time-wasting and wholly unmeritorious cases" coming before Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal as he dismissed a "hopeless and utterly groundless appeal" brought by a personal litigant. Lord Justice Treacy said it was "

Belfast-based Paschal O’Hare Personal Injury Solicitors has hired a paralegal to assist with increasing demand for its legal services across Northern Ireland. Caitlin Bartlett graduated with a first-class honours LLB from the Open University in 2022, taking a particular interest in tort law.

JMK Solicitors has been named as Northern Ireland's busiest personal injury firm for a ninth consecutive year. The firm was instructed in 1,512 cases last year, more than double that of the next busiest firm, according to figures obtained from the Compensation Recovery Unit inside the Department for

The Department of Health has been fined after unlawfully using private information about plaintiffs and their families in special educational needs litigation to decide whether to propose settlements. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) this week imposed a €22,500 fine on the Department after

Belfast-based Paschal O’Hare Personal Injury Solicitors has welcomed Eoin Casey as a paralegal in the firm's personal injury team. A graduate of Ulster University, Mr Casey will assist with various personal injury matters while working towards his goal of qualifying as a solicitor.

Possessing drugs for personal use should cease to be a criminal offence in Ireland, the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use has recommended. The sixth and final meeting of the Citizens' Assembly on Sunday voted on and agreed 36 recommendations that will produce a new Irish model of legislation, policy a

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted a landmark opinion on the use of personal data for the development and deployment of AI models. The 35-page opinion, published yesterday, was requested by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) in September with a view to seeking Europe-

JMK Solicitors has retained its position as Northern Ireland's busiest personal injury practice for an 11th consecutive year.

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.

Pictured (l-r): Olivia Meehan, legal services director; Jonathan McKeown, chairman; and Maurece Hutchinson, managing director Belfast- and Newry-based JMK Solicitors handled 1,240 road traffic personal injury cases last year, making them Northern Ireland's leading road traffic special injury claims

A three-judge Court of Appeal has overturned the High Court’s finding that the son of a man who died intestate was conflicted in his role as legal personal representative of the estate. Justice Peart stated that the siblings’ speculation of future interference with the administration of their fa

Richard Grogan Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors writes about the potential impact of a recent court decision on exemplary costs in an employment law case.

Steve Eckersley The British and Foreign Bible Society has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after its computer network was compromised as the result of a cyber-attack in 2016.

Complainants in rape cases in some parts of England are being asked to hand over massive amounts of personal information in order to progress police investigations into their allegations, The Guardian reports. Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt, lead for adult sexual offences at the National Polic

The number of company insolvencies in Northern Ireland between July and September rose by 14 per cent on the same period last year, new figures show. However, individual insolvencies have declined by around 22 per cent, including a 31 per cent decline in bankruptcies.