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Gerard Armstrong High-achieving law students at Queen's University Belfast will have the chance to secure prestigious scholarships as part of a multi-year arrangement with law firm Carson McDowell.

International law firm Maples and Calder has announced the recent appointment of two new partners and a new head of litigation in Dublin. Robin McDonnell, a partner since 2010, has been appointed head of the commercial litigation and dispute resolution group in Dublin.

Irish judges have claimed €1.088 million in expenses in the first half of 2018, a 15 per cent increase on the same period last year, The Irish Times reports. The increase from €941,922 in the first half of 2017 appears to be driven by the appointment of new judges, who need to purchase rob

They may not resemble UK Supreme Court head Lady Hale, or the veteran US Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but it's hoped that a new career-themed range of Judge Barbie dolls will encourage more women to take up the law. Toymaker Mattel said the doll, available in a variety of skin tones a

A last-ditch attempt to stop the decriminalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland by rushing a bill through Stormont in a single day has failed. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which is opposed to abortion in all circumstances, attempted to introduce the Defence of the Unborn Child Bill 2019 y

One of Ireland's most senior judges, Mr Justice John MacMenamin, will join colleagues from Poland at a protest in Warsaw against the alleged erosion of judicial independence in the country. The Supreme Court judge will represent the Association of Judges of Ireland (AJI) at the "silent march", The I

Ronan Daly Jermyn partner Jennifer Cashman and solicitor Alan Devaney consider whether a recent UK employment equality decision recognising ethical veganism as a belief protected by law could be replicated in Ireland. An employment tribunal in the UK found, in the case of Casamitjana v League Agains

A lesbian judge in the USA has been disciplined for flying a rainbow flag in her courtroom. The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct ruled that Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez breached strict impartiality rules by flying the flag, Texas Lawyer reports.

Blood donation rules in Northern Ireland are set to be brought in line with the rest of the UK from June. Men who have had sex with other men were barred from donating blood in Northern Ireland until 2016, when the lifetime ban was replaced with a 12-month deferral.

Parents should feel "reassured" that the courts will consider the reasonableness of actions taken during the coronavirus pandemic when considering future child contact orders, Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. Northern Ireland's health and justice ministers today highlighted guidance from the Lo

Prison healthcare workers are set to receive a £1,300 pay boost in recognition of their "vital work". The annual "environmental allowance" will be paid into salaries by July 2020, subject to necessary business case approval.

Lawyers for a number of families with relatives in care homes across Northern Ireland have called for a statutory inquiry into the rate of coronavirus deaths in care homes. Belfast firm KRW LAW LLP has written to Health Minister Robin Swann on behalf of families alarmed by alleged failures in terms

Armagh solicitor Hilary Singleton has been appointed as a non-executive member of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS). Ms Singleton, who spent two decades as a solicitor specialising in employment law before stepping back from private practice, already holds two other public appoint

Former police officer Judith Gillespie has been appointed for a one-year term as the new independent chair on an inter-departmental working group on Mother and Baby Homes, Magdalene laundries and historical clerical child abuse. Ms Gillespie is the third person named as chair of the troubled group,

Conversion therapy for LGBT people is set to be banned in Northern Ireland under plans agreed between ministers yesterday. Communities Minister Carál Ni Chuilín yesterday agreed to take the policy lead on the issue at a meeting with colleagues Health Minister Robin Swann and Justice Mi