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Dozens of barristers joined a protest outside the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) on Friday over the pitiful legal aid rates for District Court practitioners.
Crown Court jury trials will take place in Derry and Downpatrick again from September for the first time since the pandemic. The Department of Justice told BBC News NI that the completion of reconfiguration works by the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) would now allow Crown Cour
The lack of available appropriate placements for children in care and judicial concern about some vulnerable children in care mark the latest volume of reports published by the Child Law Project (CLP) today. This volume comprises 67 reports: 62 from the District Court, four High Court cases related
The UK Supreme Court has held that a high street bank did not have a duty not to carry out a customer’s instructions if it had reasonable grounds for believing that customer was defrauded after an appeal against a decision of the Court of Appeal of England & Wales finding that such a duty
A deaf woman who was told she would have to pay for her own interpreter to take part in a Griffith College course designed to prepare students for the King's Inns entrance exams has been awarded €3,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). Sofiya Kalinova was represented by the Irish Hum
A&L Goodbody LLP has appointed Lorena Dunne as a partner in its asset management and investment funds practice. Ms Dunne has extensive experience advising a range of leading international asset managers on the establishment and ongoing operation of investment funds in Ireland. She has significan
Dungannon-based P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors has been awarded the Law Society of Northern Ireland's prestigious Lexcel accreditation. The Lexcel legal practice quality mark is designed to promote excellence and set the benchmark for high-quality legal practice management.
Northern Ireland’s High Court has found that several curfew provisions added to a probation order by a probation officer were unlawful. The court determined that such curfews could only be imposed by the court, and attempting to enforce them without a legislative basis or court order was unlaw
An aircraft pilot who posed as a lawyer because he wanted a career change has been fined more than €2,700. During a short-lived fake legal career, Nathaniel Whitehall appeared in court, signed documents describing himself as a solicitor and prepared wills for clients.
MPs have been urged to reject the UK government's controversial legacy bill as it returns to the House of Commons for its final stages. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill aims to end criminal investigations and civil cases linked to the Troubles, instead establishing an i
The Law Reform Commission has published a new consultation paper on third-party litigation funding, setting out five possible regulatory models which could be adopted in Ireland. The 207-page consultation document highlights international examples from England and Wales, Hong Kong and New Zealand to
AMOSS LLP has appointed Kyle Nolan as a partner in the firm's commercial litigation department. Prior to joining AMOSS, Mr Nolan worked for 10 years in the litigation practice of a large international law firm based in Dublin.
The High Court has placed MAC Interiors into examinership despite the fact that the company was registered in Northern Ireland and therefore outside the European Union. The company had claimed that a combination of factors including the pandemic, losses in a Liverpool development and global supply c
The Toronto Police Service has confirmed the closure of a licensed, fully-stocked bar at its headquarters after an officer who had allegedly drunk there was charged with impaired driving. The decision was communicated to senior officers in May, with the liquor licence not due for renewal. A spokespe

