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Former Law Society of Northern Ireland president W. Alan Logan has passed away. Mr Logan was admitted to the roll in 1957.

Tughans has been named Northern Ireland’s most active corporate law firm, as it topped the Northern Ireland league table in the Experian MarketIQ M&A review for a seventh year in a row. The Belfast-based law firm advised on 73 deals during 2021 with an overall value of more than &poun

The Irish M&A market recorded 240 significant transactions in 2021, a 33 per cent rise on 2020 and the highest deal volume since 2006. The William Fry M&A Review 2021, in association with Mergermarket, also found that total M&A value recovered significantly, rising by 185 per cent to &eu

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has opened the international protection strand of the regularisation scheme for long-term undocumented migrants. Applications for this separate international protection strand are being accepted for six months until 7 August 2022, when the strand will close.

DLA Piper has increased NQ salaries, with rises for its London lawyers as well as a substantial boost for those elsewhere. London NQs will be given an eight per cent pay rise, from £88,000 to £95,000.

A priest dubbed “Don Euro” because his flock had unknowingly funded his lifestyle of swingers’ parties, diamonds, luxury holidays and the services of sex workers has been jailed for extortion. Luca Morini, who has been defrocked by the Vatican, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half yea

Charles Darwin stole his theory of evolution from a Scottish naturalist, a criminologist has said. Dr Mike Sutton says his research proves “overwhelming” similarities between On the Origin of Species and the work of Perthshire-raised Patrick Matthew.

The penal system has regressed over the last five years in key areas of practice, the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has said. In its latest Progress in the Penal System (PIPS) report, IPRT measured progress in the penal system against international human rights standards and best practice, coverin

A case in which a court failed to offer a deaf man an interpreter has prompted calls for a review, the Irish Examiner reports. Justice Minister Helen McEntee has been asked to look into the case which saw the man prosecuted without being offered any assistance.

Barrister Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh of Matrix Chambers in London is no stranger to high-profile or controversial cases. And one of her most recent trials is no exception. Ms Ní Ghrálaigh was the sole woman barrister to defend one of the 'Colston Four', representing the only wom

Francis Hanna & Co’s family law partner Claire Edgar presented a talk at the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland event last week entitled “Refusing Contact and Parental Alienation”. The online webinar was hosted by SBNI’s Domestic Violence and Abuse Committee and atte

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has rejected a conviction for hate speech where the trial judge failed to examine the context of the speech and failed to justify the interference with the appellant’s freedom of expression. This appeal questioned whether the leaflets involved could be

Agriculture minister Edwin Poots' direction to stop Irish Sea border checks are to be suspended, the High Court has ordered. Mr Justice Colton confirmed that inspections on goods that enter Northern Ireland from Great Britain will continue until legal challenges have concluded.

Sprout Social, a provider of cloud-based social media management software, has appointed Patrick Callinan as senior legal counsel. Mr Callinan, who is qualified in Ireland, England and Wales has over 14 years’ of experience in international commercial law, including advising sovereign states,

M&A activity in Ireland rose by 27 per cent in 2021, making it a record-breaking year, the latest Experian report on dealmaking activity shows. In total, there were 628 transactions announced in 2021 – up on the 495 deals recorded during 2020. Market sentiment is positive, funding is readi