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Northern Ireland solicitors and barristers are invited to attend an introductory event next week on public interest litigation and how lawyers can lend their support. Public Interest Litigation Support (PILS) is co-hosting the event at the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast on Tuesday afternoon as p

Lawyers Against Homelessness will host its annual Christmas CPD fundraising event on 20 November. This year's event will focus on personal injury law, with guest speakers including High Court judge Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds and retired Supreme Court judge Ms Justice Marie Baker.

Paul Ryan has been elected as president of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA).

Belfast firm KRW LAW LLP has secured a "significant settlement" following legal action brought against the Diocese of Down and Connor arising from historic childhood abuse in the 1970s. The firm has now settled two cases involving allegations against Father Thomas Cunningham in the past year, with b

McCann FitzGerald lawyers Rosaleen Byrne, Laura Treacy, Amy Brick and Stephen Ryan examine the European Commission's first fine for an incomplete response to an RFI issued pursuant to the Modernisation Regulation. The European Commission has, for the first time, jointly and severally fined a company

The High Court has, on appeal, made orders for proper provision for a woman who was misled into signing an unfavourable separation agreement by her then-husband. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice John Jordan opined: “The husband literally led his wife up the garden path and fo

A police officer admitted to joining a remote court hearing with no trousers on after being questioned by an incredulous judge. Video footage from a district court in the US state of Michigan shows the police officer joining the Zoom hearing in his uniform, sans trousers.

Retired solicitor Jim O'Higgins has passed away. Mr O'Higgins was originally from Limerick, attending Crescent College from 1952 to 1960 with five of his brothers.

A senior library assistant at Monaghan County Libraries has been awarded the A&O Shearman award for best overall performance in the two-year library and information management postgraduate diploma at Ulster University.  Shauna Clarke is this year's recipient of the award, sponsored by law f

A barrister who survived breast cancer in her 40s has urged colleagues to undergo screenings after she received an early diagnosis and treatment thanks to what felt like “divine intervention”. Northern Ireland barrister Julie Ellison was diagnosed with cancer in May 2024 after taking up

Solicitor Moninne Griffith has joined Community Foundation Ireland as director of impact, grants and donor care. Ms Griffith brings over two decades of experience across law, policy and civil society to the role, which oversees the disbursement of more than €25 million per year in philanthropic

Law, tax and HR advisory firm Orbitus has announced a strategic merger with Killarney-based Patrick Sheehan Solicitors, which will now operate under the Orbitus brand. The milestone in Orbitus' continued expansion in Kerry and Cork follows its recent launch of an HR advisory division and opening of

A minute of silence has been held in the High Court for Joe Barnes BL, who has passed away. Mr Barnes practised on the Dublin and Midland Circuits and was the son of the State's first director of public prosecutions.

Holmes has appointed partner Edel Conway as head of the firm's corporate finance team. Ms Conway brings over 20 years' experience in corporate and commercial law to the team, which works with private equity firms, venture capital investors, and business owners on growth capital investments, acquisit

The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision of the High Court permitting the registration of trademarks in Ireland by Diesel SpA, an Italian clothing manufacturer. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Ms Justice Niamh Hyland concluded: "The position is clear: all parties accept there will