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Newtownwards and Belfast-based Worthingtons Solicitors have named Action Cancer as their charity of the year for 2018/19.

Mr Justice Green, Sir Nicholas Green, has been appointed as the new chair of the Law Commission (England and Wales). Taking up his role on 1 August 2018, Sir Nicholas will serve for three years and has declared no political affiliation.

The retirement of US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has sparked fears that an appointment by President Donald Trump could strengthen conservative influence on the court. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Justice Kennedy, a nominee of President Ronald Reagan, was a "critical moder

There has been a rise in inappropriate behaviour at the English bar since 2014, according to a new report. The Barristers’ Working Lives 2017: Harassment and bullying report shows a "marked increase" in incidents, based on more than 4,000 responses to a survey.

A man who was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment after being convicted of raping a woman in 2014, has had his appeal against his conviction dismissed in the Court of Appeal. Stating that it was difficult to envisage what more might have been said to the jury on the issue of consent, Mr Justice Ala

Mr Justice Charles Meenan Mr Justice Charles Meenan has been appointed by Government to chair an expert group to consider alternatives to court for resolving clinical negligence claims.

A solicitor who paid himself fees of €344,000 out of a child's €454,840 estate has reimbursed the cash, the Irish Independent reports. The High Court was told that the sum had been lodged in an account controlled by another solicitor pending a further court order.

David Ford Former Justice Minister David Ford has resigned his seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly after 20 years as MLA for South Antrim.

The Polish government is continuing to resist pressure from the EU to protect the rule of law as it presses ahead with controversial judicial reforms. The European Commission reiterated its position — that the Polish reforms have put the country's judiciary "under the political control of the ruli

A different-sex couple who object to marriage on the basis they believe it is patriarchal and who sought judicial review of the respondent’s refusal to make legislative changes which would allow them to enter into a civil partnership have had their appeal unanimously allowed by justices in the UK

Researchers looking at Brexit and the law yesterday presented their findings at the Northern Ireland Executive's office in Brussels.

The ByrneWallace staff choir, "Legally Sound", have celebrated coming second in the Workplace Choir of the Year Final 2018.

The Glasgow Bar Association’s self-proclaimed ‘Golden Generation’ of footballers travelled to Ballymena on Saturday for a friendly match with Ballymena Utd as part of their ‘Peace & Goodwill Tour’ 2018.

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has scrapped plans to build new community prisons for women in England and Wales following the launch of an "innovative" new female offender strategy. Justice Secretary David Gauke said the new approach will see the UK government divert the most vulnerable women in the

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