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A woman has been awarded almost €20,000 for past and future pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of injuries suffered when she slipped and fell at a pub in Wicklow in 2012. Mr Justice Keane said that the pub was negligent and in breach of duty by failing to install a handra

Pictured (l-r): Maurice Phelan and Colin Monaghan Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has announced the appointment of Colin Monaghan as a partner in the firm's dispute resolution team.

Brendan McGuigan Leading members of the Northern Ireland legal profession have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Independent News & Media (INM) is not appealing against the High Court's dismissal of its judicial review aimed at quashing the corporate watchdog's decision to seek inspectors to investigate an alleged data breach and other issues at the media group. The application by the Director of Corporate

Sir Declan Morgan Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and deputy leader Michelle O'Neill will meet the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, today to discuss funding for legacy inquests.

A full obituary of late judge Gráinne O'Neill, who became the youngest judge in Ireland on her appointment to the District Court at 42 in 2014, has been published by The Irish Times. Ms O'Neill passed away peacefully at home on Thursday 10th May.

Pictured (l-r): Harry Fehily and Lorraine Power HOMS Solicitors has congratulated Yew Grove on its admission to the London Stock Exchange and Irish Stock Exchange.

Professor Gráinne McKeever Academics at Ulster University have published a new report highlighting the role of the law and access to legal services in creating pathways into and out of destitution.

Pictured (l-r): Michele McGahan, Quality Compliance Manager; Maurece Hutchinson, Managing Director; Olivia Meehan, Legal Services Director; and Jonathan McKeown, Chairman at JMK Solicitors Belfast and Newry-based JMK Solicitors are celebrating after being awarded the prestigious Lexcel Quality Mark

Online memes could disappear if copyright rules proposed by the EU come to fruition, an expert has warned. The Copyright Directive, which the European Parliament will vote on this month, has incurred the ire of digital rights groups.

Steve Eckersley The British and Foreign Bible Society has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after its computer network was compromised as the result of a cyber-attack in 2016.

Pictured: Magilligan Prison Governor Richard Taylor presents certificates for education and training skills to prisoners A total of 1,000 education and training qualifications have been awarded to prisoners at Magilligan Prison in the past year.

Nearly two thirds of judges recruited last year hailed from state schools, The Times reports. In 2017-18, 66 per cent of judicial applicants were state educated while 28 per cent had attended fee paying schools and six per cent schools abroad.

A court in Austria has ruled that internet giant YouTube can be held liable for copyright breaches in videos its users upload. In a judgment published last week, Vienna's commercial court said YouTube had played an active role in the dissemination of such content and as such could not claim "neutral

In relation to proceedings issued following the breakdown in the relationship between Carl Frampton and former manager Barry McGuigan, the High Court rejected submissions that England was the appropriate forum to hear the claims and that Northern Ireland was forum non conveniens. Finding that one of