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Litigation lawyers at Robert G Sinclair & Co Solicitors recently attended the annual fundraiser in Belfast for Brain Injury Matters.

A doctor who was sanctioned with an “advice” due to a finding of poor professional performance has been unsuccessful in an application for judicial review in the High Court. The doctor sought orders quashing the sanction, and also submitted that the lack of a right to appeal the sanction was unc

A&L Goodbody and Arthur Cox were Ireland's top legal advisers on mergers and acqusitions (M&A) last year by volume and value respectively. The firm's standings were confirmed by Experian's MarketIQ UK and Republic of Ireland M&A Review 2017, based on M&A and equity capital market tra

Barry Devereux McCann FitzGerald is inviting students from third level institutions to take part in a brand-new competition, the Legal Apps Hackathon, the first-ever legal hackathon to use AI technology.

Philip O'Leary The Legal Aid Board has officially opened new premises to house Wexford Law Centre.

A judge in Londonderry Magistrates' Court has called for longer sentences for domestic abusers. Judge Barney McElholm said he could impose a maximum sentence of six months on Michael McIntyre, 45, who admitted assaulting his ex-girlfriend and another woman last January.

May Donoghue The woman whose legal case gave rise to the modern law of negligence is set to be commemorated with a bronze statue.

Five ex-police officers could face charges in connection with their conduct at Hillsborough in 1989. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is reviewing evidence on two suspects from West Midlands Police, the force which investigated the aftermath of the disaster that killed 96 people.

Channel 5 has been ordered by a court to pay a couple £10,000 after it broadcast their eviction. Shakar Ali, 52, and his wife Shaida Aslam, 49, from Barking in East London, were filmed on the TV show Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away after they fell into rent arrears.

Pictured (l-r): Alice Normand, former JA to Lord Hope of Craighead, James Fagan, Chris Maile, head of HR at the court and Ewan McCaig Current and past Judicial Assistants at the UK Supreme Court explained their role at a meeting in Edinburgh last night.

A Precious Life protester who was served a number of Police Information Notes pursuant to the procedure on Police Response to Stalking and Harassment, has been refused judicial review in the High Court. Finding that the procedure for issuing PINs did not require the PSNI to seek the views of the per

Maura O'Connell and Alan Casey FRKelly has announced the appointment of new partner Alan Casey in Dublin.

Martin Browne International insurance law firm Beale & Company has announced the promotion of associate Martin Browne to partner in Dublin.

Maria McDonald BL Victims' rights experts have marked EU Victims' Day by calling for the full implementation of the EU Victims' Directive across Europe.

Pictured (l-r): Sean Barton, partner, head of dispute resolution and litigation at McCann FitzGerald with Enda Leahy CEO of Courtsdesk McCann FitzGerald has become the first legal practice to partner with Courtsdesk, an online data service offering search, tracking and analysis of more than 593,000