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A coalition of Northern Ireland civil society groups has called on the UK Government to "do everything in its power" to prevent a no-deal Brexit. The letter warns that the possibility of the UK leaving the EU without a deal in October has "dramatically increased" following Prime Minister Theresa May

Dozens of ice cream trucks have been seized by authorities in a major crackdown on traffic law violations. A total of 46 trucks were seized as part of "Operation Meltdown" in New York City, CNN reports.

A man who complained that the medical expert fees included in the bill of costs of the hospital and consultant in his medical negligence claim were so unusually high as to indicate a conflict of interest has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court. Although commenting that the fact that the fees were n

Commercial law firm Tughans has announced the appointment of Michael McCord as senior partner, taking over from John-George Willis. Mr Willis will remain with the firm as a consultant in the corporate team, which will now be led by partner James Donnelly.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is celebrating its tenth anniversary in Dublin with a special event for clients and colleagues later this month. The event at The Royal Hibernian Academy will mark the firm's growth from just one Dublin-based lawyer in 2009 to an office of over 60 colleagues, wi

Dundalk firm Catherine Allison & Company Solicitors has announced the appointment of Emma Fearon as a litigation solicitor. Ms Fearon was educated in Northern Ireland and obtained an LLB from Trinity College Dublin, before going on to study for her legal practising certificate at the College of

Judge Desmond Marrinan has been appointed by the Department of Justice to lead an independent review of Northern Ireland's hate crime laws. The review will examine issues such as a workable and agreed definition of a hate crime; whether the current enhanced sentence approach is appropriate for North

Ireland has "relegated youth justice to the bottom of the criminal justice system with little or no training for lawyers or judges", a Circuit Court judge has said. Judge John O'Connor, who was appointed a judge of the District Court in 2012 and of the Circuit Court earlier this year, made the comme

The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has been announced as the key speaker at the next Lawyers Against Homelessness (LAH) charity CPD event. The event on Thursday 27 June will be the sixth CPD conference organised by the group, founded in late 2017 as a collaborative effort of barr

The judge presiding over the first opioid intervention court in the US will deliver the Law Society of Ireland's annual human rights lecture next week. Judge Craig D. Hannah presides over the Opioid Intervention Court in Buffalo City Court, New York, which has won recognition for its unusual and pio

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates writes on the law around time limits in the Workplace Relations Commission. In case ADJ-14610, a case of an administration co-ordinator and a health care provider, an issue arose as to whether a complaint had been lodged in t

High Court judges are to be given a salary boost in an attempt to stem the judicial recruitment crisis, The Guardian reports. The move from Justice Secretary David Gauke is meant to plug the gap on the High Court bench, where more than a tenth of posts lie vacant.

Cork firm Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) has congratulated its intern Aoife Piggott on receiving a Law Work Placement Award from the University College Cork College of Business and Law.

The UK Supreme Court has begun hearing a legal challenge brought by a district judge seeking to extend whistleblowing rights to the judiciary in England and Wales. Judge Claire Gilham said she was bullied to the point of breakdown after speaking out about the impact of legal aid cuts while a distric

Amazon's voice-activated virtual assistant, Alexa, could be recruited into the fight against terrorism under plans backed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Germany's interior ministry is pushing for new laws to allow federal and regional authorities to access "the data captured by these devices".