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Solicitor Marie Anderson is set to be recommended by Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley for appointment as Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. Mrs Anderson, a graduate of Queen's University Belfast who qualified as a solicitor in 1985, will step down from her current post as Public Services

The Oireachtas will be asked to approve Ireland's participation in a new EU regulation governing Eurojust following its approval by the Government. The 2018 Regulation, which will come into effect from 12 December 2019, replaces the existing 2002 Council Decision governing the operation of Eurojust

Irish lawyers and prisoners could take legal action over reports of covert surveillance in Irish prisons, human rights lawyer Kevin Winters has warned. The Inspector of Prisons, Patricia Gilheaney, was asked by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan last November to examine allegations that private conve

Prominent lawyers calling for a Yes vote in the forthcoming divorce referendum will officially launch the Lawyers for Yes campaign at Blackhall Place this afternoon. The launch event will hear from Catherine Ford BL; Peter Ward SC, chairperson of FLAC; Eilis Barry BL, chief executive of FLAC; family

More than two dozen lawyers have qualified to practice the law in the Irish language in the past two years, figures reveal. In 2017, 16 students at the Law Society of Ireland and eight students at the King's Inns completed the advanced Irish language course necessary for admission to the registers o

The president of the High Court has reserved judgment on whether the first interim report of the inspectors investigating Independent News and Media (INM) can, at this stage, be disclosed to INM, the Central Bank, or any other party. The inspectors were appointed by Mr Justice Peter Kelly last Septe

James O'Dwyer, a former chairman and managing partner at Arthur Cox, has left €25 million in his will, the Sunday Independent reports. Mr O'Dwyer passed away in New York last August at the age of 71 after a short illness, as reported in Irish Legal News at the time.

DWF Group plc, with offices in Belfast and Dublin, has acquired a Polish legal services business for £3 million. Lawyers formerly employed by K&L Gates Jamka will now be running a DWF office in Warsaw with 11 partners as well as 45 lawyers and 31 support staff in a deal expected to complet

A Polish national convicted of a series of offences and accused of other crimes in his home country who claimed before the Scottish courts that extradition to Poland would breach his human rights has had his legal challenge dismissed in a test case. Patryk Maciejec, 27, argued that new laws and

From Belfast, from Dublin and from London – barristers and judges are heading to Edinburgh as the Faculty of Advocates hosts one of the most eagerly-awaited events in the legal calendar. The Four Jurisdictions Conference is held annually in one of the participating countries, and this year it

Taxpayers must foot the bill for a fail fraud prosecution brought by a millionaire solicitor, a judge ruled yesterday. Judge Phillip Matthews ordered that the public cover the legal costs of Ashok Patel, 68, of central London.

A retired pastor has called on European countries to pardon tens of thousands of people who were convicted of witchcraft and executed from the 1400s to the 1700s. Hartmut Hegeler, 73, is a long-time campaigner for the rehabilitation of witches in Germans and has inspired towns like Cologne, Leipzig

A woman who allegedly trespassed at CIA headquarters four times while asking to speak to "Agent Penis" has been arrested. Jennifer G. Hernandez, 58, first showed up in April claiming that she had applied for a job with the CIA and was told to come directly to the facility.

The Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) has had its application for the trial of a preliminary issue of law refused in the High Court. IBRC contended that a woman's claim for damages in relation to alleged negligent investment advice was statute-barred. However, Mr Justice Senan Allen said the

A major new campaign to overhaul Ireland's defamation laws has been launched to coincide with World Press Freedom Day 2019. NewsBrands Ireland, the representative body for major Irish news publishers, claims the Irish laws are among the most restrictive in Europe and the English-speaking world.