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Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin celebrated 125 years in business with a birthday celebration event at the Titanic Hotel Belfast.

Post-mortem examinations of infants in Northern Ireland will be conducted in England from 2019 onwards, a BBC investigation has revealed. The bodies of babies who require a post-mortem examination, either on the request of the parents or the instruction of a coroner, will have to be transported to L

Judges are working in poor conditions, England and Wales' Lord Chief Justice has said. Lord Burnett of Maldon said the poor condition of courts had contributed to “low levels of morale”, The Times reports.

A newly-released report, which reveals that the US considered using 'truth serum' in the CIA’s torture programme, raises fresh questions about British involvement in torture and rendition, according to human rights group Reprieve. The report, written by a CIA medical officer, was released on T

Police have seized a two-month-old lion cub after stopping a Lamborghini whose driver was snapping selfies with the animal. The 33-year-old man reportedly told officers that it was "just a cat", but he failed to persuade them and was arrested.

A woman who has rented a property in Dublin for over 13 years has been given an opportunity to reformulate her claim against the State and vulture fund Promontoria, which took charge over the property in September 2015. While accepting that Promontoria was not the woman’s landlord, Mr Justice

Richard Hammond, partner at Hammond Good Solicitors, was elected president of the Southern Law Association (SLA) at the association's AGM in Cork last night. Patrick Dorgan, the Cork solicitor who was recently elected president of the Law Society of Ireland, attended the meeting along with Law Socie

Three of Ireland's biggest law firms - A&L Goodbody, Matheson and William Fry - have signed up to a pledge to significantly reduce their carbon emissions. The firms are among 43 companies who have signed the low carbon pledge, an initiative launched by the Business in the Community Ireland (BITC

The Court of Appeal has an equal number of men and women following the appointment of Ms Justice Caroline Costello and Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy. The pair were appointed by President Michael D. Higgins yesterday after their nomination by the Government early last month.

Gardaí have launched an investigation into how photos of an accused in the dock at Swords District Court were taken and distributed on social media. A photo of the 24-year-old woman, a teacher accused of engaging in a sex act with a teenage boy, appeared online after a hearing, the Irish Inde

HOMS Solicitors and tech firm ActionPoint joined forces at the Savoy Hotel in Limerick for a "multi-pronged" breakfast briefing on cyber security.

US law firm Tully Rinckey, which expanded into Dublin this summer, has announced a Thanksgiving event on doing business in Ireland and the US. The business briefing in Dublin next Thursday morning will see a panel of speakers discuss the relative merits of Ireland and the US as locations for busines

Eversheds Sutherland sponsored the latest Dublin Chamber of Commerce (DCC) Leaders event, which heard from Philip Lane, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. Ciaran Walker, consultant at Eversheds Sutherland, and Aebhric McGibney, director of public and international affairs at DCC, also addresse

A High Court judge has called for the introduction of strict legal and ethical standards for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the legal sector. Mr Justice Robin Knowles made the call while giving evidence to the Law Society's technology and the law policy commission, Legal Futures reports.

A teenager who broke the speed limit on his electric scooter has been slapped with penalty points on his future driving license. A court in Cleveland, England gave the 15-year-old six penalty points "which will be added to his driver's license when he is able to have one", police said.