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CMG Cunningham Dickey Solicitors has opened a new office in Newtownards, returning to the town for the first time since shuttering its former offices a number of years ago. Partner Julie Ann Obsorne oversaw the acquisition and refurbishment of new 2,500 sq. ft premises on Mill Street, with the &poun

A man has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital by the Court of Appeal after judges declared that a jury decision to find him guilty of manslaughter, despite unanimous expert opinion that he was legally insane, was "perverse". Dariusz Alchimionek, 44, had denied the manslaughter of John Gorm

Alison Cassidy, partner at BLM in Belfast, examines the latest personal injury guidelines for Northern Ireland. The Judicial Studies Board for Northern Ireland has published the fifth Edition of the ‘Green Book’ following the recommendations of a Committee chaired by Lord Justice Stephen

The prosecution of a schoolboy who took covert upskirt photos of two teachers has highlighted the inadequacy of Northern Ireland's sexual harassment laws, a trade union has said. The teenager, who took five pictures of two woman teachers at Enniskillen Royal Grammar School in 2015 and 2016, has been

Students from Ulster University's Magee campus have triumphed in the regional heat of the Client Consultation Competition 2019. The Magee team triumphed over the teams from the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) and Queen's University Belfast in the competition, organised by the Law Soci

Northern Ireland charities Aware NI and The Welcome Organisation have thanked members of the legal profession for raising £20,000 at a charity concert.

The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has launched a landmark legal challenge before the High Court in London in a bid to extend collective bargaining rights for outsourced workers. The union is alleging that outsourced workers at the University of London are being denied their righ

A legal challenge against Uber's licence to operate in London has failed after judges in the High Court rejected claims of bias. Black cab drivers crowdfunded legal fees to argue that Uber's 15-month permit was decided by a magistrate who had a conflict of interest, which “tainted by actu

A federal US court has been forced to discard a judgment it issued in spite of the judge who wrote it having died. Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit was listed as the author of a majority opinion issued 11 days after his death, CNBC reports.

Barrister Seán Guerin has lost an appeal against the declarations made in the Court of Appeal, which held that his conclusions about Alan Shatter in the Guerin Report were in breach of fair procedures and outside the scope of the report. Emphasising that the Supreme Court was "far from being

President Michael D. Higgins yesterday warned that barriers to access to justice in Ireland are damaging "the very fabric of our society, entrenching and exacerbating inequality". The president mounted a strong defence of legal aid in his speech at the officially opening of legal rights group FLAC's

DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Maura Dineen as a tax partner in the firm's newly opened Dublin office. The appointment represents the fifth partner hire for DLA Piper in a month, following the appointment in January of partners Conor Houlihan, Éanna Mellett, Mark Rasdale and Ciara

Tom Griffin has been appointed as general counsel and company secretary at cross-border dairy processing co-operative Lakeland Dairies. As general counsel, and reporting to Group CEO Michael Hanley, Mr Griffin will provide legal advice across the Group on every aspect of corporate, business and comm

The managing partner of Matheson has urged the UK and EU to begin discussions about their future trade relationship if the Article 50 period is extended. Speaking at the Ibec Business Leaders Conference 2019 this morning, Michael Jackson said the uncertainty over Brexit is "very concerning for the b

Inquests into the deaths of 21 people in the Birmingham pub bombings resumed yesterday after a three-year delay. The inquests, first ordered in 2016, were delayed following a complaint from victims' families about the coroner's decision not to name the bombing suspects.