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The solicitor who represented Siobhan McLaughlin in her successful UK Supreme Court challenge to rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent's Allowance (WPA) has welcomed calls in the House of Commons for immediate reform. Laura Banks, solicitor at Francis Hanna & Co. in Belfast, said the r

Rachel Hussey, partner and head of business development at Arthur Cox, has been recognised in the FT & HERoes Champions of Women in Business 2018. Ms Hussey is featured in the Top 100 Female Executives 2018 category, which honours 100 international senior women role models who are helping to inc

Staff in the Dublin office of international law firm Pinsent Masons are saddling up for a week-long charity push which will see the firm pedal almost 25,000 miles – the equivalent of a round the world cycle – over seven days. The "WE Cycle the World" challenge is the firm's first globall

French authorities have seized over 20 tonnes of Eiffel Tower souvenirs in a bid to crack down on the illegal souvenir trade. Nine people are now being questioned by police and face potential prosecution over their role in shifting the trinkets.

Mid-Ulster District Council have successfully appealed a finding of the High Court that the correct approach to calculating domestic rates was a matter at the discretion of the Department of Environment (DoE). The DoE submitted that the conversion factor applied to the capital value in each council

Eversheds Sutherland has announced the appointment of Matthew Howse as partner in the firm's Belfast office. Mr Howse, a specialist in litigation and dispute resolution, will bring 13 years of legal experience in Birmingham and Belfast to the international firm's litigation department.

The Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) has said it made "some progress" last year in reducing a backlog of complaints, with fewer than one-in-five complaints unresolved by the end of 2017. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan launched the PSRA's annual report for 2017 at the National Ploughi

The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, is set to launch a new access to justice initiative for children and their families next week. The Children's Rights Alliance (CRA) initiative aims to make children and families aware of their rights through easily-accessible, free legal informa

The Inner House of the Court of Session in Edinburgh has ruled that a question about whether the UK's decision to leave the EU can be revoked should be answered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), our sister publication Scottish Legal News reports. A judicial review

Human rights lawyer Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC, whose book on the Birmingham Six prompted one of the most significant defamation cases before the Irish courts, has passed away at the age of 92. He is widely known for his role in founding Amnesty International and his work with the Howard League for Pe

LK Shields recently acted for Recruitment Entrepreneur, a fund led by James Caan CBE, in its acquisition of specialist Dublin recruiter 360 Search. Mr Caan, a former Dragon from the BBC programme Dragon's Den, told the Irish Independent that he expects to invest in three more Irish firms this year.

Law students at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) have been invited to join the LawPod team following the legal podcast's first successful year. The weekly podcast, launched in February, produced over 30 episodes and was downloaded more than 20,000 times in its first year.

A consumer body has said claims made by Ulster University about its rankings and reputation are unverifiable. Which? analysed comparative claims made by UK universities and found that at least six make unverifiable claims on their website, in likely breach of advertising standards.

A policeman has resigned over claims he was caught having sex with a female solicitor in a police station. It is believed the pair were found in a disused interview room in flagrante delicto.

Marital rape only became a crime under section 5 of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990, which abolished ‘any rule of law by virtue of which a husband cannot be guilty of the rape of his wife’. Under the common law prior to the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990, a h