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The commercial wing of the St Andrews Links Trust has lost its appeal to register the Scottish town’s name as an EU trade mark for services relating to golf. St Andrews Links Ltd – which runs seven famous courses (including the Old Course) and is one of the town’s biggest employers

A church in the Netherlands has held a continuous prayer service for more than a month – in aid of a refugee family facing imminent deportation – as police are unable to raid places of worship under Dutch law. The Armenian family had its asylum requested dismissed on appeal after it was

A woman who brought a personal injury claim against Dunnes Stores, where she worked as a sales assistant when she fell from the second step of a ladder in 2014, has had her claim dismissed in the High Court. Finding that the woman's testimony was "fundamentally undermined" by CCTV footage shown in C

Augustus Cullen Law Solicitors (ACL) has announced the appointment of Ray Fitzpatrick and Damien Conroy as partners. Mr Fitzpatrick has been made partner in the property and commercial law team, while Mr Conroy has been made partner in the firm's general litigation team.

The number of ordinary judges in the Court of Appeal will be increased from nine to 15 under new Government plans to cut waiting times. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said the move would ensure that the court has "the necessary resources to ensure prompt and timely access to justice".

DWF Belfast is part of the UK-wide team that has secured an appointment to the UK government's Crown Commercial Service (CCS) legal framework panel. The CCS brings together policy, advice and direct buying to provide commercial services to the public sector. DWF has been appointed to a new three-yea

Divorce has become a "much less divisive" issue in Ireland in the two decades since the last divorce referendum, family law solicitor Keith Walsh has said. Mr Walsh discussed possible changes to Ireland's divorce laws on The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk this morning amid reports that a new divorce ref

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates writes for Irish Legal News following a landmark ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). This may sound like a strange heading. However, the CJEU's decision in case C-378/17, Minister for Justice and Eq

The UK government has published its full legal advice on the draft Brexit deal after government ministers were found to be in contempt of Parliament in an historic first. The government had failed to publish the advice of Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC in spite of a binding vote to that effect by

A group of lawyers aiming to help tackle homelessness by raising cash for the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People has raised nearly €80,000 in its first year.

The Law Society of Ireland's annual Calcutta Run fundraiser has raised €4 million over the past two decades to help tackle homelessness in Dublin and Kolkata. Calcutta Run organisers recently presented the Peter McVerry Trust and The Hope Foundation with cheques for €150,000 each at an eve

A new anthology of writings by authors from a legal background, collected by former solicitor Danielle McLaughlin, is set to be launched in Cork and Dublin over this and next week. Proceeds from Counterparts: A Synergy of Law and Literature will support homelessness charity the Peter McVerry Trust.

People will be able to participate in court hearings via their smartphones, the Lord Chief Justice has said. Lord Burnett of Maldon explained the move would allow people on low incomes access to the justice system, The Times reports.

A town council has scrapped its long-standing ban on snowball fights after a sustained campaign by a local nine-year-old. Dane Best, who lives in Severance, a small town in the US state of Colorado, found out about the obscure, largely unenforced law during a school trip to town hall.

A convicted murderer who argued that the judge in his trial should have given an accomplice warning to the jury in relation to evidence from one of the key prosecution witnesses has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court. Dismissing the appeal, Mr Justice Peter Charleton said that the decision no