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Artificial intelligence is able to predict the outcomes of trials with a high success rate, a paper published yesterday argues. The Brief reports that computers have correctly predicted 88 per cent of prosecution decisions in studies using American legal data and 82 per cent of outcomes in asylum ca

McDowell Purcell has been named Renewable Energy Sector Law Firm of the Year in Ireland by Corporate INTEL. The Corporate INTL Global Awards recognise world-leading legal advisers in expertise and in service delivery.

A baby will become the first person without a legal mother if a transgender man succeeds in court. Lawyers for the parent told a judge that he had been born a female and had been biologically able to give birth but had legally become a man by the time the child was born.

A German whisky may be infringing protections enjoyed by Scotland, the Court of Justice of the European Union has said. The court took no final view on Glen Buchenbach, referring the Scotch Whisky Association's complaint back to judges in Germany for a ruling.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has lost an appeal to the UK Supreme Court in which it sought declarations that the current law on abortion in Northern Ireland is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights in cases of rape, incest, and fatal foetal abnormality. By

The Government has agreed to nominate High Court judges Ms Justice Marie Baker and Mr Justice Brian McGovern for appointment to the Court of Appeal, as well as Tara Burns SC for appointment to the High Court. The Government also agreed in principle to nominate Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy of the High

Oonagh Buckley The head of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has told Irish Legal News that they will continue to work towards reducing turnaround time for cases before the WRC.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has published draft legislative proposals to strengthen post-release supervision of convicted sex offenders.

Katharine Kimber UK law firm TLT, which has an office in Belfast, has announced a 10 per cent increase in fee income to hit £82 million for the financial year 2017/18.

A High Court judge has refused to order search engine operators Google and Microsoft to take down online references to the previous trial of a man due for trial later this year. The man, who cannot be identified, was convicted by a jury earlier this year of an unconnected sexual assault on a woman a

Academics from Queen's University and Ulster University have been commissioned by the Department of Health to research the history of mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries in Northern Ireland. A report of their findings will inform future deliberations of the Northern Ireland Executive's int

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Irish Government did not violate the property rights of a mussels company by the way it had complied with EU environmental legislation. The case was brought by O'Sullivan McCarthy Mussel Development Ltd, a company based in Killorglin which cultiv

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Irish Government did not violate the property rights of a mussels company by the way it had complied with EU environmental legislation. The case was brought by O'Sullivan McCarthy Mussel Development Ltd, a company based in Killorglin which cultiv

A jury has convicted former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm of taking part in a multi-billion euro fraud scheme in 2008. Shortly after 3pm on day 87 of the trial, the third longest in the history of the State, a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court returned unanimous verdicts of guilty on the two

Leading legal figures from Northern Ireland and abroad addressed a conference hosted by The PILS Project in Belfast today.