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The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has urged the Polish government to halt the "ongoing purges" in the judiciary. Antonín Mokrý, president of the CCBE, issued a statement yesterday calling the situation in Poland "alarming".

Professor Robin Hickey Queen's University Belfast School of Law has announced the appointment of Professor Robin Hickey as the new head of the School of Law.

Facebook broke the law during the Brexit referendum – by failing to safeguard people’s information after the data of 87 million people was harvested – and could be fined £500,000 for two breaches of data protection legislation, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced as it calle

Tanya Ward Businesses should be required by law to perform regular "child-risk assessments" to make sure digital technologies are safe for children, the Children's Rights Alliance (CRA) has said.

fees. On 8 January 2009, it submitted a revised claim (iv) in which it asserted a right to claim overpaid VAT back to 1973 (i.e. before its incorporation in 1990) by relying on the 1990 Asset Transfer Agreement. After initially refusing all of Carlton’s claims, HMRC paid the sum claimed by Carlto

Lizzie Colvin Belfast solicitor Lizzie Colvin is set to represent Ireland in a major international hockey tournament.

Niall Murphy Belfast solicitor Niall Murphy has warned that Northern Ireland is "sleepwalking into a constitutional disaster" over Brexit.

Kevin Oliver International law firm Allen & Overy has licensed AI technology from Kira Systems to assist in contract review in a number of practice areas.

An investigation has been launched after a fully-loaded submachine gun fell out of a Garda car and was found by a member of the public. The Heckler & Koch MP7 was handed into Store Street Garda Station around 25 minutes later.

A woman who commenced personal injury proceedings against singer Rihanna has been granted an order deeming the service of the summons good. While Ms Justice Miriam O'Regan was not satisfied that there was valid service as a matter of New York law or US federal law; she held that the service actually

Pictured (left-right, top-bottom): Maedhbh Calncy, Iseult Mangan, Declan McBride, Sarah McCague, David O'Shea and Sarah O'Sullivan Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of six lawyers to the rank of Of Counsel in the all-island firm's Dublin office.

Charlie Flanagan The number of new applications for insolvency solutions through the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) increased by 39 per cent in 2017.

Deirdre Malone The reported practice of forcing prisoners with serious mental illnesses to sleep on prison floors because there are no beds for them in the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) has been branded "utterly unacceptable".

Nicholas Quinn A Belfast-based solicitor specialising in civil litigation has welcomed a decision by NHS England to suspend surgical procedures using vaginal mesh devices over safety concerns.

Bad legal advice cost the Government at least €4 million, according to a new report to be published by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) tomorrow. Its latest quarterly report will blame the Chief State Solicitor's Office of botching a deal at the cost of €4 million, the Irish Examiner reports.