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Drivers are continuing to avoid penalty points and fines by donating to court poor boxes despite a court ruling that the practice is barred under the Road Traffic Act 2010, The Irish Times reports. There were more than 37,000 people before the Irish courts for speeding offences between January 2013-

Emma Hutchinson Co Down lawyer Emma Hutchinson is among a group of UK Labour Party members who are defying party rules by running candidates in next month's Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

Corporate insurance head Darren Maher Dublin-based Matheson's insurance team boasts three ‘Leading Individuals’ in the 2016 Legal 500 directory for EMEA.

Brian O'Gorman, managing partner at Arthur Cox Dublin-based Arthur Cox has won the Ireland Law Firm of the Year 2016 award at the third annual Who’s Who Legal awards ceremony in New York.

The importance of independent advocates as “a very precious asset” in a democratic society has been underscored by Lord Neuberger, President of the UK Supreme Court.

The European Court of Human Rights will be delivering a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Murray v the Netherlands at a public hearing on 26 April. The case concerns the complaint by a man convicted of murder in 1980, who consecutively served his life sentence on the islands of Curaçao and Arub

The High Court has upheld a decision by the Financial Services Ombudsman to dismiss a complaint brought by a couple who claimed their bank had lost €9,418 of their money. Jeremiah and Mary Coleman are both retired and had held a current account with the Allied Irish Banks PLC for several years. Mr

Sinead Carroll, partner in the litigation department of Cantillons Solicitors in Cork A leading litigation lawyer has reissued her call for a "realistic review of the Book of Quantum" following a successful case before the Court of Appeal.

Pictured (l-r): Emma-Jane Flannery and Catriona Gibson Dublin-based Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of Emma-Jane Flannery as an employment law partner at its Northern Ireland practice.

Paul Gilroy QC A senior UK lawyer has said the new EU trade secrets directive will serve as a deterrent to potential whistleblowers, The Times reports.

A man accused of endangering an aircraft after being refused pre-flight snacks has been found not guilty at Antrim Crown Court. American man Jeremiah Thede, 42, was arrested in June 2015 after his United Airlines flight from Italy to the US was diverted to Belfast International Airport.

Helena Kennedy QC In the aftermath of the Second World War, the 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed a set of rights for all humankind, belonging to each of us, simply by virtue of being human. Universalism – the idea that they belong to everyone, everywhere – grounds human

Two relay teams made up of staff from Carson McDowell have entered the 2016 Belfast Marathon to raise funds for The Simon Community.

The Court of Appeal has upheld a trial judge’s decision not to give the jury a corroboration warning in a sexual assault case, noting that mandatory corroboration warnings have been abolished, and an appeal judge should only intervene when the decision was made on an incorrect legal basis or was c

Pictured (l-r): Keith McConnell and Helena Walsh Dublin firm Gore & Grimes has announced the appointment of new property and commercial litigation partners, Keith McConnell and Helena Walsh.