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A summit hosted by Pinsent Masons welcomed in-house counsel from across Ireland to hear insights from leading members of the profession.

Two directors at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors have been awarded a market-leading diploma in adjudication after training with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Directors Patrick Fleming, head of dispute resolution and construction, and Aaron Moore have obtained the Diploma in Adj

Michael Donnellan, director-general of the Irish Prison Service, has announced that he will be stepping down at the end of November. Mr Donnellan was re-appointed to the post last January for a second five-year term, but will now depart on 30 November 2018.

Northern Ireland's prison population declined by more than two per cent in 2017/18, according to new Department of Justice figures. The latest statistical bulletin reveals that the overall average daily prison population in 2017/18 was 1,439, down 2.2 per cent on the year before.

The Pro Bono Choir, made up of solicitors, barristers and judges, has presented a cheque for £3,500 to Alzheimer's Society NI. The funds are the proceeds of the choir's sell-out performance, "A Night in the Museum 2", at the Ulster Museum in Belfast in May.

More than a third of women claim they have been sexually harassed at work in the last 12 months, a new study has found. Thirty-seven per cent say they have experienced harassment and 39 per cent have witnessed colleagues being abused.

A former librarian turned PhD candidate at University of Birmingham Law School has used Twitter to shine a light on Ireland's history of censorship. Alana Farrell, from Portlaoise, has been tweeting since Monday about the history of Ireland's Censorship of Publications Board to coincide with Banned

The Government has not indicated any plans to crack down on controversial "loot boxes" in video games after joining an international declaration condemning the "blurring of lines between gaming and gambling". David Stanton, minister of state in the Department of Justice, was speaking to the Seanad a

A school bus driver who allegedly let children as young as 11 take the wheel has been arrested. Joandrea McAtee, 27, is suspected by police of having allowed three pupils aged 11, 13 and 17 to drive the bus for a short distance on a rural road.

A child who is the subject of an interim care order granted by an English Court must be returned to the jurisdiction of England and Wales after it was found that the child was wrongfully removed from the jurisdiction by her parents. The child had been removed from the care of her parents due to the

Philip Lee has announced the appointment of Eoin Brereton as partner in the firm's corporate and commercial department. Mr Brereton, who joined the firm in 2015, will specialise in corporate advisory work and lead the commercial contracts division.

The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has called for a major investment in the IT systems of the Irish courts as he marked the opening of the new legal year. Announcing for the first time that the Supreme Court would become an "e-court" - with online filing of appeals and submission

Ireland's most senior judge has said unclear legislation at both an Irish and European level is leading to significant court delays, the Irish Independent reports. The Chief Justice, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, told RTÉ's Today with Sean O'Rourke that he "wouldn't mind more plain English" i

The number of complaints to the Office of the Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland more than halved over the past year, according to its latest annual report. A total of 1,953 complaints were received from prisoners in 2017/18, a 55 per cent decrease on the previous year.

Judges and other experts are set to discuss reform of the family law system at the Legal Aid Board's annual conference in Dublin tomorrow. Speakers at the annual conference include members of the judiciary, the Law Society of Ireland, senior representatives of key Government departments, civil socie