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Ian Gordon A standards commissioner from Scotland was brought in to mediate in a dispute between two Northern Ireland councillors, The Irish News reports.

Richard Martin Law firms will be "unrecognisable" to us within a decade due to technological advances, the managing partner of Cork-based firm Ronan Daly Jermyn (RDJ) has said.

A farmer who alleged bias on the part of the trial judge who made orders against him has had his application seeking to set aside these orders dismissed in the High Court. Mr Justice Seamus Noonan described the farmer’s complaint as “extremely unusual and quite possibly unique” in that the all

Brian Dooley Human rights lawyers in Northern Ireland are being "demonised" by the press and public officials, a new US report has claimed.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has denied that it is responsible for delays to an Oireachtas committee's scrutiny of a new drink-driving law. An RSA spokesperson told the Irish Independent that it "absolutely" denied having "slowed down" pre-legislative scrutiny of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty-D

Prime Minister Theresa May Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will scrap Britain's human rights laws if necessary to implement restrictions on the freedom and movement of terror suspects.

Pictured: Guests at the gala dinner, including KRW Law's Claire McKeegan (left) and BSA chair Eoghan McKenna (centre) Lawyers from Belfast, Dublin and Liverpool came together at a gala dinner hosted by the Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA).

Ciaran O’Hare Lawyers for Raymond McCord have issued judicial review proceedings against the PSNI over alleged delays in its investigation of the 1997 murder of his son, Raymond McCord Junior.

A legal challenge in the High Court against changes to Northern Ireland's controversial RHI scheme has been delayed until October. More than 500 members of the Renewable Heat Association NI (RHANI) are seeking to have the Department of the Economy's revised 2017 RHI regulations declared ultra vires,

The UK Supreme Court is holding its first ever essay competition, open to year 12 and 13 school pupils from across the UK, with the top prize including tea with a justice. Have you recently been on a tour of the UK Supreme Court with your school? Did your visit spark an interest in the law? Are you

A Turkish girl left with severe neurological damage following an operation suffered a violation of her article 8 rights right to respect for private and family life after the domestic courts refused her a second expert report, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The case concerned two high

Michael Kingston A maritime lawyer from West Cork helped to draw up the International Maritime Oragnisation's new Polar Code, which came into force in January.

Andrea McIlroy-Rose Pinsent Masons has appointed Andrea McIlroy-Rose as head of its Belfast office.

A man who was responsible for the death of a labourer, whom he contracted to work on the roof of an agricultural shed, must serve 12 months in custody after the Director of Public Prosecutions appealed the leniency of the original sentence. Delivering the judgment of the Court, Lord Justice Gillen e

The UK's exit from the EU will have many implications for Irish businesses and one which is not receiving huge media coverage is the area of cross-border litigation, writes Caroline Meaney. We currently benefit from harmonised rules in cross border disputes and proceedings within the EU. Bi-Lateral