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Nearly two thirds of judges recruited last year hailed from state schools, The Times reports. In 2017-18, 66 per cent of judicial applicants were state educated while 28 per cent had attended fee paying schools and six per cent schools abroad.

A court in Austria has ruled that internet giant YouTube can be held liable for copyright breaches in videos its users upload. In a judgment published last week, Vienna's commercial court said YouTube had played an active role in the dissemination of such content and as such could not claim "neutral

In relation to proceedings issued following the breakdown in the relationship between Carl Frampton and former manager Barry McGuigan, the High Court rejected submissions that England was the appropriate forum to hear the claims and that Northern Ireland was forum non conveniens. Finding that one of

Pictured (l-r): Bláthnaid Evans, Shayne Foley and Elaine White Leman Solicitors has announced three significant hires across its employment, dispute resolution and real estate teams.

Ken Murphy New figures published by the Law Society of Ireland show that complaints were made on just 0.09 per cent of instructions carried out by solicitors in 2017, two-thirds fewer compared to 20 years ago.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has welcomed a range of "progressive achievements" by the Irish Prison Service and the Probation Service in 2017.

A request for a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a ruling on the question of whether the United Kingdom can unilaterally revoke its notice of intention to the leave the EU has been refused, Scottish Legal News reports. A judge in the Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled tha

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.