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A QC who was cautioned by police after she was found having sex with a solicitor outside Waterloo station in London has had her criminal record expunged after claiming she was drunk. The barrister admitted outraging public decency when she was arrested along with Graeme Stening, 53, after being spot

Pinsent Masons has celebrated being named Construction Law Firm of the Year for the 10th year in a row at the Who's Who Legal Awards ceremony in London.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald An overhaul of Ireland's coronial legislation will be put to the Oireachtas as a matter of priority, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has announced.

Leo Varadkar Fine Gael leadership contender Leo Varadkar has come under criticism after he said a government led by him would ban certain public sector strikes.

Owen O'Sullivan The High Court's decision to hold a company director liable for the costs of a failed legal action by his company should not discourage legitimate claims, a leading litigation lawyer has said.

Pictured (l-r): Paddy Mullarky, Imelda McMillan, Joe Moore Patrick Mullarkey has joined Belfast firm O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors as a clinical negligence partner, the firm has announced.

Up to 40 pro-choice lawyers responded to a call to get organised ahead of an anticipated referendum on the Eighth Amendment. Lawyers for Choice, part of the Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, aims to "create opportunities for lawyers to participate in the campaign for reproductive justice in

Richard Grogan Anonymisation of Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) rulings is a "shield for employers, rather than a shield for employees", a leading employment lawyer has said.

McCann FitzGerald is sponsoring two students representing Ireland in the prestigious International Negotiation Competition in Oslo this Summer.

A woman has been awarded over £50,000 in damages after another driver drove into the back of her car, resulting in £3,000 worth of repairs. In the High Court in Belfast, evidence was adduced that the woman was impecunious, was unable to foot the bill for the repairs; and that she could not afford

A legal academic who authored a popular guide to Irish law is serving a 10-year prison sentence for sexual abuse, The Irish Times reports. Brian Doolan, former senior law lecturer at Dublin Institute of Technology, was jailed a year ago but could not be named at the time.

Lawyers who support abortion law reform are meeting tonight to get organised in anticipation of a referendum on the Eighth Amendment. Lawyers for Choice, part of the Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, aims to unite those from the Irish legal community, in Ireland and abroad, who support free,

Attorney General John Larkin QC Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin QC will give a lecture at Clough Non-Subscribing Meeting House in Co Down next week.

Over 1,150 runners and 100 cyclists took part in the Law Society of Ireland's Calcutta Run, now in its 19th year.

Terence Casey, coroner for South and East Kerry, retired over the weekend, the Irish Examiner reports. Mr Casey, a solicitor, became deputy coroner in 1994 and later became full-time coroner.