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The Law Society of Ireland is collaborating with SO Fine Art Editions on a new exhibition opening at Blackhall Place later this week. The COLLISION - SO Fine Art exhibition will feature new artwork from largely young, up-and-coming artists based in Ireland, including a fresh and lively mix of artist

Pictured (l-r): Principal Máire Thompson, Jacqueline McAleese and Dr Anne Rice at the programme's first session in Malone Integrated College Staff at Carson McDowell are bringing the Lawyers in School legal education initiative to students at Malone Integrated College.

A finding of the High Court that the the Department of Justice (DOJ) had failed to provide sufficient funding to the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI) has been overturned on appeal. Emphasising that the Police (NI) Act 1998 provided the DOJ with the discretion to provide sum

Murlands Solicitors has taken over Hamilton & Millar Solicitors following the retirement of Brian Millar after 41 years of practice.

Jonathan Jackson and Suzanne Keenan Belfast firm MKB Law has announced the appointment of two associate directors, Jonathan Jackson and Suzanne Keenan.

A new problem-solving court aimed at tackling drug and alcohol problems is set to be piloted in Newry within the next few months. The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) will be trialled at Newry Family Proceedings Court by the Department of Justice and the Department of Health in cases where a chi

Allen & Overy is recruiting up to 50 new staff members to Belfast teams that underpin its global IT services, the Belfast Telegraph reports. The international law firm is hosting a recruitment evening at its Belfast office next Thursday as it seeks 30 new IT staff and 20 workers in HR, marketing

Pictured (l-r): Bridget Howard, Niamh Shanahan, Dr Norah Burns, Pat McInerney, Jack Nicholas BL, Meredith Philips and Isaac Freckleton Students from University of Limerick and University of Cambridge competed in a mooting competition organised by UL Law Society in conjunction with UL School of Law a

A former coroner has warned official statistics are underestimating the number of suicides because deaths from suicide are being recorded with open or undetermined verdicts, The Irish Times reports. Dr Brian Farrell, a trained barrister and pathologist who now works as a consultant coroner, made the

Professor Phil Scraton, the academic at Queen's University Belfast who sat on the Hillsborough inquiry, has emphasised the need for the Grenfell Tower inquiry to be independent. Speaking during an appearance on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, he said the ongoing inquiry needed to "have the full c

The Law Society of England and Wales has said courts should be allowed to recognise informal wills as an expression of people's final wishes. The Society has made the proposal in a submission to the Law Commission, which is currently concluding a consultation on will reform, the Law Society Gazette

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard The author of Article 50 is to make a speech today accusing the Prime Minister of misleading the British public over whether or not Brexit may be reversed.

A significantly flawed bill to legalise cannabis for medicinal purposes remains on the Dáil agenda, The Irish Times reports. The Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill, proposed by People Before Profit TDs Gino Kenny and Richard Boyd Barrett, has been stalled since it went to committee stage.

Michael Creed New regulations signed today will ban the use of wild animals in circuses in Ireland from 1 January 2018.

More than 60 members of the Egyptian Parliament have proposed a law that will criminalise same-sex sexual activity in the country for the first time. The draft law, the latest development since the Egyptian authorities launched an LGBTI-related crackdown after a rainbow flag was displayed at a conce