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Professor Richard Susskind The legislative process will likely be subject to technological "automation" in the short term and “innovation” in the long term, an academic has said in a submission to a House of Lords committee.

Margaret Clandillon Lawyer Margaret Clandillon has been appointed to the board of Irish industrial services group Actavo, the Irish Independent reports.

Human rights campaigners have tentatively welcomed reports Ibrahim Halawa could be released following the end of his trial in Cairo. Mr Halawa, 21, is being prosecuted in a mass trial for allegedly participating in a political protest.

Belfast firm Tughans has topped the Experian Deal Review and Advisor League Table for the second year in a row. According to Experian's latest report, Tughans was the most active legal advisor in terms of volume last year, participating in over 30 per cent of NI deals - 38 per cent more than the nex

Niall Murphy, partner at KRW Law Belfast firm KRW Law has welcome a U-turn by Communities Minister Paul Givan on his initial decision to withdraw funding from the Líofa Irish language bursary scheme.

A Syrian refugee in Germany, falsely reported in a Facebook post as having set fire to a man in Berlin, is suing the company for spreading the claims. Anas Modamani became known on social media after taking a selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2015.

AIB has had its application for summary judgment against a farmer and his wife refused by the High Court. Delivering the judgment, Mr Justice Max Barrett stated EU rules on unfair contracts imposed a duty on the Court to assess whether a contractual term falling within the scope of directive was unf

Northern Ireland's legal aid spend has come under criticism from MLAs, who say little progress has been made in reducing costs. The Northern Ireland Assembly's public accounts committee (PAC) has published a new report into Managing Legal Aid, following up on a 2011 report.

The European Commission has proposed legislation to bring rules for all electronic communication providers in line with the ePrivacy Directive and the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A key proposal in the Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications extends privacy rules to ne

A delegation of TDs led by Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl visited Ibrahim Halawa in prison in Cairo yesterday. Mr Halawa, 21, is being prosecuted in a mass trial for allegedly participating in a political protest.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Ronnie Armour will lead the Reducing Offending Directorate from February, Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has announced.

Jeremy Wright QC, Attorney General for England and Wales Jeremy Wright QC, Attorney General for England and Wales, will set out the legal basis for pre-emptive military strikes against overseas terror targets in a speech tonight.

Martha Spurrier, director of Liberty Liberty is launching a legal challenge to the UK's Investigatory Powers Act – legislation that allows the state to monitor everybody’s web history and email, text and phone records, and hack computers, phones and tablets on an industrial scale.

Kate McCusker Kate McCusker, associate solicitor at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors in Belfast, examines how businesses should respond to a visit from environmental inspectors.

A man indicted in Florida for first degree murder and attempted robbery with a firearm whom the US authorities have been seeking to extradite since 2003 has made a second, article 3, application to the European Court of Human Rights complaining that a first-degree murder conviction in the US carries