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Eoghan McKenna has taken over as chairperson of the Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA) at its annual general meeting today. Mr McKenna is a solicitor with Belfast-based firm MSM Law and takes over the role from Olivia O'Kane, associate at Carson McDowell.

Professor Aoife Nolan of the University of Nottingham has been elected to the European Committee of Social Rights. Professor Nolan, who graduated with an LLB from Trinity College Dublin in 2000 and lectured in law at Queen's University Belfast from 2006-10, was congratulated by the Permanent Represe

Health Minister Simon Harris A woman who travelled to England for an abortion will receive €30,000 in compensation from the Government after the UN Human Rights Committee said her rights had been violated.

Economy Minister Simon Hamilton Northern Ireland's insolvency laws were amended by two statutory rules which took effect from midnight on Tuesday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAIPQy3lYGQ Lawyers at Dublin firm Matheson discuss key Brexit issues with European Commissioner Phil Hogan in a 20-minute video interview released on YouTube.

The increasing risk of cyber crime to businesses was highlighted at a Belfast seminar co-hosted by Grant Thornton, Willis Insurance and Risk Management, and Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors.

The Law Society of Ireland has presented cheques for €90,000 to two charities following a fundraising effort at this year's Calcutta Run.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a five-year sentence with three suspended given to a man who “could not have been more co-operative with the Garda investigation” into the €630,000 worth of cannabis found in his possession was not unduly lenient. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Co

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The deadlock over judicial appointments has come to an end following agreement at a Cabinet meeting to make necessary appointments under the existing system.

Ciaran O'Hare In an historic constitutional case, the UK Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday that Brexit cannot be triggered without the consent of the people of Northern Ireland.

Clare Daly, independent socialist TD for Dublin North The mandatory 10-year sentence for commercial-scale drug dealing is regularly flouted by judges, The Irish Times reports.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden A debate among MLAs on whether to offer pardons to gay and bisexual men convicted of abolished sexual offences was complicated by Northern Ireland's distinct age of consent.

Geraldine Clarke Six people, including three practising solicitors, have been appointed to the Property Services Regulatory Authority.

A murderer who sought reduction of his conviction to manslaughter on the basis the statutory test for the Scots-derived defence of diminished responsibility requires that the judge defines for the jury the word “substantial” in “substantially impaired” has had his appeal unanimously dismisse

Bryan Hughes, chief executive of Eversheds International law firm Eversheds is considering a merger with US firm Sutherland in order to create a new global firm called Eversheds Sutherland.