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The UK Supreme Court welcomes visitors from all over the world. But it has ignored one important audience – bears! However, with the help of artist Isobel Williams, the bears have produced a special guide to the historic building which they are proud to call their habitat – the highest court in

A woman who has commenced personal injury proceedings against the Health Service Executive and a pharmaceutical company responsible for distributing a swine flu vaccine in Ireland has had the majority of her categories of discovery refused pursuant to the principles established in Framus v. CRH plc

Pictured (l-r): Sinéad Lynch, John Dallas, Maria McElhinney, managing partner Julian Yarr, and Barbara Creed A&L Goodbody has announced the appointment of four new partners across its Dublin, Belfast and New York offices, bringing the total number of partners in the firm to 91.

A “cottage industry” has grown up around lawyers challenging the alleged vagueness of criminal offences, according to a High Court judge. Patrick McNamee, a man with 164 previous convictions, is charged with being unlawfully at large, by way of breaching a condition of temporary release from Mou

Pictured (l-r): Brian Kuhn, Global Leader and Co-Creator of IBM Watson Legal; Jonathan McCrea, Founder of Whipsmart Media and Technology Journalist and Broadcaster; Rebecca Ryan, Matheson Litigation Partner; and Anne-Marie Bohan, Matheson Technology Partner Lawyers of the future will need to underst

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan TDs have voted to maintain the Special Criminal Court and its jurisdiction over some serious organised crime offences for a further 12 months.

Lord Neuberger The UK’s most senior judge has revealed the tensions in the build-up to the Brexit appeal at the UK Supreme Court earlier this year.

Arlene Foster Northern Ireland's Department of Finance raised concerns that Scotland's same-sex marriage legislation would put same-sex couples in Northern Ireland "in an uncertain legal position".

Matheson has become "the first law firm in Europe" to start using Workplace by Facebook, the firm has said. All staff at Matheson now have access to the Workplace platform, which functions as a closed, secure version of Facebook for staff in a specific workplace.

Sandra Wallace DLA Piper has been named one of the 50 top UK employers for social mobility.

of industrial tribunal proceedings in 2007 was not made out - there was no causative link between the “protected act” and the detriment claimed and the appeal against that finding was dismissed. Further, in determining the claim for discrimination because of his political opinion, the Tribunal

Legislation in Russia banning the promotion of homosexuality breaches freedom of expression and is discriminatory, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Three gay rights activists complained about legislation in Russia banning the promotion of homosexuality, also known as the “gay propagan

Legislation in Russia banning the promotion of homosexuality breaches freedom of expression and is discriminatory, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Three gay rights activists complained about legislation in Russia banning the promotion of homosexuality, also known as the “gay propagan

Justice minister Charlie Flanagan (pictured) has told the Irish Examiner that he “satisfied” appropriate procedures were followed in the appointment of former attorney general Máire Whelan, to the Court of Appeal. He said: “I’m satisfied that all procedures and processes have been dealt wit