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The UK Supreme Court has dismissed a company’s appeal against HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) contention the company was not entitled to deduct VAT on accountant’s fees as input tax under the contract. The Supreme Court dismissed Airtours Holidays Transport Ltd’s appeal by a majority of 3 to

Brian Caulfield, IVCA chairman Irish high tech SMEs raised €237 million in the first quarter of 2016 according to a Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) VenturePulse survey published in association with law firm William Fry.

Claire Edgar, partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors Belfast firm Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors is the only Northern Ireland law firm shortlisted for Customer Service Excellence in Professional Services in this year’s Belfast Business Awards.

Worthingtons Solicitors has sponsored a Newtownards teenager who has been selected to compete in the World Karate Federation Championships in Italy. Lucy Oldfield, 14, a pupil at Regent House Grammar School, is one of seven representing Northern Ireland at the championships.

A US judge has resigned after investigators found thousands of photos of naked male defendants on his computer. Joesph Boeckmann, 69, from Arkansas is alleged to have exchanged sexual favours for more lenient sentences.

The Supreme Court has upheld the High Court’s decision to refuse to grant leave to Harry Rea to apply for judicial review, following Mr Rea’s attempt to seek an order from the High Court that the result of the second Lisbon Treaty Referendum, taken on 2 October 2009, should be declared null and

The winning law firms in Dublin, Leinster, Connacht and Munster have been named at the AIB Irish Legal Awards 2016. More than 550 people attended the prestigious awards ceremony in Dublin's Doubletree by Hilton Hotel on Friday.

The Bar of Northern Ireland has urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to examine evidence from England and Wales before creating a specific offence of domestic abuse. In a consultation response, the Bar said it would be "advantageous for the Department to monitor the operation of the new offence in

An Irish training programme intended to support attorneys from disadvantaged backgrounds in South Africa draws to a close this year.

Finian McGrath Ireland will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities within six months, The Irish Times reports.

The commoditisation of legal work is rapidly undermining the traditional business model of law firms, according to a new report. "The trend is clear, the blow is yet to come" - published by TGO Consulting - examines the contradiction between clients who see most legal work as commoditised and lawyer

Committee Chair Harriet Harman The Joint Committee on Human Rights has published a report on the UK government's policy concerning drones for targeted killing, concluding that the legal basis for the policy requires “urgent clarification”.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has warned its members to be vigilant of phone hacking. The Society said it has received reports that some local solicitor firms have been the victim of phone hacking.

Seven staff members at Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin (CFR) put their nerves aside to zipline across the River Lagan in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support over the weekend.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a High Court decision, in which Kearns J held that the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) could not issue a second authorisation allowing a claim for damages to be brought, in respect of the same facts and injury. The case began with an inci