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The Supreme Court saw a 14 per cent increase in both applications and determinations last year, according to its latest annual report. In its busiest year since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the court resolved a total of 183 applications for leave to appeal in 2024, with 49 grant

Legislation aimed at protecting "access to cash" across the State has been approved by the Oireachtas. The Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024 will require designated retail banks to meet certain prescribed levels of access to ATMs and cash service points in every region.

Carson McDowell has joined a prestigious list of Northern Ireland's top 100 companies for the first time. The independent law firm has secured position 66 in the Belfast Telegraph's Top 100 Companies list, making it the first Northern Ireland-based law firm to be featured.

Law firms have joined organisations representing patients, doctors and dentists to urge the government to take the final steps needed to implement pre-action protocols in clinical negligence cases. Matheson, Carson McDowell and Hayes solicitors have signed a letter co-ordinated by the Medical Protec

Northern Ireland's justice minister has rowed back on plans for legislation requiring compensation settlements for injured children to be approved by judges. Sir John Gillen's 2017 review of civil justice recommended that minor settlements in personal injury cases where legal proceedings have not be

Around 6,000 same-sex marriages have now taken place in Ireland, a conference marking a decade of marriage equality has heard. The Marriage Referendum +10 conference at Dublin Castle marked the 10th anniversary of the historic referendum in which 62 per cent of voters backed a constitutional amendme

Chess has been provisionally banned by the Taliban as a form of gambling. The move, based on a strict interpretation of Islamic law, has disappointed chess players in Afghanistan, where the competitive sport was said to be undergoing a resurgence prior to the Taliban's return to power.

Squire Patton Boggs has hired Jason O'Donnell to lead its real estate practice in Ireland. Mr O'Donnell joins from A&L Goodbody and brings more than a decade of experience advising on complex real estate transactions across Ireland and internationally.

A man imprisoned for almost four decades for a murder he didn't commit has been freed by an English court after he was exonerated by new DNA evidence. The Court of Appeal in London yesterday quashed the murder conviction of Peter Sullivan, who was found guilty in 1987 of the murder of Diane Sin

Belfast firm RP Crawford Solicitors has welcomed solicitor Aaron Murchan and paralegal Conor McKeown to its team. Mr Murchan brings broad experience across public law and litigation, having previously worked at firms in Northern Ireland and Australia.

Ireland has become one of the first signatories to the new Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer. The landmark treaty opened for signature yesterday ahead of a meeting of the Council of Europe committee of ministers in Luxembourg.

The High Court in London has begun hearing a legal challenge to the UK's continued supply of F-35 fighter jet components to Israel. The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq allege that the UK government is breaking both domestic and international law by

Journalists have again called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli soldiers three years ago. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and Ireland joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) y

Significant progress has been made over the past six months to address economic and other barriers facing many aspiring and early career solicitors and barristers, the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has said. The regulator today published a six-month update on the 32 recommendations to w

Researchers who set the cat among the pigeons when they claimed to have evidence that Wikipedia was influencing judicial decision-making in Ireland have said they stand by their findings. The original research paper, published in summer 2022, presented the researchers' findings that creating a