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A US jury is to decide next month whether Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page stole the opening chords used in their 1971 classic Stairway to Heaven from another song. US district judge Gary Klausner, in Los Angeles, said in a decision that the 1967 instrumental Taurus, by the band Spirit,

Michael King, associate in dispute resolution and qualified data protection practitioner at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin (CFR) has been awarded the Cyber Essentials Certification, a UK government and industry-backed scheme which helps organisations protect themselves agai

Two members of Belfast firm Carson McDowell's charity committee have visited Daisy Lodge, Cancer Fund for Children’s therapeutic short-break facility. Trainee solicitors Harry Robinson and Zara Treacy heard how the money raised from an abseil in 2015 has helped make a difference to local families

The High Court has ruled against a man who objected to the registration of an Enduring Power of Attorney made on 20th July 2012 by his mother (the Donor) appointing her daughter as Attorney. The objection was made pursuant to the provisions of s. 10 of the Powers of Attorney Act 1996.

Pictured (l-r): Jerry Buting and Connor Beaton Cuts in the provision of legal aid in Northern Ireland will threaten the quality of legal representation for the poorest people in the area, star lawyer Jerry Buting from Making a Murderer has warned.

Acting Health Minister Leo Varadkar The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has called on Acting Health Minister Leo Varadkar to establish a task force for reform of the medical negligence system.

Pictured (l-r): Joshua Rozenberg QC, David Barniville SC, chairman of the Council of The Bar of Ireland and The Hon. Mr Justice Peter Kelly, President of the High Court The Bar of Ireland's annual conference took place in Kilkenny over the weekend, focussing on the topical theme of "Trial by Media".

Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland programme director at Amnesty International Sunday marked 18 years since the Good Friday Agreement was signed, forming the basis for the Northern Ireland peace process in the 1990s and the eventual establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Paul McBride, partner and head of the Belfast office at Pinsent Masons International law firm Pinsent Masons has been named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards.

The publication in Iris Oifigiúil of the names of people who have obtained Irish citizenship has been suspended pending a review. Since 2011, the names and full addresses of new Irish citizens has been published in the official gazette of the Government of Ireland.

Members of the public have been invited to contribute to a code of ethics for An Garda Síochána. The Policing Authority plans to consult on the text of a draft code in autumn 2016 but is currently seeking the "preliminary views of the public, people who work for the Garda Síochána and other key

Two undergraduate and postgraduate student teams from Queens University Belfast (QUB) competed in the annual Corn Adomnáin International Humanitarian Law competition.

The High Court has found that three Portuguese companies that traded in Ireland as a partnership known as RAC Eire Partnership, failed to pay its employees for the amount of hours they worked, made unreasonable deductions from their pay, and designed a contract of employment that would conceal their

Donnacha Curley Donnacha Curley, an independent Seanad Éireann candidate on the industrial and commercial panel, has called for a constitutional referendum on joining the EU's Unified Patent Court.

Michael Johnston, managing partner of Carson McDowell Belfast firm Carson McDowell advised on nine major transactions worth £35 million in the first quarter of the year, the highest total value of any local law firm.