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Pictured (l-r): Aaron Vickery, Ross O’Mahony and Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair Arthur Cox trainees Ross O’Mahony and Aaron Vickery, representing the Solicitors’ Apprentice Debating Society of Ireland, won the Grand Final of the annual Irish Times Debate.

Pictured (l-r): Heather Weir, chief executive at NI Hospice; Karen Lilly, ward manager at NI Hospice; Cathy Warnock, solicitor at Edwards & Co; and Sharon Gorman, legacy officer at NI Hospice More than 40 Northern Ireland solicitors will waive their will-making fees in March in return for a dona

Tributes have been paid to a former Co Limerick judge who has passed away at the age of 65. Judge Mary O’Halloran was appointed to the bench in October 1992 after practising as a solicitor in Tralee for sixteen years, and retired in 2012 after a twenty-year judicial career.

A senior Garda has launched a legal bid to stop an inquiry into allegations that he passed sensitive information to the media. Supt David Taylor, former press chief for An Garda Síochána, is being investigated for alleged breaches of section 62 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and the Data Protect

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford and Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill yesterday launched a report on the implementation of animal welfare legislation. The final report of the Review of the Implementation of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 makes 68 recommendati

, the Court found that the criteria did not amount to a policy, as it emerged from a consideration of the current political landscape. Thus, the Court concluded that the criteria adopted are sufficiently reasonable and impartial and that they are proportionate to the needs of the political debate an

Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry Northern Ireland's Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry is widely tipped to replace David Ford as Justice Minister after the May election.

Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter Ireland's former Justice Minister Alan Shatter has left the Dáil for the second time in his political career.

More than 100 lawyers and media professionals convened in Stormont on Friday at a conference organised by the non-profit Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA).

Pictured: Richard Martin, managing partner at Ronan Daly Jermyn Ronan Daly Jermyn has announced the re-appointment of its managing partner Richard Martin for a second four-year term.

Alan Chiswick, corporate partner at Matheson Alan Chiswick, corporate partner at Matheson, has won the prestigious International Law Office (ILO) Client Choice award in the M&A category.

Attorney General John Larkin QC Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin QC has said a UK withdrawal from the European Union would not undermine the protection of human rights.

Pictured: John O'Brien and "Hotel Irlanda" by Thomas Brezing Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has celebrated the contemporary art collection in its head office as "one of the most important collections" in a Dublin commercial building.

Steven Agnew, leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland Steven Agnew, leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland, has become the first MLA to call for the decriminalisation of cannabis, The Irish News reports.

A man convicted of murder and the possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life has been granted a Certificate pursuant to s. 29 of the Courts of Justice Act 1924, to the effect that the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal raised an issue of exceptional public concern, and that it was in