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TDs today approved the appointment of eleven members to the new Legal Services Regulatory Authority. Appointments to the Authority must be approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas before they take effect.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald A bill to provide Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) officers with the power to seize and detain property suspected to be the proceeds of crime has been approved by the Oireachtas.

Belfast firm Tughans has topped the Experian Deal Review and Advisor League Tables for the number of deals done in Northern Ireland in the second quarter of 2016. The Experian Deal Review Report indicates Tughans was the most active legal advisor in terms of volume for the first six months of 2016,

ed by a flood in her engine room. Her main engine was damaged beyond repair. The flood was caused by (i) the crew’s negligence in failing to close the sea inlet valve in the emergency fire pumps, (ii) damage to the pumps, (iii) the negligence of previous contractors who had failed to seal bulkhead

Evan O'Dwyer, partner at O'Dwyer Solicitors Mayo firm O'Dwyer Solicitors is teaming up with the Berlin office of US firm Hausfeld to prosecute Volkswagen in the European Union over the emission's scandal.

Ian Bowell Dublin firm Leman Solicitors has announced the recent appointment of Ian Bowell as chief operating officer.

Large numbers of files that were due to be released have been withheld from the latest batch of files from the National Archives, despite promises that restrictions on many documents would be lifted. Documents on “Mark Thatcher and the Omanis”, relations with the Soviet Union, Anglo-Irish negoti

Turkey is to temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as part of its state of emergency declared in the wake of an attempted coup apparently led by members of the Gülenist movement. A senior government official said, however, that fundamental rights and freedoms will not b

Judith Jones, associate solicitor at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors is set to host a charity cinema screening of 1984 film classic Ghostbusters.

The State has lost a case in the three-judge Supreme Court over whether committal warrants issued due to a woman's failure to pay road traffic fines were properly reissued. The primary question was whether District Judge Hamill and the Superintendent of An Garda Síochána of Lucan Garda Station had

Paul Tweed Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed of Johnsons Solicitors has told Irish Legal News that recommendations to extend British defamation law reforms, including the "serious harm" test, to Northern Ireland would cause legal costs to "go through the roof".

Barristers Úna Ní Raifeartaigh SC and Paul Coffey SC have been nominated for appointment as High Court judges, The Irish Times reports. They will fill the vacancies created by the increase in total number of High Court judges from 35 to 37 under the Courts Act 2015.

Kasra Nouroozi, partner and head of dispute resolution at Mishcon de Reya The first legal challenge over Brexit, focussed on the question of whether the Prime Minister requires the approval of MPs to activate Article 50 and begin the process of leaving the European Union, will be heard by the High C

Chris Cummings, chief executive, TheCityUK A financial and professional services lobbyist has reported continued financial growth for UK-based legal services firms, with gross fees up 1.3 per cent to a record £30.9 billion in 2014/15, as well as significant structural reform which has seen alternat

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has highlighted the significant improvements at Cork Prison at the official opening of the new €44 million prison building.