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Solicitors will be required to do more to protect client moneys under new regulations coming into effect this summer. The Solicitors Accounts Regulations 2023 will come into force from 1 July 2023, replacing most of the Solicitor Accounts Regulations 2014.

Former US president Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges brought after an investigation into alleged "hush money" payments made ahead of the 2016 election. Prosecutors allege that Trump made illegal payments to suppress negative information during his successful presidential ca

Judicial mediation will be offered in cases brought before Northern Ireland's Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal in a bid to speed up resolutions. A form of alternative dispute resolution, judicial mediation involves an employment judge acting as an impartial mediator and helping the

TikTok has been fined £12.7 million for a number of breaches of data protection law by the UK regulator, including failing to use children's personal data lawfully. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) estimates that TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under 13 to use its

Northern Ireland's Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched a consultation on developing future regulations that will place climate change reporting duties on specified public bodies. These regulations are required to be made under the Climate Change Act (Northe

Queen's University Belfast students Jessica Rae-Anne Richards and Ciara Ambrose have triumphed in the 2023 International Negotiation Competition (INC), hosted by the European Law Students' Association Ireland at Maynooth University.

Researchers have found that defendants who don’t “swear by Almighty God” when in court run a higher risk of being found guilty by jurors who themselves swear by God. In countries such as Britain and Ireland court witnesses must declare they will provide truthful evidence, but those

The Allen & Overy Foundation has pledged to support young people in Northern Ireland through the delivery of an entrepreneurship and enterprise skills programme called Project Business. The programme will be delivered by charity Young Enterprise, which develops the skills of around 90,000 young

Matheson LLP has appointed David Fitzgibbon and Darren Maher as co-heads of its corporate team and Sally Anne Stone as head of its commercial real estate group. In addition to jointly running the corporate group, Mr Fitzgibbon has also taken on the role of head of corporate M&A and Mr Maher has

Department store John Lewis has succeeded in a court battle with an author who claimed that the retailer had copied one of her designs for its Christmas advert. The retailer's 2019 advert featured a friendly green dragon named Excitable Edgar.

A conspiracy theorist who claimed the Manchester Arena bombing was staged is facing legal proceedings brought by survivors of the 2017 atrocity. Martin Hibbert and his daughter Eve are seeking an injunction and damages amid claims that Richard D. Hall defamed and harassed them, The Guardian reports.

Tralee solicitor Pa Daly has been appointed as Sinn Féin's justice spokesperson. Mr Daly, who has served as TD for Kerry since the 2020 general election, has been promoted in a frontbench reshuffle in anticipation of the next election, which will take place within the next two years.

Professor Imelda Maher of UCD Sutherland School of Law has been appointed as senior vice-president of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). The RIA is Ireland's leading body of experts in the sciences and humanities and membership is considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.

The Attorney General for Northern Ireland has directed a fresh inquest into the death of Thomas Burns, who was shot and killed by British soldiers in July 1972. Mr Burns, a 10-year veteran of the British Navy who served in Malta and Singapore, was shot outside the Glen Park Social Club in north Belf

Efforts by businesses to combat modern-day slavery are stagnating, according to an analysis of UK government data by The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), with the number of modern slavery statements submitted to the government registry for 2022 trailing markedly.