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New regulations governing advertising by legal practitioners have been published by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA). The regulator has now assumed responsibility for regulating advertising by both solicitors and barristers. Advertising by solicitors was previously regulated by the Law

Remote hearings are not delivering effective access to justice in Northern Ireland's family courts, research by an Ulster University academic suggests. The new report by Professor Gráinne McKeever on the impact of Covid-19 on the family courts, based on interviews with practitioners and litig

Proposals to place adult safeguarding on a statutory footing have gone out for consultation. The consultation comes in the wake of last year's scandal around safeguarding failings, including allegations of abuse, at Muckamore Abbey Hospital and Dunmurry Manor Care Home.

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates the importance of often-overlooked working time records. The issue of working time records arose in case ADJ-00028251. The Adjudication Officer in this case quoted the provisions of section 25 of the Organisation of Work

Lawyers for the families of two victims of the Belturbet bombing have called for transparency from the UK government in the wake of a new documentary about the 1972 atrocity. The families of 15-year-old victim Geraldine O'Reilly and 16-year-old victim Paddy Stanley took part in an RTÉ documen

University College Cork School of Law has congratulated an 80-year-old legal academic on the completion of his PhD three-and-a-half decades after completing his LLM. Soon-to-be Dr Tom Walsh has successfully defended his thesis, The Identification, Elaboration and Legislative Implementation of the Pr

The legal profession's annual Calcutta Run has raised €285,000 for homelessness charities in Dublin and Kolkata despite taking place "virtually" due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have today announced landmark proposals that will seek to ensure the safety of self-driving vehicles via a comprehensive new legal framework. Hailed as “leading the way on the regulation of this technology” by transp

The UK could be following Hungary and Poland in "backsliding" on the rule of law, an academic expert on European legal issues has warned. Professor Laurent Pech, who has been studying rule of law issues since beginning his career as a junior lawyer in war-torn Bosnia two decades ago, said it is "dif

A couple will have to pay for disposing of their son's collection of pornography magazines, a court has said. David Werking, 42, sued his parents, Beth and Paul Werking, after his "trove of pornography and an array of sex toys" were thrown out, MLive reports.

The Supreme Court has awarded costs and granted a declaration to a woman who claimed that her constitutional and ECHR rights were breached when the clinical director of the Central Mental Hospital declined to facilitate variations to the conditions of her release. Judges ruled the woman is entitled

Arthur Cox has been authorised to operate as a limited liability partnership, becoming the largest law firm in Ireland to take advantage of new rules introduced just over a year ago. The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) began accepting applications for authorisation as an LLP last November

Legislation introducing a statutory aggravation model for hate crime will be brought to the Cabinet by Easter next year, Justice Minister Helen McEntee has said. The minister announced her legislative plans today as she published the findings of the public consultation on hate speech and hate crime,

Landmark domestic abuse legislation has moved forward with amended provisions on legal aid after the bill was delayed by a major row over "repercussive financial impacts". MLAs last month approved an amendment brought by Rachel Woods, Green MLA for North Down, in the face of opposition from Justice

Prominent Scottish advocate Aidan O'Neill QC has been called to The Bar of Ireland. Mr O'Neill, who is also qualified in England and Wales, is a leading constitutional lawyer in the UK. He has been involved in high-profile Brexit litigation, including the case which led the UK Supreme Court to rule