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Many of the 23 barristers called to the Inner Bar yesterday were joined by family as they celebrated their achievement.

Queen's University Belfast (QUB) has welcomed eight new academic staff to the law school. Pictured above, they are Dr Elizabeth Agnew, Dr Smith Azubuike, Dr Norah Burns, Dr Alice Diver, Dr Anthony O'Dwyer, Dr Clare Patton, Dr Liam Sunner and Dr Michael Vincent.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Zurich Insurance plc seeking to set aside a third party notice in personal injury proceedings where cover was denied. It had been claimed by Zurich that the dispute regarding insurance cover was “entirely different” from the personal injurie

International law firms are increasingly launching wellness programmes and hiring burnout advisers in a bid to retain staff, according to reports. Ashurst and Baker McKenzie – which have a presence in Dublin and Belfast respectively – are among firms who have introduced schemes aimed at

A police officer in Hollywood has been sacked after accidentally broadcasting the sound of him having sex while on duty at Universal Studios. Colleagues frantically tried to contact the officer, who has not been named, after the steamy encounter was picked up on a hot mic.

Two US law firms have made their way into the top tier of the UK earnings table, prompting domestic City firms to adopt performance-related pay models for equity partners. Revenue at US firms in London is growing seven times faster than at their magic circle rivals, a report seen by The Times has re

Financial regulatory lawyer Eoin O'Connor has been appointed by global law firm Hogan Lovells as managing partner of its new Dublin office. Mr O'Connor, who has been appointed as partner in the firm's global regulatory practice, joins from Walkers, where he served as head of regulatory for Ireland.

Certain provisions of bills passed by the Scottish Parliament are outside its legislative competence, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill (UNCRC) and the European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Sc

McCann FitzGerald partner Karyn Harty and project services head Paula Fearon examine a recent decision on the importance of carefully considering the framing of requests for discovery. A recent High Court decision reiterates the importance of giving careful consideration to the framing of requests f

A draft of Ireland's next state report under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has been published for consultation. Ireland is due to submit its combined fifth and sixth state report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child in February 2022, with an oral hearing before the comm

PRIME Commitment, an alliance of law firms across the UK and Ireland created to improve socioeconomic diversity within the legal profession, is marking its 10th anniversary with an online conference reflecting on its first decade, and looking ahead to further action law firms should take to improve

The victims of historical abuse at Celtic Boys Club are to take legal action in one of the first cases of its kind in Scotland. The class action case will see the club facing a claim in Scotland's highest civil court of many millions of pounds in damages. There are around 25 people seeking damages f

Investing money recovered from criminal activity back into communities "builds confidence in the justice system", justice minister Naomi Long has said.

The Bar of Ireland has congratulated 23 barristers – 18 men and five women – who have been called to the Inner Bar today.

Essay mills – companies offering to provide students with essays in exchange for money – are to be made illegal in England under plans announced by the UK government yesterday. The government intends to make it a criminal offence to provide, arrange or advertise these "cheating services