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Belfast solicitor Una Boyd has been named chair of the Law Society of Northern Ireland's Immigration Practitioners' Group (IPG).

The president of the Court of Appeal, the Attorney General and leading members of the legal profession have paid tribute to Mr Justice Brian McGovern on his retirement from the bench. The judge has stepped down after serving on the Court of Appeal and the High Court for over 14 years, including a si

An outgoing UK Supreme Court justice has issued two "caveats" to "anyone" thinking of politicising judicial appointments to the UK's highest court – namely that the court deals with very few political cases and that observers often "get things wrong". At his valedictory ceremony yesterday, Lor

Online gambling business Betway is to pay £11.6 million for a series of social responsibility and money laundering failings linked to dealings with seven of its high spending customers. In one instance, the operator failed to carry out source of funds checks on a ‘VIP’ customer who

A man who used a dead man's highly-coveted membership card to get the best seats at Lord's Cricket Ground has been spared jail but fined £10,000. James Lattimer, 51, bought the card, which belonged to a member who died in 2014, from eBay and put his own photo on it.

The High Court has found that the District Court was correct in accepting garda evidence on what the garda could see on CCTV footage when the CCTV evidence was subsequently lost. Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty heard the consultative case stated based on a series of events which began with a car chase t

The Courts Service of Ireland issued the below update on coronavirus yesterday afternoon, which Irish Legal News is republishing in full. The Courts Service continues to follow the instructions set out in the HSE’s official communications on the coronavirus.

The Law Reform Commission has announced the appointment of former prosecutor Rebecca Coen as its new director of research. Ms Coen, a graduate of University College Cork who was called to the Bar in 2005, has worked in a number of prosecutorial positions since 2008.

Six people have been appointed to the Northern Ireland Policing Board with effect from April. The new independent members are Michael Atkinson, Dr Janet Gray, Edgar Jardine, Carmel McKinney, Frank McManus and Deirdre Toner.

Retired Coleraine solicitor John Lawson Baxter has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced. Mr Baxter, who was admitted to the roll of solicitors in November 1964, passed away on Saturday.

Trainee solicitors representing the Law Society of Ireland have won the 19th Annual International Law School Mediation Tournament. David Murphy of Michael Houlihan & Partners, Paula O'Halloran of CDS Law & Tax and Grainne Hussey of Eversheds Sutherland travelled to Chicago for the competitio

Jason O'Sullivan, solicitor and public affairs consultant at J.O.S Solicitors, offers a practical guide to Irish businesses on steps to take in preparation for the coronavirus crisis. “It will be like nothing in our living memory” was the dire warning delivered this week by Taoiseach Leo

Over a dozen judges have been arrested in Slovakia in connection with a police investigation sparked by the 2018 murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak. The 13 judges, who reportedly include the vice-president of Slovakia's Supreme Court, have been arrested alongside five others believ

Organisations working on human rights and equality issue have been invited to apply to the Human Rights and Equality Grant Scheme 2020. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission will award small grants of up to €6,000 and general grants of up to €20,000 to support activities in Irelan

Solicitors could be banned from “cosy” deals with housebuilders after conveyancing firms failed to prevent tens of thousands of people from buying new-build homes with "unfair" leases, The Times reports. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) expressed concern over the role of