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Belfast lawyer Jude Copeland is to address a major legal technology conference in London next week. Mr Copeland, a legal technology specialist at Cleaver Fulton Rankin, will speak at the Future Lawyer UK conference on the shifting landscape of client expectations and the imperative for law firms to

William Fry has been named Ireland's trademark disputes firm of the year for a second year running at the annual Managing IP Awards. Florence Meagher, a senior associate with William Fry who specialises in intellectual property law, also won the inaugural Ireland Rising Star of the Year award.

Justice ministers Helen McEntee and Naomi Long have met to discuss north-south co-operation across a range of criminal justice matters.

Business lobby groups have met with a junior minister in the Department of Justice to set out their call for a €75,000 cap on defamation awards. A delegation from ISME, which represents small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and the Convenience Stores & Newsagents Association (CSNA) met with

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has promoted David McKeating, Jonathan Ennis and Michelle Stewart to partner as part of a spring promotions round. The trio — Mr McKeating in the commercial and pensions team, Mr Ennis in the corporate team and Ms Stewart in the real estate team — wer

The long-awaited dedicated family courts complex in Dublin has reached a significant milestone with the approval of planning permission.

Better-looking lawyers are more likely to win their cases, according to a new study. Research undertaken at the University of Illinois gathered data on more than 1,000 US court cases and obtained photos and courtroom videos of the attorney involved.

The total debt of the top 50 law firms in the UK has reached £5.4 billion as they struggle to get clients to pay up. Data from accountancy firm Lubbock Fine found that the debt has rise by £177 million in the past year, City A.M. reports.

An American politician has been gently admonished for accidentally leaving a loaded firearm in a state legislature bathroom. Don Wilson, a Republican member of the Colorado House of Representatives, apparently placed the 9mm Glock handgun on a shelf and forgot about it, NBC News reports.

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More than a third of British lawyers responding to an online survey say they have inflated their timesheets to make more money. RollOnFriday, a legal blog with a wide readership in London, said 35.5 per cent of nearly 900 respondents to its anonymous survey admitted billing clients for time they did

Emer Walsh has been promoted to chief legal officer at Gas Networks Ireland. Ms Walsh will be responsible for the leadership and direction of all legal, corporate governance and data protection activities across Gas Networks Ireland, playing a key role in delivering on the organisation’s strat

A law student at the University of Galway has secured a prestigious internship with a US federal appeals court. Grace O'Brien, a final-year student on the BCL Criminology and Criminal Justice degree programme, obtained the internship through a summer exchange programme with Suffolk University Law Sc

Three new independent members have been appointed to the Northern Ireland Policing Board (NIPB) for the next four years. Marian Cree, Patrick Nelson and Thomas O'Reilly were appointed by justice minister Naomi Long following a public appointment competition.

The Irish government has welcomed the EU's approval of major reforms to European migration and asylum policy, despite fierce criticism from human rights campaigners. In a series of votes passed by varying margins, the European Parliament yesterday adopted 10 legislative texts which collectively impl