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Four part-time judges have succeeded against the Ministry of Justice in an appeal to the Supreme Court over their rights to a pension. The Supreme Court unanimously allows the appeals. Lord Carnwath gives the sole judgments, with which Lady Hale (President), Lord Reed (Deputy President) and Lord Wil

Senior judges and lawyers paid tribute to UK Supreme Court president Lady Hale today at a valedictory ceremony marking her retirement next month.

Pupils at Thornhill College have won the Derry regional heat of the annual Bar Mock Trial Competition.

Belfast-based Millar McCall Wylie (MMW) has announced a sponsorship deal with Ulster hockey’s most prestigious male competition. The firm will sponsor the final of this year's Kirk Cup on Boxing Day, which will see title holders Banbridge face Lisnagarvey at Stormont, as well as the 2020 compe

LK Shields Solicitors has announced its appointment as lead sponsor of Galwegians Rugby Football Club. The law firm expanded into Galway just over two years ago and Galwegians is one of the leading rugby clubs in the region, with an active community of over 700 players and members.

The Royal Courts of Justice was packed out for the Pro Bono Choir's annual Christmas concert.

Poland has failed to adequately act on anti-corruption recommendations made by the Council of Europe in respect of the judiciary, prosecutors and members of parliament. In a follow up assessment on corruption, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) found that Poland

A teenager who stabbed Newcastle lawyer Peter Duncan to death in August has been jailed for life. Ewan Ireland, who was 17 at the time, attacked Mr Duncan with a shoplifted screwdriver after the solicitor brushed past him outside a shopping centre in Newcastle city centre.

A biopic about an Israeli lawyer who defended Palestinians accused of terrorism has been shortlisted for an Oscar. Advocate, based on the five-decade career of attorney Lea Tsemel, has been shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

A tiny village in Sicily is fighting against depopulation by offering up €1 houses and hefty tax cuts. Bivona, with a population of around 4,000, is one of more than a dozen Italian towns which have slashed house prices to attract incomers.

Planning permission for eleven wind turbines in Cork, granted by An Bord Pleanála, has been quashed in the Supreme Court. Emphasising the need for decision-making institutions to provide proper reasoning for decisions, Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell said that the Inspector who reported to t

New figures have "shone a statistical searchlight on the false and exaggerated claims of the Irish motor insurance industry", the Law Society of Ireland has said. The Central Bank of Ireland yesterday published figures showing that premiums increased by 42 per cent between 2009 and 2018, despite the

The Inspector of Prisons, Patricia Gilheaney, has called on the Government to bring forward legislative changes required by a "modern inspectorate". The Government has planned since 2011 to bring forward an Inspection of Places of Detention Bill to allow Ireland to implement the Optional Protocol to

The prosecution of a woman who bought abortion pills for her teenage daughter did not breach human rights laws, the High Court in Belfast has ruled. The woman was charged with two counts of unlawfully procuring and supplying the abortion drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol, with intent to procure a

The Construction Bar Association of Ireland (CBA) raised over €900 for loneliness charity ALONE Ireland at its recent Christmas lecture. Seán Moynihan, CEO of ALONE, delivered the lecture on the topic of "Housing Issues for Older People: No Room at the Inn?".