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Graham Pierce, partner and head of commercial property at Worthingtons Solicitors in Belfast, examines the law on signage in Northern Ireland. A tenant of commercial premises will normally expect to display signs at or near his premises indicating the name and nature of his business and any promotio

People with social security debt should be told about the discretionary waiver which allows it to be written off, the Law Centre NI has said. There has been 3,546 cases of overpayment of Universal Credit since its 2017 roll-out but the discretionary waiver has only been used three times, according t

Judges and lawyers attended Law Society House on Friday for the launch of a new book by barrister and former academic Katie Quinn and solicitor advocate Charlene Dempsey. Bail Law and Practice in Northern Ireland, published by the Law Society of Northern Ireland, outlines the many powers of the poli

The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee is accepting nominations for its next Charity of the Year. The committee runs fundraising activities throughout the year for its chosen charity, which is currently Helping Hand, the charity to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.

Belfast-based Higgins Hollywood Deazley (HHD) Solicitors has congratulated graduates from the Couch to 5k (C25K) programme run by North Belfast Harriers. The law firm is a long-standing sponsor of the programme for amateur runners, which recently held a graduation ceremony at the Waterworks Parkrun.

A 79-year-old flight attendant with a $250,000 salary has launched a lawsuit against her former employer after being dismissed nearly six decades into the job. Ida Gomez Llanos was the most senior flight attendant at Delta Airlines, having joined the firm in 1962 - over two decades before smoking wa

A woman who worked as a school principal in a small national school for twenty years has been granted an order of certiorari, quashing the decision of the Board of Management to dismiss her. Finding that the Board had failed to give adequate reasons for their decision, Mr Justice Anthony Barr also c

A&L Goodbody has congratulated its first partners and associates to graduate from the first-of-its-kind ALG Masters in the Business of Law. The ALG Masters is the result of a collaboration between UCD Smurfit Executive Development, UCD Sutherland School of Law and A&L Goodbody.

Legislation making it a criminal offence to travel abroad to join a terrorist group has not moved beyond the preliminary stage over a year after an EU deadline, according to reports. The Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill aims to give effect to EU Directive 2017/541 on combating terrorism an

The Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan SC, has criticised the Courts Service for not publishing his rulings on its website. Mr Honohan, who is not a judge, said he was told by officials that "there is no room on their website" for his extensive written rulings, which have often criticised judg

Commercial law firm Tughans has been named Northern Ireland Law Firm of the Year by The Legal 500. The accolade gave the firm extra reason to celebrate at its Christmas client drinks reception in Belfast's Merchant Hotel yesterday.

Arthur Cox has been named M&A Legal Adviser of the Year for Ireland at Mergermarket's European M&A Awards 2019 in London. The awards recognise excellence in corporate, private equity, banking and legal M&A expertise across a number of European jurisdictions.

A legal challenge by Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to the blocking of a second independence referendum would likely fail, according to a legal academic. Ms Sturgeon said this week that she was considering “all options” in response to a question about a potential legal ch

Edward “Ned” Kelly was a famous Irish-Australian bushranger and outlaw who was executed in November 1880. Part I and Part II of this series were published last month. After the Fitzpatrick affair, Ned and Dan were in hiding along with Joe Byrne and Steve Hart.  

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