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Northern Ireland legal academic Dr Thomas L Muinzer has been appointed as a co-director of the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL). AUCEL is an energy-oriented research and educational institute based at the University of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland.

The president of the Law Society of Ireland has led tributes to its outgoing director general Ken Murphy on his announced retirement. Mr Murphy will retire in March 2021 after reaching his 65th birthday, having completed 26 years as director general, as Irish Legal News reported on Friday.

The last thing the UK needs is a government whose ministers exercise “unbridled power”, a former UK Supreme Court justice has said. Speaking to The Guardian, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, who retired from the bench last month, criticised recent comments from the Home Secretary Priti Patel and

Staff at Oberstown Children's Detention Campus have threatened to strike over the placement of a young woman into a new mixed-gender unit. Trade union Fórsa said its members were not consulted on the establishment of the new unit and have concerns about the impact on detainees and staff.

A full obituary of barrister Anne Bunni, who became the first woman to chair the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Ireland, has been published by The Irish Times. Ms Bunni passed away in September at the age of 82, having retired in 2003 after a long career as a barrister, arbitrator and vi

A senior Brazilian politician was found with cash stuffed in his underpants when police raided his house in connection with the alleged theft of Covid-19 funds. Senator Chico Rodrigues, an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, resigned as the government's deputy leader in the senate after the embarrassi

No new juries will be sworn in to hear trials at the Central Criminal Court if the government opts for a Level 5 lockdown, it emerged this morning. Mr Justice Michael White today said that trials can continue during Level 4 restrictions with juries to be selected from smaller panels to allow for soc

The Supreme Court has held that the current statutory procedure for the revocation of naturalised citizenship is unconstitutional. Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne held that there were insufficient safeguards contained in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 s.19.

Mr Justice Séamus Woulfe's thrice-postponed meeting with Chief Justice Frank Clarke to discuss the Denham report has been called off for medical reasons. The Supreme Court judge and former Attorney General was due to meet the Chief Justice to discuss the findings of former chief justice Susan

The president of the High Court has criticised lawyers for failing to follow public health guidelines in the courts, including the requirement for two-metre physical distancing. Ms Justice Mary Irvine said there were "more practitioners offending than complying with their social distancing obligatio

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed its first-ever trainee solicitor in Belfast. Sarah McKaigue, who previously interned with the firm, commenced her traineeship earlier this week.

The Department of Justice has published two research papers on spent convictions as part of a government review of Ireland's spent convictions regime. Justice Minister Helen McEntee last week launched a consultation on spent convictions, inviting views on issues such as what length of sentences shou

The UK government's Internal Market Bill is "contrary to the rule of law" and risks destabilising the UK's constitutional settlement, a Lords committee has said. In its report on the bill, which it said is "without precedent", the Constitution Committee added that the government has given no "satisf

Proposed legislation giving undercover police and MI5 agents explicit permission to commit criminal offences has passed its third reading in the House of Commons by a huge margin. The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) (Criminal Conduct) Bill was approved by 313-98 after the defeat of a number

Dublin City University will host an entirely virtual National Moot Court Competition for the first time next month. The competition, sponsored by A&L Goodbody, will take place on Saturday 21 November 2020.