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Lisa Bryson, partner and head of employment at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast, considers the impact of COVID-19 on businesses in Northern Ireland. In some ways, it seems that the introduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme or the ‘Furlough’ scheme as its more commonly referred

A law professor has been detained after he refused to stop publicly criticising the government and “personality cult” of President Xi, The Times reports. Xu Zhangrun, 57, was taken into custody yesterday and removed from his post at the prestigious Tsinghua University after he wrote an a

The head of Russia's national women's organisation has called for a rainbow-coloured ice cream to be banned as "gay propaganda". Ekaterina Lakhova, an MP and head of the Union of Women of Russia, said the ice cream was "indirect propaganda" and comparable to the swastika, RIA reports.

A pair of prominent medical negligence solicitors have launched a new specialist practice, Liston Flavin, in Co Wicklow. The Greystones-based firm is led by partners Rachael Liston and Clare Flavin, former colleagues at Orpen Franks who headed up its award-winning medical negligence department.

HOMS Solicitors has announced the appointment of Stephen Walker, former managing partner of Dublin-based Whitney Moore, as a consultant in its corporate team. The hire forms part of the corporate growth strategy at HOMS Solicitors, which currently employs around 150 people across its Dublin, Limeric

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has become the first law firm in Northern Ireland to use a new web-based solution to facilitate online dispute resolution (ODR). The firm recently used the Consumer Code for Online Dispute Resolution (CCODR) platform to resolve a client dispute using remote mediation.

New proposals for the retention of DNA and fingerprints in Northern Ireland have been brought forward more than seven years after MLAs voted to introduce a new retention regime. Justice Minister Naomi Long has launched a consultation on proposed amendments to the biometric provisions set out in Sche

Former Irish president Mary Robinson has been appointed to a panel investigating allegations of corruption at the African Development Bank (AfDB). Mrs Robinson, an experienced barrister, will be joined by Hassan Jallow, Chief Justice of the Gambia, and Leonard McCarthy, a former South African prosec

The new government's programme "falls short" on access to justice in a number of key areas, legal rights group FLAC has said. In its new 17-page response to the Programme for Government, FLAC has repeated its call for a "root-and-branch" review of the civil legal aid system.

The chair of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland has urged US police forces to look to Ireland for lessons on police reform. Kathleen O'Toole was chief of the Seattle Police Department when she was appointed in 2018 to lead the high-profile review of An Garda Síochána.

A senior Irish barrister has published her first book after making a career turn into writing young adult fiction. Paulyn Marrinan Quinn SC, who served as Ireland's first-ever Insurance Ombudsman and later as Ireland's first-ever Ombudsman for the Defence Forces, published What Does Law Mean, Mumu?

An investigation has been launched into the apparent abduction of Sir Walter Scott's loyal four-legged companion. A 160-year-old statue in Perth depicts the renowned writer with his deerhound, Maida – but the dog has been stolen.

The High Court has granted the pre-trial application of Galway Clinic, a private hospital, to dismiss proceedings related to a 2017 majority decision by its board to build a new €17 million medical facility which did not proceed to construction. The proceedings were taken in the High Court by B

Arthur Cox partner Greg Glynn has retired after more than three decades with the firm. Mr Glynn, a partner in the firm's litigation and dispute resolution team, qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in 1984 after graduating from what was then called University College Galway.

Northern Ireland courts could have the power to depart from the acquis of EU law under proposals set out by the UK government yesterday. At present, only the UK Supreme Court and the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland will have this power from 31 December 2020.