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A man who robbed a bank with a banana has been sentenced to 14 months in prison. Laurence James Vonderdell, 50, admitted offences of robbery and possessing an imitation firearm – a banana covered with an orange plastic bag.

A 20-year-old woman who was injured when the car in which she was a passenger was involved in a collision has been awarded €92,115 in damages for pain and suffering to date and into the future. Finding the woman to be an honest and truthful witness who did not seek to exaggerate or embellish he

Specialist employment law practice CC Solicitors has announced the appointment of Claire Dawson as partner in the firm. Ms Dawson is the second partner to join the Dublin-based firm this year, following the promotion of Regan O'Driscoll to partner in February.

Belfast-based insurance specialist practice Caldwell Warner is set to become part of UK law firm Keoghs. The merger is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete this summer, the firms said.

A&L Goodbody has welcomed the appointment of three new partners and three new associates in the corporate law firm's Belfast office. Mark Stockdale and David Rowan were promoted to partner in the corporate and M&A department, while Sam Corbett has been made partner in restructuring and insol

Dublin firm Philip Lee was named law firm of the year at the eighth annual black tie gala Travelers Irish Law Awards.

The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has briefed political parties on his plans to advance judicial reforms in the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive. Representatives of the DUP, Sinn Féin, UUP, SDLP and Alliance Party were invited to the Royal Court

A former garda who faced dismissal in the early 1980s after having a child out of wedlock has received an apology from Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan. Majella Moynihan, now in her late 50s, told an RTÉ Radio One documentary about how she became pregnant a

Nearly 2,500 offenders carried out over 355,000 hours of community service work in lieu of serving prison sentences last year, new figures reveal. The Probation Service worked with almost 16,000 offenders referred from the courts nationwide, according to the 2018 annual report for the service.

Arthur Cox was recognised as the best Irish firm for women in business law at the Euromoney LMG Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2019.

A judge in Minneapolis has sentenced lawyer Paul Hansmeier to 14 years' imprisonment for a scheme which saw him upload pornographic material to file-sharing networks before threatening to sue people who downloaded them, Ars Technica reports. “It is almost incalculable how much your abuse of tr

Staff at BLM's Belfast and Derry offices volunteered their time to help tidy up the grounds of the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice in Newtonabbey.

Thousands of criminal cases are being reviewed after the family of a judge said he had been going to work drunk. The allegations were made in guardianship papers filed by the family of Judge William T. Marshall, 62, an elected judge in southern Ohio.

A man who was left a 55-acre farm in his uncle’s only will, which was made a few days before his death, has won an appeal against the finding of the Circuit Court that the will was invalid. Overturning the finding that the deceased did not have the requisite mental capacity to make his will, M

Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie has announced the appointment of Christopher McCandless as its first-ever Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr McCandless, a qualified accountant and taxation advisor with 30 years’ experience, will take a place on the law firm's executive team, with responsibilit