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Preliminary hearings into legacy cases will take place this September to establish their readiness for full inquest proceedings, the presiding coroner has announced. Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan today held a listing of all the outstanding legacy inquests to provide an update on the work that is being

A coalition of Northern Ireland civil society groups has called on the UK Government to "do everything in its power" to prevent a no-deal Brexit. The letter warns that the possibility of the UK leaving the EU without a deal in October has "dramatically increased" following Prime Minister Theresa May

The laws around surrogacy in Britain are outdated and should be improved to better support the child, surrogates and intended parents, the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have announced. Surrogacy is where a woman bears a child on behalf of someone else or a coupl

Trainee solicitors Grainne Hussey and Aneta Szczurek triumphed in the fifth Corn Adomnáin Competition in International Humanitarian Law (IHL).

Partners and staff at international law firm Eversheds Sutherland celebrated Global Running Day and World Environment Day by taking part in runs in Dublin and Belfast.

American mediation expert Tim Hicks will discuss his new book, which explores te neuroscience underpinning conflict and communication, at a private Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) event next week. Mr Hicks is a conflict resolution professional in private practice in Eugene, Oregon, having work

Everyone in the UK will have the legal right to request a decent and affordable broadband connection from March next year, Ofcom has confirmed. The communications regulator is implementing the UK Government's "universal broadband service", a safety net that will give eligible homes and businesses a

On 9 June 1976, Marie and Noel Murray were convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. In September 1975, Garda Michael Reynolds was fatally shot in the head while chasing two men and a woman who had robbed the Bank of Ireland in Killester at gunpoint. The Murrays were arrested and charged w

Dozens of ice cream trucks have been seized by authorities in a major crackdown on traffic law violations. A total of 46 trucks were seized as part of "Operation Meltdown" in New York City, CNN reports.

A man who complained that the medical expert fees included in the bill of costs of the hospital and consultant in his medical negligence claim were so unusually high as to indicate a conflict of interest has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court. Although commenting that the fact that the fees were n

Commercial law firm Tughans has announced the appointment of Michael McCord as senior partner, taking over from John-George Willis. Mr Willis will remain with the firm as a consultant in the corporate team, which will now be led by partner James Donnelly.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is celebrating its tenth anniversary in Dublin with a special event for clients and colleagues later this month. The event at The Royal Hibernian Academy will mark the firm's growth from just one Dublin-based lawyer in 2009 to an office of over 60 colleagues, wi

Dundalk firm Catherine Allison & Company Solicitors has announced the appointment of Emma Fearon as a litigation solicitor. Ms Fearon was educated in Northern Ireland and obtained an LLB from Trinity College Dublin, before going on to study for her legal practising certificate at the College of

Judge Desmond Marrinan has been appointed by the Department of Justice to lead an independent review of Northern Ireland's hate crime laws. The review will examine issues such as a workable and agreed definition of a hate crime; whether the current enhanced sentence approach is appropriate for North

Ireland has "relegated youth justice to the bottom of the criminal justice system with little or no training for lawyers or judges", a Circuit Court judge has said. Judge John O'Connor, who was appointed a judge of the District Court in 2012 and of the Circuit Court earlier this year, made the comme