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The Prime Minister and Home Secretary have been asked by more than 800 former judges and senior legal figures to apologise for endangering lawyers in a letter to The Guardian. Boris Johnson and Priti Patel are also accused of displaying “hostility” towards the profession and undermining

The Lawyer has produced a special report on changes to the M&A landscape in Ireland in 2020. "Like every M&A market globally, the areas in which deal activity in Ireland has been concentrated during the first half of 2020 has, to a large extent, been driven by the impact of Covid-19 on busin

A Donegal solicitor gave CPR to one of his dying brown bears in an attempt to save her life, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Over 1,000 people from corporate Ireland participated in A&L Goodbody's Corporate Crime and Regulation Summit.

A law firm is looking for a dog walker, on a salary of £30,000. The post of private assistant and dog walker is being advertised by litigation specialist Joseph Hage Aaronson.

The High Court has held that a man was held in lawful custody despite a detour to another court. Background

A High Court judge has said he hopes to have civil jury trials up and running in the New Year. Mr Justice Bernard Barton, who presides over the High Court civil jury trials, made the comments on Thursday after acknowledging that no civil jury trials will take place this year due to the Covid-19 pand

Of the 48 countries covered in a new justice report, Ireland had the lowest judicial system budget as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) report found that, in 2018, the Republic's courts, legal aid and prosecution spend was 0.1

The High Court in Northern Ireland has awarded a woman £5,000 for the "upset, distress, annoyance, inconvenience, worry and humiliation" caused as a result of unlawful discrimination. Lorraine Cox was diagnosed with the terminal illness of motor neurone disease and the Law Centre NI brought a

An appeal has been issued for information on the death of Leo Norney on 13 September 1975. The inquest into the death of the 17-year-old is to be heard by Coroner McGurgan on a date to be fixed.   

On Friday 9 October, 98 solicitors from Monaghan, Cavan and Louth attended the annual North East CPD 2020, which took place online for the first time in the event’s history. Organised by the Law Society Finuas Skillnet in association with Monaghan, Cavan, Drogheda and Louth Solicitors’ B

New rules to protect traditional British foods including Stilton cheese, Melton Mowbray pork pies and Scotch whisky have been outlined by the UK government. The protections will replace the EU’s geographical indication scheme after the end of the Brexit transition period.

The European Union's 2020 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought has been awarded to the opposition in Belarus and its leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, for facing up to the Lukashenko regime. Belarus has been in the midst of a political crisis since the disputed presidential elections on 9 August, w

An undercover police officer was beaten up by his colleagues after they mistook him for a protestor. Riot police in Jambi, Indonesia have been filmed violently beating people protesting the country's job creation law.

The Supreme Court has held that Udarás Úchtála, the Adoption Authority, cannot lawfully refuse to register the separate Mexican adoptions of two young children in the Register of Intercountry Adoptions (the Register). Background