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Belfast solicitor Niall Murphy, partner at KRW Law, has been named "Lawyer of the Week" by The Times. The newspaper has published a Q&A with Mr Murphy following his work on the successful legal challenge by Northern Ireland journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey against police search warr

Players from countries across the world will compete at the Law Society's headquarters next weekend in the 10th Annual SARI UNHCR World Refugee Day Fair Play Cup. The Fair Play Cup is Ireland's largest World Refugee Day event, held every year to draw attention to the millions of refugees who have be

The law is on Scotland's side in its dispute with Ireland over the waters of Rockall, according to two Irish maritime law experts, The Times reports. Clive Symmons, of Trinity College Dublin, said Irish ministers were "incorrect" to assert that the Scottish government had no basis for excluding Iris

A disability charity has unveiled a brand new state-of-the-art multi-sensory room with the help of law firm Keating Connolly Sellors.

Amazon is facing two lawsuits in the US over its storage of children's voices through its Alexa product, The Register reports. The lawsuits have been lodged in courts in California and Washington by guardians of the unnamed children, aged eight and 10.

Paramedics will be armed and told to use necessary force when responding to certain high-risk situations under a new law. The medical professionals will have to complete annual firearm safety and "tactical" training under the measure, set to take effect in the US state of Florida from July.

An inquest into the death of Daniel Carson, a young Catholic who was murdered as he left work near the lower Shankill in 1973, has found that the investigation into his death was “flawed and inadequate”. Finding that there was “compelling and credible evidence” that the gunma

Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly has been nominated by ministers for appointment to the Court of Appeal. The judge, who called to the Bar in 1988 and the Inner Bar in 2004, has sat on the High Court bench since 2014.

The last in a set of six EU directives providing guarantees during criminal proceedings across all member states has come into force. The directive on special safeguards for children started to apply yesterday, just over a month after the directive guaranteeing access to legal aid started to apply.

The Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA) has criticised the Government for progressing a bill on access to adoption records "without consulting stakeholders". The group, which operates a peer support network of 2,000 adopted people, natural mothers and other family members, complained that the Department

Dr Eoin Guilfoyle, teaching associate in law at University of Bristol Law School, considers proposals to introduce sentencing guidelines in Ireland. In comparison to other common law jurisdictions, Ireland has a relatively unstructured sentencing system. Judges in Ireland have a high degree of discr

Commercial law firm Tughans will run a free legal clinic at this year's Digital DNA, the biggest digital and tech event in Northern Ireland.

Lord Boyd of Duncansby has been appointed as Vice President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. The tribunal, which has UK-wide jurisdiction, provides a right of redress for anyone who believes that they have been a victim of unlawful action by a public authority using covert investigative techniq

News publishers who appealed over articles defamatory of a man in respect of his behaviour towards his former wife have had their appeal dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court on the basis the “serious harm” test was satisfied. The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal,

MI5 has been unlawfully retaining innocent people’s data for years, the High Court of England and Wales has been told. At a judicial review of the intelligence service's activities, lawyers for human rights group Liberty said that MI5 had acknowledged internally that data was being mishandled.