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English and Welsh solicitors are continuing to join the Irish roll of solicitors in significant numbers nearly three years on from the Brexit vote, new figures reveal. A total of 2,772 solicitors from England and Wales have been admitted to the Irish roll, according to the latest Law Society of Irel

Professor Daithí Mac Síthigh, a law professor at Queen's University Belfast, is among 14 professionals selected to participate in a six-week international leadership programme beginning tomorrow. The 2019 Island of Ireland Programme, organised by Eisenhower Fellowships, will see seven

Partner Seán Barton and trainee solicitor Kevin Ryan at McCann FitzGerald reflect on a busy year for Ireland's Commercial Court. Our research identified that 161 new cases were admitted to the Commercial List of the Irish High Court during the calendar year 2018. While this was more in line w

Barrister Jacqueline Simpson QC and Barbara Creed, partner at A&L Goodbody, are set to deliver the next Women in Law lecture in Belfast. The next event in the lecture series, organised by The Bar of Northern Ireland in conjunction with the Law Society of Northern Ireland, focuses on "Commercial

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) experienced its busiest year yet in 2018, with a 20 per cent increase in number of hearings and almost twice as many face-to-face mediations than the year before, new figures reveal. The figures are set out in the WRC's annual report for 2018, the fourth repo

UK law firm TLT, with offices in Belfast, has announced a new partnership with asset management and fact-finding experts to provide a resolution for interest-only mortgage product lenders. The new partnership, with Spicerhaart Corporate Sales and Excel, is aimed at assisting interest-only mortgage b

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called for the repeal of the Censorship of Publications Acts to "liberate the arts from the threat of censorship once and for all". The civil liberties group has launched a petition which links the legislation, which is rarely used, to the outcry over

Up to 36 people face prosecution for buying sex after three "national days of action" by An Garda Síochána, the force has announced. The intelligence-led operations across six garda divisions were co-ordinated by the Operation Quest team at the Garda National Protection Services Bureau

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, will give evidence on data privacy in the digital age to a US Senate committee tomorrow morning. Ms Dixon is one of four witnesses appearing before the commerce, science and transportation committee to discuss "Consumer Perspectives: Policy Princi

A prestigious gallery inadvertently launched a protest movement after removing an artwork showing a young woman suggestively eating a banana. The newly-installed head of the National Museum in Warsaw said the 1973 video is obscene and harmful to young people.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a District Judge of the Magistrates' Court did not have the power to refuse jurisdiction and commit an accused who had already pleaded guilty to the Crown Court. Lord Justice Seamus Treacy stated that, in circumstances where the accused had already elected for summ

A new law allowing for individuals who commit serious offences abroad to be prosecuted under Irish law has come into force from today. The Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Act 2019 was signed into law in March, allowing the State to ratify the Istanbul Convention on International Women's

Ireland is the only jurisdiction in the European Union where judges are not subject to a disciplinary body or regime short of being impeached, a new EU report has found. The 2019 EU Justice Scoreboard notes that the only available process is impeachment by a majority in both Houses of the Oireachtas

More than £9 million has been paid in compensation to 16 people who were wrongfully convicted of crimes in the Northern Ireland courts over a decade. Figures obtained by BBC News NI show that 84 people were wrongfully convicted between 2007 and 2017 of crimes including murder and rape.

Prominent barrister Michael Lavery QC, who represented the families of many Bloody Sunday victims at the Saville Inquiry, has passed away at the age of 84. Mr Lavery, who called to the Bar in 1956 and took silk in 1971, retired in 2017 after a six-decade career.