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A law professor at Ulster University is spending ten days in El Salvador to support the establishment of a new State office to search for those disappeared during the country's civil war. Professor Cath Collins, professor of transitional justice in the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster Univer

An academic involved in researching the Magdalene laundries has hit out at the Government for failing to publish the records from the McAleese inquiry, the Irish Examiner reports. Professor James Smith, who is based in the English Department at Boston College and involved in Justice For Magdalenes R

A 35-year-old man has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of terrorism offences. The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Peter Morgan was in possession of bomb-making manuals as well as equipment and a selection of Neo-Nazi and other extreme right-wing paraphernalia and flags.

Permission has been granted for cows to visit nudist beaches during the heatwave to cool down, despite complaints. Nudists have been forced to compete with livestock for beach space and claim their presence is "unhygienic and could pose a health risk".

Global law firm Baker McKenzie has credited its global services centre in Belfast with helping to deliver "significant efficiencies and savings" worth over $50 million in annual revenue. Paul Rawlinson, chair of the firm, made the remarks as he welcomed figures showing global revenues up 10 per cent

Belfast firm Davidson McDonnell has announced the appointment of Lynsey Elliott as a senior solicitor, extending the firm's offering to include a full range of finance legal services. Ms Elliott qualified as a solicitor in 2011 and joined the finance department of a major Irish law firm as an associ

New York-based law firm Tully Rinckey changed its approach to its Dublin expansion following President Donald Trump's US tax reforms, The American Lawyer reports. The firm's Dublin office currently has three solicitors but hopes to grow to 10 by the end of 2018 and 35 within three years.

The DCU Brexit Institute has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with AIB, which joins law firm Arthur Cox as an official sponsor of the institute. The institute brings together experts from a number of DCU's faculties and schools, including the School of Law and Government.

The European Commission has given Poland one month to take measures to undo controversial judicial reforms before it takes the country to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The Commission said the response from the Polish authorities to the letter of formal notice it issued at the st

Gerard Ward, senior associate at DWF in Belfast, writes on the key differences between employment law in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. As the Employment law division of DWF, we regularly advise NI and GB based employers on their operations in the Republic of Ireland. As the UK approa

British citizens living in other EU countries have launched a court challenge against Brexit on the basis of electoral law breaches during the referendum campaign. The UK in EU Challenge group, represented by English law firm Croft Solicitors, argues that the referendum was not conducted "in accorda

Ibrahim Halawa, the Irish citizen who was detained in Egypt for four years during an international campaign for his release, will speak at this year's Belfast International Arts Festival. The full festival programme is set to be launched tomorrow, organisers say, but Patrick Corrigan let Mr Halawa's

The Law Society of Ireland is offering free guided tours of its Blackhall Place headquarters to the public during National Heritage Week. The tours will cover the history of Oxmanstown Green, the local landscape throughout the centuries, the original Blue Coat School and Thomas Ivory's vision for th

A solicitor who left a man with permanent sight damage after headbutting him at a youth rugby match has been banned from practising, The Times reports. Gavin Dowell, 52, was struck off after the attack on his friend Mark Scoble during their sons' match.

A law graduate training as a solicitor with William Fry next year is representing Co Kildare in the Rose of Tralee festival this weekend. Gráinne Carr, 23, graduated from Maynooth University last September with a first class honours degree in Law and has since completed the Law Society entran