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Mid-Ulster District Council have successfully appealed a finding of the High Court that the correct approach to calculating domestic rates was a matter at the discretion of the Department of Environment (DoE). The DoE submitted that the conversion factor applied to the capital value in each council

Eversheds Sutherland has announced the appointment of Matthew Howse as partner in the firm's Belfast office. Mr Howse, a specialist in litigation and dispute resolution, will bring 13 years of legal experience in Birmingham and Belfast to the international firm's litigation department.

The Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) has said it made "some progress" last year in reducing a backlog of complaints, with fewer than one-in-five complaints unresolved by the end of 2017. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan launched the PSRA's annual report for 2017 at the National Ploughi

The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, is set to launch a new access to justice initiative for children and their families next week. The Children's Rights Alliance (CRA) initiative aims to make children and families aware of their rights through easily-accessible, free legal informa

The Inner House of the Court of Session in Edinburgh has ruled that a question about whether the UK's decision to leave the EU can be revoked should be answered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), our sister publication Scottish Legal News reports. A judicial review

Human rights lawyer Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC, whose book on the Birmingham Six prompted one of the most significant defamation cases before the Irish courts, has passed away at the age of 92. He is widely known for his role in founding Amnesty International and his work with the Howard League for Pe

LK Shields recently acted for Recruitment Entrepreneur, a fund led by James Caan CBE, in its acquisition of specialist Dublin recruiter 360 Search. Mr Caan, a former Dragon from the BBC programme Dragon's Den, told the Irish Independent that he expects to invest in three more Irish firms this year.

Law students at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) have been invited to join the LawPod team following the legal podcast's first successful year. The weekly podcast, launched in February, produced over 30 episodes and was downloaded more than 20,000 times in its first year.

A consumer body has said claims made by Ulster University about its rankings and reputation are unverifiable. Which? analysed comparative claims made by UK universities and found that at least six make unverifiable claims on their website, in likely breach of advertising standards.

A policeman has resigned over claims he was caught having sex with a female solicitor in a police station. It is believed the pair were found in a disused interview room in flagrante delicto.

Marital rape only became a crime under section 5 of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990, which abolished ‘any rule of law by virtue of which a husband cannot be guilty of the rape of his wife’. Under the common law prior to the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990, a h

A raccoon who broke into a woman's bathroom was shamed on social media by local police officers.

A stay has been granted in the test case raising the technical objection of the use of contractors by the International Protection Office (IPO) in the process of coming up with a negative recommendation. Restraining the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) from further processing the app

Ireland's top seven law firms saw their combined income grow by €35 million to over €755 million last year, according to analysis published by The Lawyer. Although six of the seven firms do not release information on their earnings, analysts for the legal publication have estimated their t

Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced the appointment of five new solicitors and a new marketing manager.