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Kevin Oliver International law firm Allen & Overy has licensed AI technology from Kira Systems to assist in contract review in a number of practice areas.

An investigation has been launched after a fully-loaded submachine gun fell out of a Garda car and was found by a member of the public. The Heckler & Koch MP7 was handed into Store Street Garda Station around 25 minutes later.

A woman who commenced personal injury proceedings against singer Rihanna has been granted an order deeming the service of the summons good. While Ms Justice Miriam O'Regan was not satisfied that there was valid service as a matter of New York law or US federal law; she held that the service actually

Pictured (left-right, top-bottom): Maedhbh Calncy, Iseult Mangan, Declan McBride, Sarah McCague, David O'Shea and Sarah O'Sullivan Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of six lawyers to the rank of Of Counsel in the all-island firm's Dublin office.

Charlie Flanagan The number of new applications for insolvency solutions through the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) increased by 39 per cent in 2017.

Deirdre Malone The reported practice of forcing prisoners with serious mental illnesses to sleep on prison floors because there are no beds for them in the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) has been branded "utterly unacceptable".

Nicholas Quinn A Belfast-based solicitor specialising in civil litigation has welcomed a decision by NHS England to suspend surgical procedures using vaginal mesh devices over safety concerns.

Bad legal advice cost the Government at least €4 million, according to a new report to be published by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) tomorrow. Its latest quarterly report will blame the Chief State Solicitor's Office of botching a deal at the cost of €4 million, the Irish Examiner reports.

Sir Michael Fallon Former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon last night withdrew a bid to protect former soldiers and police officers from prosecution for offences related to the Troubles.

New counter-terrorism powers proposed by the UK government have been criticised by a Westminster committee as being too vaguely defined and lacking safeguards to protect human rights. In its report, the joint select committee on human rights said that it doubts whether the Counter-Terrorism and Bord

David Gauke The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced a series of measures to crack down on crime and violence in English and Welsh prisons, including the wider roll-out of in-cell telephones.

Dr Hanifi Bariş A petition calling for the release of a Turkish lawyer and Aberdeen University graduate has received more than 3,100 signatures.

Geoffrey Cox QC MP Geoffrey Cox QC MP has replaced Jeremy Wright QC as Attorney General for England and Wales.

President Donald Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, describing him as a "brilliant jurist". Mr Kavanaugh, a District of Columbia appeals court judge, formerly advised ex-President, George W Bush.

A French court has decreed that its famous national motto, “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité”, can be used as a defence in court. The Constitutional Council said on Friday that a farmer who smuggled migrants into the country was not guilty of a crime as he acted on “the principle of fraternity