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Ken Murphy The Law Society of Ireland has expressed concerns that protections outlined in the Government’s Domestic Violence Bill are inadequate, inflexible and fail to address UN recommendations on legal aid contributions in domestic violence cases.

Andrea McIlroy-Rose A presence in Dublin is "particularly important" to Pinsent Masons in the wake of Brexit, the head of the firm's Belfast office has said.

Senator John O'Mahony The Department of Justice is continuing to prepare a draft bill to transfer the administration of criminal legal aid to the Legal Aid Board.

A man who made threats to a member of staff at the office of Partners at Law Solicitors in Dún Laoghaire has been jailed for two and a half years. Staff at the office told gardaí Joseph McKeon, 41, was saying “crazy stuff” and threatened one woman that he would “break her jaw and blow her he

The vast majority of public sector workers believing whistleblowing is supported in their organisations, according to a survey by William Fry.

A lawyer for a construction company director, wanted in the UK over his role in a £5 million (about €5.8 million) tax fraud, has argued that Brexit leaves his client in a “legal limbo”. Thomas Joseph O'Connor, 49, was sentenced in his absence to four-and-a-half years in prison for defrauding

Saudi Arabia has made a multimillion dollar effort to export Wahhabism across the Islamic world and the West, including the UK, where it has funded mosques and Islamic educational institutions which in turn host Islamist extremist preachers and facilitate the distribution of extremist literature, ac

Arran Dowling-Hussey Barrister Arran Dowling-Hussey was named Ireland's lawyer of the year at Finance Monthly's 2017 Global Awards.

Proposed Fourth Floor break out space with glazed rooflight Redevelopment plans for the Inner Temple will meet the "needs and demands of training for barristers" the Inn has said.

Two women who were forced to work in Magdalen laundries have been granted an order of certiorari, quashing the refusal of the Minister for Justice and Equality to admit them to a government compensation scheme. Mr Justice Michael White refused to grant relief on the basis that the decision was unrea

Barristers in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick were paid record fees, The Irish Times reports. Senior counsel for the prosecution and defence were paid €3,000 a day, over three times the standard rate of €858 a day for senior counsel in Circuit Court trials.

Keystone Law has announced two significant senior hires to its Belfast office, just four months after the UK firm expanded into Northern Ireland through its merger with McMahon McKay.

Over 250 delegates celebrated the 80th anniversary of the Constitution at a successful conference in Waterford over the weekend.

Lord Neuberger The UK has a ‘serious problem’ with access to justice, the president of the UK Supreme Court has said.

Beauchamps has welcomed five interns to the firm for the next four weeks as part of the July intake of its Summer Internship Programme.