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Pictured (l-r): JP McDowell of McDowell Purcell; Harry Cayton; Eileen Creedon, Chief State Solicitor; and Joseph McMahon, Dean of Law Harry Cayton CBE, chief executive of the UK Professional Standards Authority, delivered the McDowell Purcell Distinguished Guest Lecture at UCD Sutherland School of L

Solicitor Gavin Booth of KRW Law Belfast firm KRW Law announced the launch of judicial review proceedings against the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland at an event marking 40 years since the death of Seamus Ludlow yesterday.

Managing partner Joice Carthy Wicklow-based law firm Augustus Cullen Law has been recognised by Chambers Europe for the first time.

The Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA) raised almost £1,000 for a local homelessness charity after organising a pub quiz. Six teams competed at The House Pub & Kitchen in Stramillis, which provided the quiz master and nibbles, and raised a total of £926.99 for The Welcome Organisation.

Kirsty Scott Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin will raise cash for Macmillan Cancer Support at a race night later this month.

The High Court has found that an applicant’s challenge of a decision by the Minister for Justice and Equality, in which she refused to allow him to transfer his sentence from the UK to Ireland, was unarguable, as the Minister was not obliged to accept such transfers, and had not acted unreasonably

Acting Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Acting Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has announced the commencement of legislation allowing some minor offences to become spent after seven years.

Graeme Bell Dublin-based firm Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has appointed Graeme Bell as the new head of the firm’s London office.

The Belfast office of Arthur Cox advised Northern Ireland’s first surfboard manufacturing company in securing a £500,000 investment boost.

Managing partner Ernest J. Cantillon Cantillons Solicitors in Cork has said it is "humbled" by positive remarks about the firm in the recently published Chambers Europe 2016 Legal Rankings.

Lawyers for Boston College say it will fight a subpoena by the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to gain access to more of the Belfast Project tapes. The tapes are a record of interviews with former paramilitaries, who agreed to contribute to an oral

Peter Lockhart Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced a 5-a-side ‘mini’ Euros Football Tournament to raise money for charity.

Jessica Simor QC The candidates competing to be the next British judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have been named, The Guardian reports.

The Law Society of Ireland sought and obtained an order for various sanctions following an incident in which a solicitor, Michael O’Sullivan, withheld money from a client, Mr James Nolan, and failed to furnish a Bill of Costs explaining his fee, a breakdown of money to be returned to Mr Nolan, and

Former Justice Minister Michael McDowell Former Justice Minister Michael McDowell has been elected to Seanad Éireann on the NUI panel.