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The Bar of Northern Ireland has raised £14,500 for the National Autistic Society for NI at its first fundraising event of the year. The starting gun on the charity partnership was fired at the Belfast City Marathon, with barristers running the full marathon in support of the charity's vital wo

A rise in the number of hate crimes reported to the PSNI in the past year has been described as "deeply worrying" by human rights campaigners. The PSNI and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) today published hate crime figures covering the period from 1 April 2022 and 31 Marc

Global law firm K&L Gates (Ireland) LLP has formally launched its new Dublin office at an event in the Royal College of Physicians. The US-headquartered firm previously said its Irish operation will initially focus on asset management and investment funds (AMIF), with additional practice capabil

Daniel Kreith & Company Solicitors has officially opened its doors in Castleroy, Limerick. The new firm has been founded by Daniel Kreith, who trained and practised for a number of years at a busy general practice in Limerick City. He is a graduate of NUI Galway, now the University of Galway.

Coronial data on unidentified human remains has been published by the Department of Justice for the first time in a bid to achieve breakthroughs in unsolved missing persons cases. There are around 856 unsolved missing persons cases live on the Garda Pulse system, many of which have remained unsolved

Law student Jack Canning has been named as winner of the inaugural Matheson Scholarship in Law Plus, awarded by Matheson in association with the University of Limerick (UL). Delivered as part of UL's 50ForFifty initiative — a celebration of UL's first 50 years — the annual scholarsh

A new fixed penalty notice of £100 and three penalty points has been introduced to help tackle careless driving in Northern Ireland. The new penalty has introduced by the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) through secondary legislation using its powers under Article 57(2) of the Road Traffic

A suspected drunk driver tried to switch seats with his dog in the passenger seat and then claimed he wasn't driving, according to police. Police in Springfield, Colorado took to Facebook to explain what happened after pulling over a motorist allegedly driving at 52mph in a 30mph area.

Dr Evelyn Collins CBE, former chief executive of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, has been appointed as an honorary professor in Queen's University Belfast School of Law. Her expertise in equality law in Northern Ireland and across Europe aligns with the School's focus on human rights,

Tributes have been paid to Dr Albert Keating, a leading expert in Irish probate law, who has passed away at the age of 71 following a short illness. Dr Keating was born and raised in Cork City, educated at UCC and King’s Inns and was called to the Bar at the age of 21. Having practised for a f

The Bar of Ireland is seeking talks with ministers over fee restoration for barristers after reports that the government would consider increases in exchange for unspecified concessions. Professional fees paid to barristers practising criminal law on behalf of the State were slashed by amounts rangi

Ireland is continuing to act as an "enforcement bottleneck" for the GDPR, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said. In a new report published today, ICCL said Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) is failing to enforce the GDPR against Big Tech despite an increase in resources.

Belfast-based Millar McCall Wylie (MMW) has welcomed Luke Thompson as a solicitor in its real estate team. Mr Thompson is an experienced lawyer with expertise in all areas of real estate law, particularly landlord and tenant work, commercial property acquisitions and developments.

The English barristers' regulator has been asked to discipline UK home secretary Suella Braverman for expressing "racist sentiments and discriminatory narratives". Nine legal and faith organisations have complained to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) about Ms Braverman, who is a qualified barrister but

Portugal has approved new legislation allowing for assisted dying and euthanasia in limited circumstances. The bill was approved by parliamentarians from the governing Socialist Party and its centre-left allies in spite of serious opposition from the country's conservative president, who had vetoed