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Legislation to introduce the most significant reforms to the judicial appointments process in 25 years will be published within weeks and enacted by the end of September, the government has announced. The enactment of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020 is one of 159 actions to be deliver

A major conference hosted by the Law Society of Scotland will mark the 90th anniversary of the famous "snail in a bottle" case, Donoghue v Stevenson. The conference will welcome speakers from across the world in recognition of the global significance of the case, which laid the foundations of the mo

A nearly eight-metre sculpture of a shark crashing through the roof of a terraced house has been recognised as a protected landmark 36 years after it was illegally installed without permission. Oxford City Council spent years seeking to remove the 1986 sculpture by Bill Heine, an American who came t

The European Union has reached political agreement on landmark new legislation aimed at addressing "systemic misbehaviour" among so-called Big Tech companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) will blacklist certain practices used by large platforms acting as &

An English barrister who mocked and humiliated opposing counsel at a hearing has been fined £1,500 by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). Althea Sonia Brown was found to have "improperly undermined, insulted, humiliated and/or annoyed" the opposing barrister, named NC, and/or "was in the circumstan

Partners at global law firm Clyde & Co and UK-headquartered BLM have voted in favour of merging this July to create a combined entity with a global revenue of over £700 million per year.

The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal against the severity of a sentence imposed on a man who raped a 17-year-old girl twice at the same party. The sentencing judge had determined that the offending warranted a headline sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment, with the final two years suspende

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has announced funding totalling €4.6m for more than 60 organisations to support victims of crime. The €4.6m is an increase of over 20 per cent on the previous total fund of €3.8m which was made available in 2021.

Police have arrested a man who allegedly stole a van filled with about 1,100 pairs of new Adidas “Yeezy” shoes. Officers in Portland, Oregon, said they found the stolen van on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia has executed 16 more people since the mass execution of 81 men on March 12. Eight of those executions took place this week, including two executions on Wednesday, only two days before F1 practice sessions begin.

Alison Kelleher, of Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP, will this year join the Chambers and Partners ranking as ‘Up and Coming’ in Dispute Resolution – Healthcare Litigation. Ms Kelleher is a partner in the healthcare department at CKT who specialises in the defence of professional and clin

Young Mediators is hosting a free online event with Bill Marsh next month. Mr Marsh, one of Europe's most experienced international mediators, will discuss all things mediation. He is ranked band 1 in mediation by Chambers & Partners and has been awarded Mediator of the Year by Who’s

A new Environmental, Social and Governance Virtual Experience Programme has been launched at Matheson – the first of its kind to be established by an Irish law firm. The programme will be hosted on Forage, a free, open access platform, and will aim to upskill aspiring solicitors and enable the

Carson McDowell has been awarded the Bronze Diversity Charter Mark in recognition of its ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion within the workplace. The Diversity Charter Mark is awarded to companies following an independent panel assessment. It is a ‘mark of progress’ that publi

A written statement issued yesterday from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland sets out that the UK government is preparing regulations to directly commission abortion services in Northern Ireland if progress is not made directly following the Assembly elections in May. This follows a previou