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The Bar Council has launched a "manifesto for fairness" ahead of the general election later this month.

Property professionals believe planning reform would have the biggest impact on accelerating social housing delivery, according to a survey conducted by Mason Hayes & Curran. Nearly half (48 per cent) of 250 professionals surveyed by the business law firm said planning reform would have the bigg

School pupils at the Jes in Galway travelled to Chicago last week to compete in the international Empire Mock Trial competition.

A judge has blocked a law requiring schools and universities in Louisiana to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom pending the outcome of a legal challenge. The preliminary injunction follows legal proceedings taken by a multi-faith group of nine Louisiana families with children in public

HHD Solicitors has appointed Joanne Moore as an associate solicitor in the firm's conveyancing department. Writing on LinkedIn, the firm said: "Joanne brings a wealth of experience and expertise of the conveyancing process and her enthusiasm for exceptional client care will be a tremendous asset to

Elon Musk's X platform, formerly Twitter, is being sued for alleged copyright infringement by a coalition of French media outlets, including major newspapers Le Monde, Le Figaro and Le Parisien. The publishers allege that X has failed to comply with a French law which has, since 2019, required

Argentina is to scrap a law requiring the president to become the godparent of any couple's seventh son or seventh daughter. The bizarre 1974 law made international headlines a decade ago when then-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became godmother to a Jewish baby for the first time.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has urged firms to complete a survey on legal technology. The online survey, which will run until Friday 13 December, has been organised by the Law Society's law tech working group to help it design and deliver tailored solutions to drive efficiencies and business

Apple has been ordered to bring its geo-blocking practices in line with EU consumer law. The Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network of national consumer authorities and the European Commission have notified Apple of several potentially prohibited geo-blocking practices that the CPC Network ha

Kevin Healy, solicitor at CKT, reviews a recent decision by Judge John O'Connor in the Circuit Court. An application was made under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 by the children of AB, who had previously been appointed as decision-making representatives (DMRs), for a deed of trans

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has welcomed Leah Deehan as a senior solicitor and Robyn-Dee Herdman as an associate. Ms Deehan joins the firm's private client department, while Ms Herdman joins the corporate and commercial teams.

Judges from the UK, the US and around the world are planning to establish a new global judicial support network. Her Honour Judge Kalyani Kaul KC, a circuit judge in England and Wales who unsuccessfully sued the UK government over the handling of complaints she made against senior judges, is acting

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched an external investigation into allegations of misconduct by its prosecutor, Karim Khan KC. Päivi Kaukoranta, the Finnish president of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), announced the decision in a statement yesterday.

Police were called to a Le Creuset warehouse in England after hundreds of unruly bargain-hunters descended on a rare sale. The two-day sale at the luxury cookware brand's Andover, Hampshire warehouse proved unexpectedly popular, The Guardian reports.

The Irish Women Lawyers' Association (IWLA) is to host its 2024 gala dinner on 30 November 2024. The annual event celebrating women in law in Ireland is open to IWLA members and supporters.