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Michael Quinlan The Law Society of Ireland has announced the election of solicitor Michael Quinlan as its 147th president, continuing a 176-year tradition since the election of first president Josias Dunn in 1841.

William Cross Cleaver Fulton Rankin director William Cross has retired from the Belfast firm after 33 years.

A judge of the High Court has said the €500,000 legal bill for a woman's judicial separation from her husband exposes a "serious flaw" in Ireland's legal system, The Irish Times reports. Mr Justice Michael Twomey also noted that the costs did not include separate divorce proceedings which have yet

William Hanly Cork firm BDM Boylan Solicitors has urged customers affected by the tracker mortgage scandal to engage a solicitor as soon as they learn they have been affected.

A senior solicitor at Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been named Young Lawyer of the Year at LawNet's 2017 Annual Conference and Awards. Rachael Gamble was recognised as an "exceptional" lawyer at the ceremony in Oxfordshire for her legal skills, business and practice development, personal skills and key

A "narcissistic" judge has been caught sending fake letters in the names of local people in support of his own planning applications. Judge Keith Alan Shaw was brought to court and found guilty of committing fraud between 2012 and 2015 in an effort to subvert Scarborough Council's planning processes

Police officers are being referred for prosecution for speeding, despite legal protection for speeding while at work, the Belfast Telegraph reports. In at least two cases, the officers involved opted to fight their cases in court and were acquitted.

County Down solicitor Patrick McConville has passed away. The Law Society of Northern Ireland has notified members of his passing and extended its condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

Pictured: Senator Michael McDowell SC at Checkpoint Cathal Borders and broken agreements lie ahead if the UK government stays its course on Brexit, according to speakers at the Hibernian Law Journal's Checkpoint Cathal lecture in Dublin.

The chiefs of The Bar of Ireland and The Bar of Northern Ireland have welcomed Friday's Brexit agreement between the UK and EU. In a statement, chairpersons Paul McGarry SC and Liam McCollum QC said they welcomed "the recognition and protection afforded to the relevant key legal provisions".

Pictured (l-r): Partners Richard O’Sullivan and Declan Murphy with new senior associates Claire Colfer, Julie Sweeney, Raymond Lambe and Andrew Croughan OSM Partners has announced the appointment of four new senior associates within the firm's corporate and commercial litigation, mortgage litigati

A human rights group has condemned Russian authorities’ blocking of five websites run by the Open Russia movement founded by the former Russian prisoner of conscience and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Amnesty International’s deputy director for Europe and Central Asia, Denis Krivosheev, s

A man who was convicted of murdering another in Crumlin in 2001, has successfully appealed his conviction on the basis that the trial judge made impermissible comments to the jury that could have been construed as advocating the prosecution case. In the five-judge Supreme Court, the appeal was allow

Ken Murphy The Law Society of Ireland has defended a decision to increase the salary of its part-time president to €115,000 per year.

Commissioner Helen Dixon Over €2 million has been spent on legal fees for the Data Protection Commissioner in the ongoing Schrems/Facebook data protection case.