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The number of ordinary judges in the Court of Appeal will be increased from nine to 15 under new Government plans to cut waiting times. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said the move would ensure that the court has "the necessary resources to ensure prompt and timely access to justice".

DWF Belfast is part of the UK-wide team that has secured an appointment to the UK government's Crown Commercial Service (CCS) legal framework panel. The CCS brings together policy, advice and direct buying to provide commercial services to the public sector. DWF has been appointed to a new three-yea

Divorce has become a "much less divisive" issue in Ireland in the two decades since the last divorce referendum, family law solicitor Keith Walsh has said. Mr Walsh discussed possible changes to Ireland's divorce laws on The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk this morning amid reports that a new divorce ref

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates writes for Irish Legal News following a landmark ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). This may sound like a strange heading. However, the CJEU's decision in case C-378/17, Minister for Justice and Eq

The UK government has published its full legal advice on the draft Brexit deal after government ministers were found to be in contempt of Parliament in an historic first. The government had failed to publish the advice of Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC in spite of a binding vote to that effect by

A group of lawyers aiming to help tackle homelessness by raising cash for the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People has raised nearly €80,000 in its first year.

The Law Society of Ireland's annual Calcutta Run fundraiser has raised €4 million over the past two decades to help tackle homelessness in Dublin and Kolkata. Calcutta Run organisers recently presented the Peter McVerry Trust and The Hope Foundation with cheques for €150,000 each at an eve

A new anthology of writings by authors from a legal background, collected by former solicitor Danielle McLaughlin, is set to be launched in Cork and Dublin over this and next week. Proceeds from Counterparts: A Synergy of Law and Literature will support homelessness charity the Peter McVerry Trust.

People will be able to participate in court hearings via their smartphones, the Lord Chief Justice has said. Lord Burnett of Maldon explained the move would allow people on low incomes access to the justice system, The Times reports.

A town council has scrapped its long-standing ban on snowball fights after a sustained campaign by a local nine-year-old. Dane Best, who lives in Severance, a small town in the US state of Colorado, found out about the obscure, largely unenforced law during a school trip to town hall.

A convicted murderer who argued that the judge in his trial should have given an accomplice warning to the jury in relation to evidence from one of the key prosecution witnesses has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court. Dismissing the appeal, Mr Justice Peter Charleton said that the decision no

Article 50 TEU allows the unilateral revocation of the notification of the intention to withdraw from the EU, according to an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union.  At the request of various MSPs, MPs and MEPs, the Inner House of the Court of Session, asks the Court of

Barry Devereux has been re-elected as managing partner of McCann FitzGerald for a second term, beginning next May. Mr Devereux, who was first elected in 2015, said his priority for the next term would be the continued pursuit of "Progressive Delivery", the firm's approach to bringing together legal,

Mr Justice John Hedigan, who retired from the Court of Appeal in October, has been appointed chair of the Irish Banking Culture Board (IBCB). The new independent board is an initiative of the banking industry aimed at rebuilding trust in the sector and embedding a "customer-first culture".

The family of a farmer killed when a neighbour drove a teleporter into him have said they "strongly believe that justice was not served" in the case and that it was an example of "victim blaming" in the Irish courts. Michael Ferris, 63, who drove the prongs of a teleporter into his neighbour Anthony