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The Bar of Northern Ireland will host the first in its new series of Leaders in Legal Excellence events this afternoon. The panel debate, entitled “Stormont Stalemate: politicians, civil servants or the courts – who decides?”, will consider the implications of the Northern Ireland

Transatlantic data security, Brexit, sports and the US constitution will all be discussed at the Belfast International Homecoming Conference's legal symposium this year. Organisers of the event expect to welcome visiting lawyers from the US, Europe, England, Scotland and Wales to the symposium at th

Criminal defence lawyers in England and Wales have welcomed Lord Chancellor David Gauke's announcement of a one per cent increase in legal aid fees. The announcement followed the end of the UK government's consultation on its earlier proposal to increase spending on the revised Advocates Graduated F

President Donald Trump has become embroiled in a row with America's top judge after the president blamed a court defeat for the government on an "Obama judge". Justice John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the United States, hit back in defence of the independence of the judiciary after Trump criticise

The University of St Andrews has launched court action against a company which is selling its own version of the university's iconic red gown at a discount. The university sells gowns for £159 each, but an Australian company called Churchill Gowns is now offering red "St Andrews" gowns online

The Minister for Justice and Equality must reconsider a family reunification case after the High Court found six key administrative law deficiencies in the decision-making process. Two children, residing in Ethiopia with their elderly father, submitted applications for "join family" visas so that th

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the re-appointment of former partner Daragh O'Shea as a partner in the firm's financial services team. Mr O'Shea returns to the firm, where was appointed partner in 2012, after spending time as legal counsel with Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, a multilat

The Inspector of Prisons, Patricia Gilheaney, has been instructed to carry out an "urgent" investigation into allegations that private conversations between solicitors and prisoners were covertly monitored by gardaí. The allegations are included in a sworn affidavit from a serving prison offi

The Garda Youth Diversion Office (GYDO) faces serious challenges, including a lack of resources, as it awaits the outcome of a major review into thousands of young offenders who faced no action after being found unsuitable for the Diversion Programme. A special review team is currently conducting a

Marie O'Brien, aviation finance partner at A&L Goodbody (ALG), recently moderated an investor panel at the Airfinance Journal Asia Pacific 2018 Conference in Hong Kong. Over 800 global delegates from across the aviation finance industry attended the event with other key speakers from Aviation Ca

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has been granted permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court in a bid to overturn his convictions in the 1970s for attempting to escape from internment. He has argued that the interim custody order (ICO) made under the Detention of Terrorists (NI) Order

The UK Supreme Court is offering students the opportunity to have a live question and answer session with a justice from their own classroom. These sessions, which will run between the months of January-May 2019, offer students with a keen interest in law a unique chance to meet and speak with a jus

A private members' bill to decriminalise abortion in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be debated at second reading in the House of Commons this afternoon. Over 60 women celebrities from the UK and Ireland have signed an open letter from Amnesty International calling on Prime Minister Theresa

Attorney General Séamus Woulfe SC has warned landlords that they will soon face criminal prosecution if they flout rent pressure zone rules, The Irish Times reports. The senior lawyer addressed a Lawyers Against Homelessness (LAH) event hosted by Constance Cassidy SC in Dublin yesterday.

The UK government's Crown Commercial Services (CCS) has appointed TLT to the full-service lot on its new £320 million wider public sector legal services panel. TLT, which recently completed its full-service offering in Belfast, is one of six firms in the full-service lot that have been appoint