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ByrneWallace will today launch a new Business Forum setting out the opportunities that lie ahead for Ireland's business community in helping to bring the Government's Project 2040 to fruition. The law firm said it would "bring together some of Ireland's most influential business leaders to discuss t

Former solicitor Michael Lynn, who is accused of stealing millions of euro, will stand trial in January 2020, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard. Mr Lynn, 49, is facing 21 charges relating to the alleged theft of almost €30 million from seven financial institutions.

Criminal barristers in England and Wales are struggling to cope with an increasing workload, according to a survey by the Criminal Bar Association (CBA). The Bar Council of England and Wales said a "preliminary analysis" of the data, based on a survey of 1,346 barristers, was concerning, The Guardia

Alain Spilliaert Lawyers for murdered French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier have ruled out the possibility of Irish citizen Ian Bailey testifying by video link in his French trial for her murder, The Irish Times reports.

Property developers who borrowed €3,896,000 from Anglo Irish Bank in 2005, have been unsuccessful in challenging the summary judgment sought by Promontoria, which acquired the loan from National Asset Management Ltd in 2017. The primary defence submitted on behalf of one of the defendants was that

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has told newly-qualified solicitors that "government is responding" to the needs of a new generation.

Ireland is set to pick up more legal business from financial services companies after Brexit following a boost from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). The association has agreed that its members may consider Irish law as an option for drawing up documentation for contracts a

The Libel Reform Campaign has said it hopes to see libel reform in Northern Ireland "in the next couple of years" following a conference in Belfast. Mike Nesbitt, former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, has promised to bring forward a private member's bill in the Northern Ireland Assembly once a

Emily Logan The Court of Appeal has ruled that section 15(3) of the Mental Health Act 2001 is unconstitutional, but has suspended its formal declaration of unconstitutionality for a period of six months.

Mr Justice Michael Peart The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision allowing the State deport a man allegedly involved with Islamic terrorists to Jordan in 2016.

Órfhlaith Begley Carrickmore solicitor Órfhlaith Begley has been elected the new Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone in yesterday's by-election.

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has apparently survived a rebrand that saw the Scotland Office and Wales Office renamed. The UK government departments for Scotland and Wales will now be known as the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

Students from Queen's University Belfast bested Ulster University opponents at a moot held before UK Supreme Court justices.

Mairead Enright The Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA) has organised an information seminar in advance of the referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment.

A couple who fraudulently claimed over £140,000 in benefits since 1990 have lost their appeal to the UK Supreme Court, which delivered its judgment sitting in Belfast. It was submitted on behalf of the appellants that confiscation orders made pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 did not apply