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Matheson welcomed EU Commissioner Phil Hogan as guest speaker at its most recent Leadership Series Brexit briefing in Dublin.

Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator on Brexit, met yesterday with the joint committee established under the Good Friday Agreement to consider human rights issues across the island. The meeting discussed the significant risks of differences in rights protections on a north-south basis following

Patrick Corrigan Amnesty International has called on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide "full transparency" over a fire which may have destroyed Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) records.

Clare McGuinness Clare McGuinness, tax partner at Ronan Daly Jermyn, presented on revenue interventions and the Tax Appeals Commission at the Irish Tax Institute's (ITI) annual conference.

A former CEO of Irish Nationwide Building Society who was refused an order of certiorari of a notice of inquiry into suspected contraventions under the Central Bank Act 1942, has had his appeal dismissed on all grounds by the Court of Appeal. In two judgments from the Court, Ms Justice Finlay Geoghe

The UK Supreme Court sat in Belfast for the first time this morning to hear Siobhan McLaughlin's challenge to the rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent's Allowance.

The Eighth Amendment must be repealed in order to end the "legal paralysis" around the issue of fatal foetal anomaly, according to the pro-repeal group Lawyers for Yes. At a joint press conference with campaign group Together for Yes, leading legal professionals answered key legal questions relating

A judge in Dublin Central Criminal Court has described the lack of sentencing guidelines in rape cases in Ireland as “somewhat bizarre”. Ms Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh made her comments during the sentencing of a man convicted for the repeated rape of his granddaughter.

Mark Thompson Over two-thirds of Northern Ireland businesses are concerned about a potential breach of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation in the next year to year-and-a-half, a survey has found.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has published new guidelines for employers and employees to seek to ensure that older workers are not discriminated against in workplaces in Ireland. The Guidelines on Retirement and Fixed-Term Contracts focus on the potential for discrimination

New figures suggest the number of law firm breaches in handling client money fell dramatically in England and Wales last year. The number of qualified accountant's reports to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) over breaches in handling client money fell by 28 per cent to 1,387, from 1,915 in

Over 70 property and financial professionals attended a breakfast seminar hosted by law firm Davidson McDonnell in Belfast.

A retired GP falsely accused by a “serial fantasist” of being involved in a paedophile ring has been told he will not be reimbursed £94,000 in legal costs he paid before the case collapsed, The Times reports. Dr Stephen Glascoe, 67, from Cardiff, spent most of his savings on his defence.

Bryan Bourke William Fry has been named International Firm of the Year by Legal Business, a monthly magazine for the global legal market.

Belfast-based Johnsons Solicitors have presented a £400 cheque to the Alzheimer's Society as part of the firm's year-round fundraising.