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ByrneWallace has hosted a delegation of visiting lawyers from Advodan, a major Danish full service law firm, for a discussion on trade and business opportunities between Ireland and Denmark.

Ciaran O'Hare Victims' campaigner Raymond McCord has been granted leave by the High Court in Belfast for a judicial review of the criteria under which a border poll would be held in Northern Ireland.

Chancellor Philip Hammond The UK will likely have to “press ahead on its own” with moves to compel technology companies to pay more tax in countries where value is created, The Brief reports.

Staff at global law firm Baker McKenzie's Belfast office have raised over £20,000 for local nominated charity Cancer Focus NI at their first-ever "Baker Come Dancing" night in the Clayton Hotel.

US President Trump’s decision to nominate Gina Haspel for the directorship of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been severely criticised on the basis she was previously involved in torture. Mr Trump nominated Ms Haspel as part of reshuffle of jobs after Rex Tillerson’s departure as Secre

A company which was refused planning permission for one of the tallest windfarms in the country, has been unsuccessful in its application for judicial review of the decision of An Bord Pleanála. In the High Court, Mr Justice Twomey refused to grant the applicants an order for certiorari of the Boar

Fiona Finn Rights groups have issued a "clarion call" for the Irish Government to bring Ireland's immigration-related detention practices in line with the State's international human rights obligations.

A judge in the High Court has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a ruling on the effect of recent legislative changes in Poland which are "so immense" that the court has been forced to conclude that the rule of law has been "systematically damaged" and democracy in Poland ha

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has recorded a 60 per cent rise in paramilitary punishment shootings and beatings in the last four years, The Guardian reports. There were 101 shootings and beatings by dissident republicans and loyalists last year, up from 64 in 2013, according to the l

Carla Fraser and Julie Tierney Two lawyers at Edwards & Co. Solicitors have been recognised as specialist family lawyers by a leading UK child abduction charity.

Lord Lloyd-Jones Welsh legislation could take the form of US-style codes dealing with particular subjects in the future, a Supreme Court justice has suggested.

The UK government has failed to produce solutions on how consumers will be protected in the wake of Brexit, according to the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee, which has published the government’s response to its report Brexit: will consumers be protected?. The committee’s report, publishe

Pictured (l-r): Competition judge David Gaston, students Abena Aduse-Poku and Doreen Awuah, and competition judge Colin Mitchell Students at Queen's University Belfast have emerged as winners of the Client Consultation Competition 2018.

A third of company directors in Ireland are concerned about the compliance costs associated with the introduction of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new survey has found. The Institute of Directors in Ireland (IoD) surveyed 254 members on their GDPR preparedness, including chief

Anti-terror laws in Spain have had a "profoundly chilling effect" whereby people are "increasingly afraid to express alternative views, or make controversial jokes", according to a new report from Amnesty International. The human rights group said the "broad and vaguely-worded" Article 578 of the Sp