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Jonathan Jackson and Suzanne Keenan Belfast firm MKB Law has announced the appointment of two associate directors, Jonathan Jackson and Suzanne Keenan.

A new problem-solving court aimed at tackling drug and alcohol problems is set to be piloted in Newry within the next few months. The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) will be trialled at Newry Family Proceedings Court by the Department of Justice and the Department of Health in cases where a chi

Allen & Overy is recruiting up to 50 new staff members to Belfast teams that underpin its global IT services, the Belfast Telegraph reports. The international law firm is hosting a recruitment evening at its Belfast office next Thursday as it seeks 30 new IT staff and 20 workers in HR, marketing

Pictured (l-r): Bridget Howard, Niamh Shanahan, Dr Norah Burns, Pat McInerney, Jack Nicholas BL, Meredith Philips and Isaac Freckleton Students from University of Limerick and University of Cambridge competed in a mooting competition organised by UL Law Society in conjunction with UL School of Law a

A former coroner has warned official statistics are underestimating the number of suicides because deaths from suicide are being recorded with open or undetermined verdicts, The Irish Times reports. Dr Brian Farrell, a trained barrister and pathologist who now works as a consultant coroner, made the

Professor Phil Scraton, the academic at Queen's University Belfast who sat on the Hillsborough inquiry, has emphasised the need for the Grenfell Tower inquiry to be independent. Speaking during an appearance on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, he said the ongoing inquiry needed to "have the full c

The Law Society of England and Wales has said courts should be allowed to recognise informal wills as an expression of people's final wishes. The Society has made the proposal in a submission to the Law Commission, which is currently concluding a consultation on will reform, the Law Society Gazette

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard The author of Article 50 is to make a speech today accusing the Prime Minister of misleading the British public over whether or not Brexit may be reversed.

A significantly flawed bill to legalise cannabis for medicinal purposes remains on the Dáil agenda, The Irish Times reports. The Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill, proposed by People Before Profit TDs Gino Kenny and Richard Boyd Barrett, has been stalled since it went to committee stage.

Michael Creed New regulations signed today will ban the use of wild animals in circuses in Ireland from 1 January 2018.

More than 60 members of the Egyptian Parliament have proposed a law that will criminalise same-sex sexual activity in the country for the first time. The draft law, the latest development since the Egyptian authorities launched an LGBTI-related crackdown after a rainbow flag was displayed at a conce

The taxi company Uber has failed in an appeal against a ruling that its drivers should be treated as workers rather than self-employed. The Employment Tribunal determined last year that drivers James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam were staff of the company and therefore entitled to holiday pay as well as b

The Law Society of Ireland gave a warm welcome to a delegation from China Law Society that visited Blackhall Place yesterday.

A “disaffected” former member of the Church of Scientology has successfully had a perpetual injunction against him dissolved in the High Court. Considering Szabo, Justice Noonan held that the man’s behaviour did not amount to a substantial risk – and that in any event, the plaintiff was not

Lorraine Rowland DWF has promoted a senior associate in Dublin to director as part of a package of senior promotions across the international legal business.