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A record number of ethnic minority lawyers in England and Wales will be promoted to the ranks of Queen's Counsel today, The Brief reports. A total of 18 ethnic minority barristers will be promoted to QC following 33 applications, an increase of two on the 16 successful barristers of 37 applicants in

Matt Hancock Broadband providers are to face a legal requirement to provide homes and businesses with faster broadband speed by 2020, the UK government has announced.

Pictured: Members of the Bar's charity committee with Kieran Hughes, fundraising and marketing manager from The Welcome Organisation Members of The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee raised over £10,000 for the Bar's charity of the year, The Welcome Organisation, at the Big Belfast Sleepou

in the attack and her account that she sought to restrain Hughes. Further, the trial judge was correct to admit this evidence and the other applications were refused.

Paul Tweed Defamation lawyer Paul Tweed has secured substantial damages, said to be €130,000, from RTÉ over its treatment of his client, former presidential candidate Sean Gallagher, during the televised election debate in 2011.

A solicitor's practising certificate has been suspended by the High Court after he failed to co-operate with an investigation by the Law Society of Ireland, The Irish Times reports. Sean Brown, of Sean Brown Solicitors in Co Louth, was directed by the court to hand over files and documents and faile

Lawyers acting for the "Hooded Men", men allegedly tortured by the British Army in 1978, are seeking permission to bring their case straight to the UK Supreme Court if a recent High Court decision is appealed, The Irish News reports. It follows this year's ruling quashing the PSNI's decision to not

Irish law firms have welcomed recognition in the latest report from Monterey Insight on the state of the investment funds industry. The latest Ireland Fund Report, covering the year to 30 June 2017, names Matheson as Ireland's leading practice by assets under management, while Dillon Eustace advised

In a landmark judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that Uber provides "a service in the field of transport", rather than a simple "information society service". The court said Uber provides, by means of a smartphone application, a paid service consisting of connectin

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that prisons in England and Wales are exempt from the smoking ban under the Health Act 2006. President Lady Hale said provisions of the Act prohibiting smoking in offices, bars and enclosed areas were not extended to government or Crown sites because under

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Six Garda stations are set to reopen following a report from the Garda Commissioner.

Feargal Brennan (top) and Lisa Cawley (bottom) A team of ByrneWallace lawyers advised Dundalk-based Multihog Limited on its €7 million investment funding round.

A man who was convicted of murdering another in Crumlin in 2001, has successfully appealed his conviction on the basis that the trial judge made impermissible comments to the jury that could have been construed as advocating the prosecution case. In the five-judge Supreme Court, the appeal was allow

A man who was convicted of murdering another in Crumlin in 2001, has successfully appealed his conviction on the basis that the trial judge made impermissible comments to the jury that could have been construed as advocating the prosecution case. In the five-judge Supreme Court, the appeal was allow

Convicted sex offender and legal academic Brian Doolan has launched a High Court challenge over being disciplined by the Arbour Hill Prison authorities for comments posted on his website crticising the victim's support group 'One in Four.' Doolan who taught law at the Dublin Institute of Technology