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Cathal Maher Most passengers affected by a raft of Ryanair flight cancellations will be entitled to substantial compensation, an Irish solicitor has said.

Joe Charles Over 70 per cent of people in Ireland have no will, according to a new study by mutual life insurance and pensions company Royal London Ireland.

Mark Solon Trade publication Solicitors Journal is to close after 160 years in print, with seven editorial jobs to be lost.

Lawyers led by a human rights NGO are calling for the UK-UAE Extradition Treaty to be suspended after multiple UK court rulings have rejected UAE extradition requests due to the “real likelihood of human rights violations”. Radha Stirling, CEO of NGO Detained in Dubai, a UK-based organisation sp

Lawyers in Nebraska may accept cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin as payment for legal services, a local state ethics committee has determined. The eight-member Lawyers' Advisory Committee said in an advisory dated 11 September 2017 that Nebraska attorneys can accept a cryptocurrency as long as they i

The father of two children who were wrongfully removed from their habitual residence in England in July 2015 has had his application for their return pursuant to The Hague Convention refused in the High Court. Whilst it was accepted that the mother had engaged in subterfuge and concealment in respec

Pictured: Judge Rosemary Horgan, president of the District Court and Keith Walsh, solicitor, chair of the Law Society of Ireland's family & child law committee. Photograph: Jason Clarke Photography. Leading family law practitioners from across Ireland gathered at Blackhall Place yesterday for th

The Bar of Northern Ireland has opened a new purpose-built facility for out-of-court mediation and arbitration services.

Legal educators from across Ireland, the UK and the United States met at the Law Society of Ireland yesterday to kick off a two-day conference on the Street Law initiative.

Fine Gael TD Josepha Madigan A referendum on modifying Ireland's Constitution to allow quicker divorces is set to take place next November, TheJournal.ie reports.

Jeremy Wright QC The Attorney General for England and Wales, Jeremy Wright QC, has called on judges, solicitors and victims’ groups to submit evidence about the impact of social media on criminal trials.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Reform of An Garda Síochána must continue at a "greater pace", Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said in the wake of the publication of a new Policing Authority report.

Liz Grace Finalists for the 2017 Women Mean Business (WMB) Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award, sponsored by Matheson, have been named.

Elisha McCallion The Department for the Economy has proposed extending legal protection to whistleblowers in Northern Ireland to disclose corruption and illegality to Members of Parliament (MPs).

Dublin firm Leman Solicitors has presented cheques totalling €25,000 to Pieta House, Irish Autism Action and Irish Guide Dogs.