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Belfast firm Tughans has urged fellow solicitors across Northern Ireland to lace up their trainers and get teams together to race to the top of River House in aid of a local charity. The firm is sending two teams to take part in the mac-interiors and Castleforge Partners charity event in aid of Caud

Professor Ann Skelton The Children's Law Centre celebrated its twentieth anniversary yesterday at the leading charity’s Belfast offices on the Ormeau Road.

A digital privacy group has had its application for a preliminary ruling on the validity of domestic legislation refused in the High Court. Finding that the issues in the case were too complex to justify proceeding without evidence, Ms Justice Costello dismissed the notice of motion.

Dublin-based corporate and commercial firm LK Shields has announced the appointment of Jeanne Kelly as a partner in their intellectual property, technology and data privacy team.

Northern Ireland's annual judicial procession took place in Belfast at the Opening of the New Legal Year this morning.

Controversial proposals to protect the names of judges who have been reprimanded for misconduct were introduced on the lobbying of the judiciary, The Irish Times reports. The provisions were reportedly introduced to the Judicial Council Bill 2017 after former Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Susan Denham,

A man whose electronic communications were monitored by his employer suffered a violation of his article 8 rights, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The case of Bărbulescu v Romania concerned the decision of a private company to dismiss an employee after monitoring

Sex worker organisations have said the criminalisation of the purchase of sex in Ireland has led to a sharp increase in attacks on sex workers, The Irish Times reports. They cited research by Lucy Smyth, developer of the Ugly Mugs database, which allows sex workers to report dangerous clients..

British companies using Scottish Limited Partnerships (SLPs) are at the centre of a scheme to funnel money out of Azerbaijan, The Guardian has discovered. SLPs were established in the early twentieth century for farm holdings but have been used as shell companies to accommodate the transfer of $2.9

The judge-led review of Northern Ireland's civil and family justice systems has produced two reports with over 400 recommendations for "transformative change". The reports were launched by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, and the most senior Court of Appeal judge, Lord

Overturning a decision of the High Court, a three-judge Court of Appeal has found the arrest and detention of an escapee, five years after “walking out” of an open prison, to be in accordance with the law. Although the prisoner had not made any attempt to conceal his whereabouts throughout this

Michael Hegarty Dublin firm Reddy Charlton Solicitors has announced the appointment of Michael Hegarty as a principal consultant.

Barry Devereux McCann FitzGerald's managing partner has said the Irish legal profession is at a "crossroads of legal innovation", which it can either embrace or face irrelevance.

Letterkenny's new courthouse is nearly completed and the first sitting there will be held in December, the Donegal Democrat reports. Work has been ongoing for over a year on the new building, which will have four courtrooms - more than twice as many as the old courthouse.

Conor McGregor Fighter Conor McGregor is set to swap the ring for the courtroom for a series of trademark battles.