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Pictured (l-r): Lorna Kehoe, HR Manager; Geoff Moore, Partner; Kieran O’Brien, Associate; Taoiseach Leo Varadkar; Brian O’Gorman, Managing Partner; Grainne Hennessy, Partner Taoiseach Leo Varadkar praised Arthur Cox's leadership as he launched the Dublin-based law firm's LGBT+ network yesterday.

Imelda McMillan The Law Society of Northern Ireland's Mentoring Programme continues to go from strength to strength as it enters its fourth successful year.

The High Court in London has ruled that the application of the benefit cap to lone parents with children under two is unlawful because of its discriminatory impact upon children. The challenge was brought by four lone parent families for whom the reduced benefit cap has, or will have, severe effects

Richard Tromans Leading lawyers have predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) will make paralegals redundant within years, The Brief reports.

More than 20 members of the Belfast Solicitors’ Association (BSA) got on their bikes to support charity partner Inspire.

The UK Supreme Court welcomes visitors from all over the world. But it has ignored one important audience – bears! However, with the help of artist Isobel Williams, the bears have produced a special guide to the historic building which they are proud to call their habitat – the highest court in

A woman who has commenced personal injury proceedings against the Health Service Executive and a pharmaceutical company responsible for distributing a swine flu vaccine in Ireland has had the majority of her categories of discovery refused pursuant to the principles established in Framus v. CRH plc

Pictured (l-r): Sinéad Lynch, John Dallas, Maria McElhinney, managing partner Julian Yarr, and Barbara Creed A&L Goodbody has announced the appointment of four new partners across its Dublin, Belfast and New York offices, bringing the total number of partners in the firm to 91.

A “cottage industry” has grown up around lawyers challenging the alleged vagueness of criminal offences, according to a High Court judge. Patrick McNamee, a man with 164 previous convictions, is charged with being unlawfully at large, by way of breaching a condition of temporary release from Mou

Pictured (l-r): Brian Kuhn, Global Leader and Co-Creator of IBM Watson Legal; Jonathan McCrea, Founder of Whipsmart Media and Technology Journalist and Broadcaster; Rebecca Ryan, Matheson Litigation Partner; and Anne-Marie Bohan, Matheson Technology Partner Lawyers of the future will need to underst

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan TDs have voted to maintain the Special Criminal Court and its jurisdiction over some serious organised crime offences for a further 12 months.

Lord Neuberger The UK’s most senior judge has revealed the tensions in the build-up to the Brexit appeal at the UK Supreme Court earlier this year.

Arlene Foster Northern Ireland's Department of Finance raised concerns that Scotland's same-sex marriage legislation would put same-sex couples in Northern Ireland "in an uncertain legal position".

Matheson has become "the first law firm in Europe" to start using Workplace by Facebook, the firm has said. All staff at Matheson now have access to the Workplace platform, which functions as a closed, secure version of Facebook for staff in a specific workplace.