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Patrick Fleming Cleaver Fulton Rankin has become the first solicitor firm in Belfast to set up a specialist cyber risk unit aimed at tackling online crime.

Tim Gee Corporate deals in the UK will continue to drop on last year in the wake of Brexit uncertainty, according to one law firm.

Socialist MEP Mady Delvaux-Stehres Members of the European Parliament have agreed to vote on a proposal that would see robots granted legal status as “electronic persons” and have warned laws are needed to ensure machines are held responsible for “acts or omissions”.

Shubha Banerjee London Central Employment Tribunal has today upheld the claims of over 200 judges for unlawful age, race and sex discrimination and equal pay against the Lord Chancellor and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in relation to changes made to their pension entitlements.

Maya Foa, director of Reprieve's death penalty team Human rights group Reprieve has criticised the UK government for failing to take steps to prevent the execution of three men in Bahrain.

An official liquidator of a company must provide the Revenue, as a significant creditor of the company in liquidation, with the detailed breakdown of work done in order for there to be a determination on the reasonableness of those fees, the High Court has ruled. The Revenue had contended that the f

New legal challenges over the Brexit process have been lodged in the Irish and UK courts, The Guardian reports. London-based Jolyon Maugham QC will ask the High Court in Dublin to seek a ruling from the European Court of Justice on whether the activation of article 50 can be reversed.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has launched a competition to recruit a new Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.

Michael Donnellan Michael Donnellan has been re-appointed as director general of the Irish Prison Service for a further five-year term.

Ronan Daly Jermyn has announced the appointment of Deirdre Malone as partner in the firm’s employment group.

Attorney General John Larkin QC Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin QC has said his role in Stormont's political crisis will remain that of a lawyer and "nothing more of that".

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has warned solicitors to be wary of fraudulent phone calls purporting to be from the Trade Mark Office. Members of the legal profession have reported calls from fraudsters seeking to obtain contact information and/or bank account details.

A 58-year-old man was successful in his negligence claim against the Health Service Executive, in which he was awarded over €700,000 for significant disability caused by an accidental tear in his ureter while removing a kidney stone in 1998. In the High Court, Mr Justice Cross accepted evidence fr

Minister of State Eoghan Murphy The Government's working group on personal injury claims will continue to meet in 2017 to oversee the implementation of its recommendations.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald A market value threshold of €3 million for Circuit Court jurisdiction in property-related cases took effect from yesterday.