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Solicitors working on behalf of the State Claims Agency (SCA) were paid over €15 million last year, while plaintiff legal costs paid by the SCA reached almost €38 million. At around €3 million, Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) earned more in fees acting for the SCA than any other firm in 2016.

Ciarán Moynagh The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is using new capabilities to intercept drugs in the postal system to enforce an "archaic law" on abortion, a solicitor advocate has said.

Pictured (l-r): Partner Lisa Symth, managing partner Barry Devereux, consultant Jane Marshall and partner Michael Murphy Jane Marshall, a consultant at McCann Fitzgerald, has become the first Irish person elected to the American College of Bankruptcy.

Kirk Murdoch Kirk Murdoch, chairman of Pinsent Masons in Northern Ireland and Scotland, has passed away.

A Turkish judge who was dismissed in the wake of last year’s attempted coup d’état has had her application to the European Court of Human Rights unanimously declared inadmissible on the basis domestic law provides a remedy. The case concerns the dismissal of Kadriye Çatal by the Supreme Counci

Chief Commissioner Les Allamby The Northern Ireland Executive has come under criticism for failing to contribute to a UK-wide report on national minorities.

Pictured (l-r): Sarah Keane, Olympic Council of Ireland; Helen Kelly, Matheson; and Michael Jackson, Matheson The newly-appointed President of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) and Swim Ireland CEO, Sarah Keane, has addressed Matheson lawyers at the firm’s headquarters in Dublin.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has named Xperience Group, a leading IT solutions provider, as its newest sponsor.

A retired judge has come to the aid of a colleague who came under fierce criticism for warning women that getting drunk and becoming disinhibited made them targets for rapists. Judge Mary Jane Mowat told The Times that the comments directed at Judge Lindsey Kushner last week made her “furious” a

The High Court in Belfast granted Irish language organisation, Conradh Na Gaeilge, a declaration that the Executive Committee failed, in breach of its statutory duty the Northern Ireland Act 1998, to adopt a strategy setting out how it proposes to enhance and protect the development of the Irish lan

Legal firms have been paid €192.9 million since 2003 for work related to 15,345 claims for compensation by survivors of child abuse. Dublin-based M.E. Hanahoe Solicitors was the biggest recipient of legal fees, with €18.74 million paid out between 2003–15.

Brexit, data security, and white collar crime were high on the agenda at the fourth annual UCD Student Legal Convention last week.

Pictured (l-r): Hilda O'Keeffe and Alison Kelleher Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) has announced the appointment of two new partners to their corporate and healthcare practices.

Serious work is required to bring Killorglin Courthouse up to modern standards, the Courts Service of Ireland has said. Court sittings have been moved to Caherciveen due to immediate health and safety concerns at Killorglin, built in 1869.

Emily Logan The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has appeared before the Court of Appeal in a case concerning the relationship between claims of discrimination and claims of personal injuries arising from the workplace.