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Acting Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Acting Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald could be promoted to tánaiste if talks to form a Fine Gael minority government succeed, The Irish Times reports.

Bryan Hughes, chief executive at Eversheds Two Dublin lawyers have become partners during a recent spate of promotions across Evershed's international operations.

Dr David Sharpe BL Commercial barrister Dr David Sharpe BL has been named the UK's Barrister of the Year by Finance Monthly Magazine, a global publication for the corporate financial sector.

Ireland's newspaper industry association, NewsBrands Ireland (NBI), has called for Ireland's defamation laws to be "brought into line with the rest of Europe". NBI, formerly known as National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI), issued a statement to coincide with World Press Freedom Day today.

Pictured (l-r): JP McDowell of McDowell Purcell; Harry Cayton; Eileen Creedon, Chief State Solicitor; and Joseph McMahon, Dean of Law Harry Cayton CBE, chief executive of the UK Professional Standards Authority, delivered the McDowell Purcell Distinguished Guest Lecture at UCD Sutherland School of L

Solicitor Gavin Booth of KRW Law Belfast firm KRW Law announced the launch of judicial review proceedings against the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland at an event marking 40 years since the death of Seamus Ludlow yesterday.

Managing partner Joice Carthy Wicklow-based law firm Augustus Cullen Law has been recognised by Chambers Europe for the first time.

The Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA) raised almost £1,000 for a local homelessness charity after organising a pub quiz. Six teams competed at The House Pub & Kitchen in Stramillis, which provided the quiz master and nibbles, and raised a total of £926.99 for The Welcome Organisation.

Kirsty Scott Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin will raise cash for Macmillan Cancer Support at a race night later this month.

The High Court has found that an applicant’s challenge of a decision by the Minister for Justice and Equality, in which she refused to allow him to transfer his sentence from the UK to Ireland, was unarguable, as the Minister was not obliged to accept such transfers, and had not acted unreasonably

Acting Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Acting Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has announced the commencement of legislation allowing some minor offences to become spent after seven years.

Graeme Bell Dublin-based firm Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has appointed Graeme Bell as the new head of the firm’s London office.

The Belfast office of Arthur Cox advised Northern Ireland’s first surfboard manufacturing company in securing a £500,000 investment boost.

Managing partner Ernest J. Cantillon Cantillons Solicitors in Cork has said it is "humbled" by positive remarks about the firm in the recently published Chambers Europe 2016 Legal Rankings.

Lawyers for Boston College say it will fight a subpoena by the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to gain access to more of the Belfast Project tapes. The tapes are a record of interviews with former paramilitaries, who agreed to contribute to an oral