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The Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge brought by a 24-year-old man who argued that the four-year sentence imposed on him for assault was excessive. The Court found that the trial judge had been correct in taking into account the man’s previous convictions for personal violence, and the sen

Seth Barrett Tillman The backlog of Court of Appeal cases could take more than a decade to be cleared, according to a law lecturer at Maynooth University.

Pictured (l-r): James O’Kane, Registrar and Chief Operating Officer, Queen’s University; deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness; First Minister Arlene Foster; Queen’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Patrick Johnston First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness attended t

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has revealed her officials are engaging with their English, Welsh and Scottish counterparts on the issue of stalking. Ms Sugden outlined her intention to review the current legislation in relation to stalking to the Northern Ireland Assembly last wee

LawBid CEO Kid Harwood A UK-based online service that allows solicitors to place bids for work will be launched in Ireland in the first week of October, the Irish Independent reports.

The Irish Times has published a full obituary for late Judge Robert Barr, who died earlier this month. Judge Barr retired in 2002 at the age of 72 after serving for 17 years on the High Court bench.

Jamie Kerr of Thorntons Solicitors The UK government is to move ahead with plans to raise immigration tribunal fees by up to 500 per cent – despite only five of 147 consultation responses backing the plans.

Catherine Allen, public and administrative law partner at MHC Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran has published a revised edition of its Freedom of Information Sourcebook, a comprehensive annotated guide to the Freedom of Information Acts in Ireland.

Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda Landgrabs and destruction of the environment will now be within the remit of the International Criminal Court following an announcement it would take crimes traditionally prosecuted less frequently into consideration.

Lord Neuberger, President of the UK Supreme Court Lord Neuberger, President of the UK Supreme Court, delivered a lecture last week to the Hong Kong Competition Association on various aspects of the development of competition law in both the UK and Hong Kong, including the role of judges in competiti

Capital markets associate Megan Castellano Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has banned "Dear Sirs" from all of its global communications and legal documents, The Lawyer reports.

Law firms are increasingly concerned that the current slowdown in M&A activity will damage their profitability, according to new research by Thomson Reuters' legal business. According to the ninth annual research survey by the firm, nearly a quarter (24 per cent) of the finance directors (FDs) o

In Belfast Crown Court, Justice McBride sentenced a 33-year-old man to an indeterminate custodial sentence for the manslaughter of a 29-year-old man in 2015, ordering that he must serve a minimum term of six years before the Parole Commissioners can consider him for release on licence. Mohsin Bhatti

In Belfast Crown Court, Justice McBride sentenced a 33-year-old man to an indeterminate custodial sentence for the manslaughter of a 29-year-old man in 2015, ordering that he must serve a minimum term of six years before the Parole Commissioners can consider him for release on licence. Mohsin Bhatti

Richard Murphy One of Northern Ireland's leading energy experts has warned that if Brexit negotiations were to take the UK outside European energy networks consumers would face increased bills.