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The High Court has significantly extended the bankruptcy period of a well-known property developer due to the bankrupt’s lack of cooperation with his official Assignee. Mr Thomas McFeely was declared bankrupt in Ireland and the UK in 2012.

The three-person panel appointed to develop an anti-paramilitarism strategy for Northern Ireland has published their final report. The Fresh Start panel report on the disbandment of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland was presented to the Northern Ireland Executive.

There have been no charges to date under a year-old Northern Ireland law that criminalises the purchase of sex, The Times reports. Figures released under Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation show that no charges have been brought under the Human Trafficking and Exploitation Act 2015, which creat

Robert Buckland QC, the Solicitor General for England and Wales The UK government will engage with the Law Society and Bar Council in England and Wales in a bid to ease tension over the Investigatory Powers Bill's impact on legal professional privilege, MPs have been told.

Pat English Pat English, partner at Dublin-based firm Matheson, has been named a Transatlantic Rising Star by monthly magazine The American Lawyer.

Lord Justice Fulford Senior judges in England have called for a review to the right to have a jury in trials for thefts, burglaries and minor assaults.

Pictured (l-r): Richard Martin and John Jermyn A solicitor at Ronan Daly Jermyn Solicitors in Cork has been selected to join Ireland's 27-man hockey team, which will compete for Ireland at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Prime Minister David Cameron The UK's Prime Minister David Cameron today communicated via Twitter that “urgent communications” were taking place to rectify the technical glitch that occurred last night which could see people eligible to vote, denied this right.

The Irish Independent has appointed Shane Phelan as its new legal affairs editor, replacing Dearbhail McDonald. Mr Phelan joined the paper in 2008 and has held the titles of public affairs editor, investigations editor and investigative correspondent. He is also a former crime correspondent for the

High Court judge Mr Justice Richard Humphreys has dismissed an application for leave to seek judicial review by a man who sought to challenge the rules of the Prisoners (Temporary Release) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 680 of 2004). Prior to the matters complained of the application seek judicial review, th

Former judge Frank Griffin, who served on the Supreme Court between 1973-91, has died at the age of 98, The Irish Times reports. The long-standing judicial figure infamously convicted Kevin O'Kelly of contempt as a High Court judge in 1972 when the RTÉ journalist refused to identify the voice of th

Two UN human rights experts have raised concerns about the increasing number of homeless people in Cork and their lack of access to water and sanitation. Leilani Farha, UN special rapporteur on adequate housing, and Léo Heller, special rapporteur on the right to water and sanitation, wrote to the G

Kieran Conway Dublin solicitor Kieran Conway has said he will give evidence at the newly resumed Birmingham pub bombings inquests if he is assured he will not be prosecuted.

Katie O'Byrne Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa is being held in "horrific conditions" and has limited contact with his legal team, his lawyers have said.

Gavin Blake Dublin firm Beauchamps Solicitors will sponsor tomorrow's Solar Ireland conference in Belfast.