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Belfast- and Newtownwards-based firm Worthingtons Solicitors has announced it will sponsor Holywood Cricket Club this year.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a company who sought to challenge a contract for the supply of school transport as breaching EU Law, finding that the contract did not fall within the meaning of the appropriate Directive. The applicant, School Transport Scheme Ltd. sought to challenge

T P Kennedy, director of education at the Law Society The Law Society of Ireland has received recognition from Apple for its progressive use of the company's technology to help train solicitors.

The Professional, Regulatory and Disciplinary Bar Association of Ireland hosted its Annual Conference Professional Regulation in the Financial Sector on Tuesday, 24th May at The Honorable Society of King’s Inns.

Irish barrister Colm O'Briain SC has passed away at the age of 48, The Bar of Ireland has confirmed. An alumnus of UCD School of Law, he was a leading member of the criminal bar, appearing in many prominent trials, taking briefs both as prosecuting and defence counsel.

Pictured: Claire Sugden and George Hamilton Justice Minister Claire Sugden has held a meeting with PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton as she begins to settle in to her new role in the Northern Ireland Executive.

The High Court has refused a prisoner's bid for release in the wake of the suspended sentences ruling, The Irish Times reports. The ruling, in what is widely seen as an important test case, saw Mr Justice Paul McDermott refuse Paul Clarke's attempts to secure release on the basis that he is not bein

Dr Louise Kennefick Irish law lecturers Dr Louise Kennefick and Dr Deidre Healy have presented a joint paper on probation in Ireland at the conference of a European Society of Criminology working group.

An open letter signed by a number of civic society organisations has urged the Government to take new Amnesty International research on sex work into account while drafting legislation on the subject. The letter, published in today's edition of The Irish Times, is signed by representatives of Sex Wo

Dublin firm Matheson is celebrating a win in two categories at the International Tax Review European Tax Awards ceremony in London.

The Crown Court for Northern Ireland has fined a company and two of its directors £40,000 and £1,000 each respectively for the unlawful deposit of waste. The offences related to land owned by Thomas and Gary Bates, directors of Ace Bates Skip Hire Limited, on which they had received permission to

Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell, a judge of the Supreme Court since 2010, delivered this year's John M Kelly Memorial Lecture at UCD Sutherland School of Law.

Ray Friel, director of research at University of Limerick's Law School Ray Friel, director of research at University of Limerick's Law School, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the Judicial Studies Institute Journal.

Laura Gillespie, regulatory partner and data protection legal expert at Pinsent Masons A junior Department of Justice official accidentally sent the names and birthdates of Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) staff to a private contractor, it has emerged.

Dr John McCartney, director of research at estate agents Savills Ireland Irish residential property prices rose by 7.1 per cent in the year to April 2016, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).