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One in four legal firms in Great Britain suffered a cyber-attack or fraud-related loss in the last year, according to a new report published by NatWest. According to the bank's 2017 Legal Benchmarking Report, 24 per cent of firms were affected - of which 16 per cent were small firms, 31 per cent wer

A businessman convicted of tax fraud in the UK has lost a challenge to the European Arrest Warrant for his surrender to the UK authorities. Delivering the judgment of the seven-judge Supreme Court, Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell rejected the argument that the absence of a “statutory legal aid scheme

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has "no decided view" on whether gambling debts should be made enforceable in the Irish courts.

Josepha Madigan A referendum should be held to modify Ireland's Constitution to allow quicker divorces, Fine Gael TD Josepha Madigan has said.

A cap on mortgage rates could "limit competition in the market for principal dwelling house mortgage loans", the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has said. The watchdog has set out its concerns in a submission to the Oireachtas finance committee, which is currently considering t

A lawyer in the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has said he is "heartened" by public support for the service despite recent allegations of bias in its decision-making. Senior assistant director Stephen Herron told BBC News: "The PPS director is on the record about the impact that such allegations f

Steven Agnew There should be "an element of independent arbitration" in a reformed Petition of Concern in the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Green Party in Northern Ireland has said.

Dr Tom Courtney, corporate partner and head of the company compliance and governance practice at Arthur Cox, has been honoured with an alumni award by NUI Galway.

Gillian Keating Gillian Keating, partner at Ronan Daly Jermyn, has been named a Cork Person of the Month for her work to encourage young girls into STEM careers.

Businessman Denis O’Brien has lost his case against the Dáil Éireann and Members of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges in which he sought to challenge utterances made on the floor of the Dáil which disclosed information protected by a High Court injunction. Rejecting Mr O’Brien’s arg

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The Courts Service of Ireland is actively seeking a suitable site for a new Navan courthouse, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

The new courthouse in Drogheda will complete construction in either April or May, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said. The new building has been constructed as part of the Public Private Partnership bundle of seven courthouses in various locations nationwide.

Sir Declan Morgan The political crisis in Northern Ireland has thrown the future of problem-solving court projects in doubt, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has said.

Pictured (l-r): John O'Doherty, Gráinne Whelan and Áine Flynn Dublin firm KOD Lyons has welcomed Gráinne Whelan to its team.

A financial controller who stole €270,000 from a solicitors' firm to pay off her ex-husband’s gambling debts has been jailed for 18 months. Counsel for Donna Magee asked that she be given a week before starting her sentence in order to make arrangements for her 14-year-old child. This was refuse