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The instructions set out in a will drafted in 1988 will be carried out despite a failure to recover the original document, a High Court judge has ruled. Ms Justice Marie Baker said that she did not consider the late Mary McDermott's one-page will to have been revoked, despite opposing arguments that

Picture via @Brightwater98 A young team of lawyers from Matheson have triumphed in a legal quiz co-hosted by the Society of Young Solicitors Ireland and the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA) Younger Members.

A part-time law student gained first-hand experience of the courtroom after being convicted of shoplifting from an Asda supermarket in Belfast. Diarmaid McMillan, 27, told Belfast Magistrates Court that he was leaving the store with a loaded trolley in order to get a bank card to make a full payment

Pat Finucane The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane will appeal against a ruling that the government's rejection of a statutory public inquiry was lawful.

Ged Nash, minister of state for jobs Legislation governing payments to construction subcontractors has not come into effect two years after being signed into law, Seanad Éireann has heard.

Pictured (l-r): David O'Donnell, partner and head of corporate, and David Mangan Dublin-based law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has appointed David Mangan as a partner in its corporate team.

European Citizen's Prize 2015 Ceremony A transgender rights activist who led a 22-year court battle for the recognition of trans people in Ireland has been awarded the Citizen's Prize from the European Parliament.

Independent TD Shane Ross Independent TD Shane Ross has presented a private member's bill that would introduce fixed-term parliaments in Ireland.

Paul Tweed Belfast solicitor Paul Tweed represented Hollywood stars Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in a successful challenge to The Mirror, according to the Irish Times.

The High Court in Tours, France has ruled that a 64-year-old intersex person's birth certificate should be amended to record their gender as "neutral". In an historic ruling on 20 August, the magistrate said that the "gender assigned at birth appears to be nothing but a fiction, forced on this perso

Lord Denning A majority of law students think the legal profession is socially exclusive according to a survey undertaken for The Times.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald yesterday announced details of planned spending in the justice and equality sector next year, including the provision of an extra €89 million in current expenditure.

Over 11,000 drivers have avoided conviction after being summoned to court for using their mobile phone while driving, according to the Courts Service of Ireland. The new figures show that more than 15,000 drivers received a court summons after failing to pay fixed-charge fines between January 2013-M

Two women who claimed their estranged husbands hid the true extent of their finances and that they were entitled to more money in their divorce settlements have won their appeals at the UK Supreme Court. In both cases, President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, sitting with Deputy President Lad