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Flor McCarthy Clonakilty solicitor Flor McCarthy topped the poll in recent elections to the Council of the Law Society of Ireland.

Armagh solicitor Liam Mallon passed away at Craigavon Area Hospital on Thursday evening. The respected lawyer had practised in the city since the 1980s, and established the solicitor firm L J Mallon & Co on English Street.

Lectures on a variety of topics by UK Supreme Court Justices have now been published on the court's website. President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, delivered the 2016 Mitchell Lecture in Edinburgh, entitled “Some thoughts on judicial reasoning across jurisdictions”.

Liz Truss Over 200 judges are challenging the Lord Chancellor in court today over their pensions, alleging discrimination on the basis of race and sex.

The cost of a call to an after-sales telephone number must not exceed the cost of a standard call, according to an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The German company comtech GmbH markets electrical and electronic equipment. On its website, it displays the telephone nu

Pictured: Sir Mota Singh QC speaks about the significance of the turban in an interview with DotHyphenProductions. (via YouTube)

Gavin O'Flaherty Eversheds has advised Telynx, a provider of wholesale real time communications and VoIP services, on all legal aspects of the establishment of its Irish office in Dublin.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Guerin Report into the handling of allegations of Garda misconduct contained conclusions that that were damaging to the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Mr Alan Shatter, and that the defective procedure adopted in publishing the report amounted to a br

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald An Garda Síochána has been asked to revise parts of its protected disclosures policy to meet the requirements of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden has named her key priorities as tackling domestic violence, improving mental health services, and supporting older people and children in the justice system.

Claire Loftus The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has only overturned one decision not to prosecute in the past year, The Irish Times reports.

Michael O'Flaherty, director of the FRA Top EU representatives are gathering in Vienna to discuss how to integrate fundamental rights in the security union.

Charlie Flanagan The Government has reaffirmed its support for Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa, whose mass trial in Egypt has been adjourned again.

The lending of an electronic book (e-book) may, under certain conditions, be treated in the same way as the lending of a traditional book. In such a situation, the public lending exception, which provides inter alia for the fair remuneration of authors, is applicable, the Court of Justice of the Eur

Rory McPhillips, asset finance partner at Matheson Ireland's reputation as a centre of excellence for aircraft financing and leasing has been enhanced in recent years, according to Dublin firm Matheson.