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Four out of every five London litigators are now engaged in cases where at least one party is supported by litigation funding, a survey has found. Furthermore, 90 per cent of litigators believe it is time to regulate the third-party finance sector.

Pinsent Masons welcomed a group of 40 students from across Northern Ireland to its Belfast office as part of its Schools' Work Inspiration Day initiative.

A&L Goodbody has been named Ireland's law firm of the year at The Lawyer's European Awards 2023 ceremony in London.

A schoolboy who stole a forklift from outside his school led police on an hour-long chase through urban traffic before surrendering. The 12-year-old from Michigan took the Construction Genie GTH-636 Telehandler — equipped with a forklift and weighing up to 35,000 pounds — from outside Fo

New restrictions on alcohol advertising on radio and TV are to come into effect in 2025. Under section 19 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, which will come into force from 10 January 2025, alcohol adverts can't be shown on TV from 3am–9pm or broadcast on radio on a weekday from 3pm&ndas

The Britain-wide Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is facing a special review of its 'A status' as a national human rights institution after LGBT+ groups raised concerns about its political independence. The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) agreed to carry out

This year's football match between the Southern Law Association (SLA) and the Cork Bar ended in a 0-0 draw on Friday.

Professor Colm O'Cinneide defends the human rights framework from significant challenges to its legitimacy and integrity in a new lecture released in video format by Queen's University Belfast. The academic, a professor of constitutional and human rights law at University College London (UCL), deliv

The Dublin University Law Journal, published by Clarus Press in association with Trinity College Dublin, has issued a call for submissions for Volume 45. The editors — Conor Casey, Oran Doyle, Hilary Hogan and Suryapratim Roy — welcome articles that adopt a wide range of methodological a

Companies cannot bring complaints of discrimination as if they were people, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has confirmed in ruling on a complaint brought by a Russian-owned business. XTX Markets Technologies Limited, a corporate entity, submitted a complaint against Aviva Investors Liquidi

The archive of former civil rights activist, founding member of the SDLP, politician and economist Hugh Logue is being made available at the University of Galway to coincide with his award of an honorary doctorate of laws. The historical resource is made up of more than 20 boxes of manuscripts, docu

The Law Society of Ireland has warned solicitors to be aware of phishing emails falsely purporting to be from Douglas Kelly Solicitors in Swinford, Co Mayo. According to a notice published on the Law Society website, members of the profession have received an email purporting to be from the firm and

International Criminal Court judges have taken a “cautious” attitude to considering the impact of mental health issues on witnesses and the accused, analysis shows. A new study outlines how the issue of mental health in international criminal law and justice has gathered momentum as the

A notorious drug trafficker linked to the Kinahan cartel has handed his artificial island in Dubai to the Italian authorities in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence. Raffaele Imperiale, 49, told a court in Naples that he paid €12 million for 'Taiwan', which forms part of the artificial archip

International law firm Addleshaw Goddard has announced the appointment of chartered accountant Cormac Doyle to head up its new tax practice in Ireland. Mr Doyle joins from accountancy firm Crowe Ireland and has more than 20 years' experience across aspects of tax, domestically and internationally. H