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Lawyers for 29 US states have accused Meta of concealing internal research showing that Instagram was addictive to teenagers and that the company knew its products could harm children.

Another member has resigned from the Council of the Law Society of Northern Ireland in the wake of the society’s handling of chief executive, David Lavery, following his provision of a character reference to his paedophile cousin, William Lloyd Lavery. Julie-Ann McCaffrey, a construction and i

William Fry has appointed Maebh Doyle as a partner in its banking & finance team. A dual-qualified solicitor in Ireland and in England and Wales, she brings more than a decade of experience advising investment banks, investment managers, credit institutions, private equity funds, debt funds and

An aspiring solicitor, Gavin Brady, has been named this year’s Escort of the Year at the Rose of Tralee. The Cavan native, 26, has been escorting London Rose Ciara Fallon throughout the festival and was awarded the title of Escort of the Year on Monday evening.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has issued a warning notice to solicitors in England reminding them of their professional obligations when using AI. 

An AI system based on Anthropic’s Claude has fired a human employee while running a San Francisco retail store, in what researchers describe as the first known case of a large language model making such a decision.

An Ulster University postgraduate student has won the A&O Shearman award for the best overall performance in the field of librarianship and information management. The Library and Information Management Postgraduate Diploma is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Prof

Five first-year law students from across Northern Ireland have completed the inaugural Foot Anstey McKees Accelerate programme, an initiative launched to remove barriers to entering the legal profession and support emerging legal talent. The successful participants, Jessica Clarken and Lujain Fathel

The Supreme Court has published its 2025 Annual Report. In 2025 the Supreme Court returned to the regions with a landmark sitting in Letterkenny and opened its proceedings to wider audiences through a new broadcasting pilot.

Browne Jacobson has been named as a supplier on Government Commercial Agency’s (GCA) RM6374 Legal Panel for Public Sector framework, which enables the firm to advise on a wide range of complex legal work for public sector organisations. The UK and Ireland law firm has been named as a supplier

Proposals to put more civil cases through Northern Ireland’s county courts will create delays and could deny people access to justice, lawyers warn. The Department of Justice (DoJ) wants to double the value of cases that can be heard in county courts to £60,000. Currently cases over the

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan has proposed a new offence of driving the wrong way on the motorway. Releasing a statement yesterday in response to the fatal M9 crash that claimed the lives of five teenagers and left three women and a child seriously injured in hospital, Mr O’Callaghan

Scholarship students from Gaza have had Irish study visas refused over documentary requirements their lawyers say are impossible to meet, prompting a threatened High Court challenge.

On 15 July 2026, the Criminal Justice (International Cooperation on Electronic Evidence and Other Matters) Act 2026 (the Act) was signed into Irish law. The Act implements the EU e-Evidence Package which will bring seismic changes to the existing EU regime for access to electronic evidence (e-eviden

An East London bus driver who became known for blowing bubbles from his cab has been told to stop after bosses raised safety concerns.