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The Irish language was spoken during legal proceedings in Belfast's Royal Courts of Justice yesterday in what language experts say was the first time in nearly 300 years. The First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) was hearing an appeal brought by Conradh na Gaeilge against a decision by the Inform

A conspiracy theorist who accused the government of setting forest fires to make people believe in climate change has admitted setting more than a dozen forest fires. Brian Paré, 38, forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes and destroyed hundreds of hectares of forest by setting the

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has presented £12,500 to its 2023 charity partner, Cancer Fund for Children. The law firm raised cash for the charity throughout 2023, including through a sponsored 20-mile hike through the Mourne Mountains, relay teams in the Belfast City Marathon and

The UK government plans to redeploy 150 judges in order to fast-track appeals by asylum seekers against deportation to Rwanda, according to reports. The proposed Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will allow the controversial scheme — under which asylum seekers arriving in the UK w

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has published a new legal guide to global regulatory trends and developments in artificial intelligence (AI). The Artificial Intelligence Review covers the EU's AI Act, the first legislative regulation of AI globally, which is expected to pass into law this

Professor Aisling Swaine has joined UCD Sutherland School of Law from the UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice. She was last year awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant of €2 million to lead ‘GENCOERCTRL’, a project examining women’

Northern Ireland commercial law firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed its latest cohort of trainee solicitors. The new trainees are Rebecca Cargill, who completed her legal studies at Ulster University; Rachael Orr, an alumna of the University of St Andrews and the University of Law; and Ross Gall

Solicitors can now avail of individual psychotherapy at a discounted rate through the Law Society of Ireland's LegalMind service. From today, LegalMind has entered a new partnership with the charity Clanwilliam Institute to offer access to accredited psychotherapists at a reduced rate.

An Garda Síochána and the Policing Authority have announced funding for a research project focused on the wellbeing of gardaí. The collaboration between the Policing Authority and An Garda Síochána in designing, awarding, and managing the research project is the fi

FLAC has repeated its call for the proposed family and care amendments to the Constitution to bring in "enforceable rights" rather than only symbolic change. The access to justice charity has also urged government ministers to publish draft legislation spelling out proposed new rights for diverse fa

The Child Law Project has published its latest volume of case reports, with the challenge of interagency co-operation in the care of vulnerable children, especially those with disabilities, emerging as the main theme. The new volume comprises 54 reports — 43 from the District Court and 11 from

Newry-based Granite Legal Services and Granite Exchange have donated £10,000 to their 2023 charity partner PIPS Hope and Support.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland raised over £13,000 last year for its chosen charity, Include Youth. Past president Brian Archer was joined by the charity's skills manager Claire Meenehan and senior employability and employer liaison worker Donna O'Neill to announce the fundraising total o

Blanket bans on guns in post offices are incompatible with the US Constitution, a federal judge has ruled. Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, who was controversially nominated by President Trump as a judge for life at the age of just 33, said a "blanket restriction on firearms possession in post offices

Barrister Siobhán Ní Chúlacháin has been appointed to lead the Law Reform Commission's research team. Ms Ní Chúlachaín has more than 20 years' practice at the Bar in judicial review, criminal, extradition, and human rights law.