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KRW LAW LLP has announced it will launch proceedings in Northern Ireland's High Court on behalf of a man who alleges he was sexually abused as a child by the late Lord Mountbatten. The firm is acting on behalf of Arthur Smyth, who alleges that he was sexually abused in the late 1970s during his stay

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has helped to raise £18,000 for Leukaemia & Lymphoma NI, the only charity in Northern Ireland dedicated to blood cancer research. The money was raised through a series of events held throughout the year involving members of the legal profession.

Legislation reforming the committal process has been commenced in Northern Ireland. Preliminary investigations and mixed committals are abolished for all new cases brought forward from today, removing the need to give oral evidence at committal hearings in magistrates’ courts.

A law lecturer in Spain has told of how a student once tried to cheat in an exam by carving their notes into multiple ballpoint pens. Malaga University lecturer Yolanda de Lucchi tweeted two images of what she says were the 11 pens that were taken from the student.

Dillon Eustace LLP has announced the promotion of five solicitors to senior associate and one to associate. Three solicitors — Alex Kennedy, Anna Keohane and Shona Hughes — have been appointed as senior associates in the firm's banking and capital markets team.

The Bar of Northern Ireland's football team has made a triumphant return from Newcastle upon Tyne after winning a challenge match against the North Eastern Circuit. Writing on LinkedIn, the Bar said: "A great match saw a final result of 6:2 for our team who proudly held on to their decade long unbea

Brexit has "threatened the common human rights space previously shared by all people on the island of Ireland", the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has said. The body — one of the two organs of the Council of Europe, with 306 members drawn from national European parliame

Ireland must quickly move its corporation tax regime to a territorial system of taxation to avoid being at a "major competitive disadvantage" to other countries, some of the largest corporate law firms in the State have told the government. The government last year launched a consultation on Ireland

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A mass shooter who killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida in 2018 is set to be sentenced to life imprisonment — sparing him the death penalty sought by prosecutors and some victims' families. Nikolas Cruz, 24, will be formally sentenced on Tuesday 1 November, but the judge will

World-famous opera singer Andrea Bocelli is suing a private jet operator after he was warned during a flight about turbulence. Bocelli, who has sold over 75 million records worldwide, alleges that Private Jet Services of Seabrook provided him with an old, noisy plane and ignored his special requests

The Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland has said she "provided advice and guidance" to a Tyrone judge after his comments while sentencing a man for sexual assault "caused legitimate concern". Judge Brian Sherrard KC, sitting in Dungannon Crown Court, had told the 36-year-old defendant he was "sti

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Global law firm DLA Piper has advised global sports, entertainment and betting operator PlayUp on a business combination agreement with IG Acquisition Corp (IGAC), which will result in PlayUp listi

Damages of almost $1 billion have been awarded to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre against Alex Jones, who claimed the tragedy was a hoax. Six staff and 20 children were murdered at a primary school in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012 by Adam Lanza, 20, who killed himself a

A member of the Northern Ireland Assembly has submitted a formal complaint to the Lady Chief Justice in connection with remarks made by a judge during a sexual assault hearing. The complaint centres on comments made by Judge Brian Sherrard KC in Dungannon Crown Court as he was sentencing a man who a