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A non-statutory advisory committee will be established to help identify candidates for the post of president of the High Court, the government has announced. Ms Justice Mary Irvine, who has served in the role since 2020, is due to retire in July 2022. The 65-year-old judge told colleagues of her dec

The long-awaited Family Court Bill is one of 34 pieces of draft legislation which will be published this summer as a matter of priority, the government has said. The bill, which will establish a District Family Court, a Circuit Family Court and a Family High Court as divisions within the current cou

Matheson has announced the appointment of corporate partners Sandra Lord and David Jones to the firm's London and New York offices respectively. Previously based in Dublin, both partners will now boost Matheson's overseas expertise, with Mr Jones being joined in New York by senior associate Eoin Shi

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has instructed McCartan & Burke Solicitors LLP to initiate defamation proceedings against RTÉ. The lawsuit relates to a recent interview, according to Independent.ie, and comes in the same month that Irish MEPs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly launched

Lawyers at Belfast and Bangor firm Wilson Nesbitt have raised over £1,600 for Leukaemia & Lymphoma NI after abseiling from the Europa Hotel. The four-person team scaled the 51-metre building to raise funds for the Law Society of Northern Ireland's chosen charity for 2022.

Belfast will welcome judges and legal professionals from across the world next month at the Commonwealth Mediation Conference. Taking place on 19-20 May 2022, the conference will provide a platform to discuss the growing importance and use of mediation to resolve disputes.

Law students Aoife Stewart and David Cotter have been chosen as this year's recipients of memorial bursary established in memory of late Arthur Cox partner Niamh Burke. Ms Stewart, from Drogheda in Louth, and Mr Cotter, from Oranmore in Galway, impressed judges with their commitment to working to ta

International law firm Pinsent Masons has increased its starting salaries for newly-qualified solicitors in Belfast to £35,000. The move, which takes effect in September, represents a 12.9 per cent increase on the previous starting salary of £31,000.

Barrister Julie Ahern has been appointed as head of legal, policy and services at the Children's Rights Alliance (CRA). Ms Ahern joined the CRA in 2013 and has worked in various roles including legal and policy manager, leading the establishment of its access to justice initiative and projects such

A couple whose "golf-course-view" home was repeatedly struck by golf balls has won more than €4.6 million after a court ruled the neighbouring country club should have done more to protect them. As many as 651 golf balls struck the property of Erik and Athina Tenczar, who live next to the 15th

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP (MHC) has announced the appointment of Hazel McDwyer as a partner in the firm's intellectual property team. Ms McDwyer, who joins MHC from a leading Australian commercial law firm based in Sydney, helps clients to identify, secure and commercialise their intellectual pro

A man has died after self-immolating in front of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) building in what is believed to have been a protest against climate change. Wynn Bruce, a 50-year-old photojournalist and a Shambhala Buddhist, died in hospital on Saturday, a day after he set himself on

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has launched a new online learning module to support public servants' understanding of the human rights and equality obligations of their work. The new e-learning module, which will be rolled out across the civil service, was formally launched at an eve

The Bar of Northern Ireland has called for an end to the "unsustainable underfunding" of legal aid as it set out its policy priorities ahead of next week's election. In Raising the Bar: Priorities for the Post-Election Period, the Bar urges policy and decision makers to "take a strategic view of the

A&L Goodbody (ALG) has been awarded two environmental accreditations in Northern Ireland in recognition of its commitment to sustainability. The firm, which employs over 120 people at its Belfast office, has been awarded the ISO 14001: 2015 Environmental Standard. The internationally recognised