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Belfast firm MKB Law has appointed two new solicitors and a legal executive. Chris Quinn joins the firm as a solicitor in its private client team, advising clients on matters including wills and estate planning and administration. He also offers guidance on enduring powers of attorney and controller

Gráinne Berrill has been designated for appointment as director of the new National Office for Community Safety. The new office is to be established under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 when it is commenced later this year and will lead on the establishment of new local

A former restaurant worker in Co Kerry has been awarded over €23,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) for breaches of minimum wage and working time laws. Suman Bhurtel, who is originally from Nepal and was working with an employment permit, was represented at the WRC by the Migrant R

The UK's most notorious cold cases could be solved using AI. Police chiefs think that cloud-based software Söze could be fed huge quantities of information to help detectives crack unsolved cases.

A seven-year-old child named after a Star Wars character was denied a British passport due to rights concerns. Loki Skywalker Mowbray's parents slipped in the reference because he was born on 4 May, celebrated by fans as 'Star Wars Day'.

An implementation group tasked with reducing lengthy conveyancing and probate processes to just eight weeks has met for the first time. The group has been established to implement the recommendations of a report published in July, which found that conveyancing can currently take an average of 9.5 we

Research by a law professor at University College Dublin has highlighted significant links between intimate partner violence and paramilitary coercive control in Northern Ireland.

More than twice as many asylum judicial review cases were lodged with the High Court last year than the year before, according to new figures. The Courts Service today published its annual report for 2023, revealing that almost 550,000 new cases came before the courts last year.

The UK government has been urged to scrap the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) following a court defeat. Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the controversial Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 breaches human r

A fixed penalty of €2,000 can now be imposed on those who sell tobacco products or nicotine inhaling products at events aimed at children. The relevant sections of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 have been commenced with effect from today.

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has issued letters to former sub-postmasters whose convictions have been quashed through legislation. Madden & Finucane Solicitors said four of its clients have now received letters confirming their convictions have been quashed under the Post Office (Hor

The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) is to receive major IT upgrades through a 20-year contract valued at £85 million. Independent IT and business consulting firm CGI will deliver the long-term support contract and a five-year programme of work to improve the experiences o

Dublin-based Crowley Millar Solicitors LLP has appointed Simon Deane-Johns as a senior consultant solicitor. Mr Deane-Johns specialises in online financial services, e-commerce, IT, SaaS, privacy, personal data, cryptoassets, smart contracts and AI.

The Bar of Ireland has urged the government to use Budget 2025 to restore the full range of FEMPI-era cuts to criminal barristers working for the State. In its pre-budget submission, published today, the representative body for over 2,000 practising barristers also calls for restoration of the pay l

Two bungling burglars with the exact same name have been jailed. The two Bernie McDonaghs — who lived 100 miles apart and are reported not to be related — were sentenced last week after carrying out a series of thefts in and around Coventry.