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The first in this year’s series of Hamlyn Lectures is being hosted by Scotland's Faculty of Advocates and delivered by Eleanor Sharpston QC, Advocate General from 2006 to 2020 at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Three online lectures by Ms Sharpston will consider The Great Experimen

The Law Society of Ireland has invited lawyers, their family and friends to take part in a virtual Calcutta Run this year. The legal fundraiser was originally due to take place in May but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Belfast-based MKB Law has donated 50 new Lenovo tablets to the Antrim Children’s Services section of the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

A school pupil who appeared to have been kidnapped at gunpoint during a Zoom class was only playing a prank, police have said. High school students across the US have been faking their kidnappings as part of a new "Zoomnapping" trend which has gone viral on social media.

In an international protection appeal, the Supreme Court has held that there is no express right to enter the State for the purposes of making an application, save where the person is at its frontiers. In her judgment, Ms Justice Marie Baker also criticised remarks made by Mr Justice Richard Humphre

Jury trials and other courts and tribunals business are continuing in Northern Ireland following the tightening of Covid-19 restrictions on Friday. Crown Court trials have resumed at six courthouse locations since August in the Laganside courts complex in Belfast and at Antrim, Craigavon, Newry, Col

Community Law & Mediation (CLM) assisted more than 3,100 people through its free legal advice, advocacy, mediation and education services last year, according to its latest annual report. The community law centre and charity called on the government to prioritise access to civil legal aid in a y

Belfast-based Higgins Hollywood Deazley (HHD) Solicitors has announced the promotion of litigation lawyer Lauren Jones to associate solicitor. Ms Jones joined the firm in 2013 following her graduation from Ulster University with a first class honours degree in Law with Criminology, before obtaining

Human rights practice Ó Muirigh Solicitors has announced the appointment of Colleen Lanigan as a solicitor. Ms Lanigan, a graduate of Queen's University Belfast, qualified as a solicitor last year.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched two inquiries into the processing of children's data by Instagram, part of Facebook Ireland Limited. The DPC said it had received a number of complaints concerning the processing of children's personal data on Instagram and had identified poten

Belfast firm Phoenix Law has announced the appointment of Elaine Conlon to lead its redress team. The redress team is responsible for the representation of victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse and their applications to the HIA Redress Board for compensation.

Northern Ireland legal academic Dr Thomas L Muinzer has been appointed as a co-director of the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL). AUCEL is an energy-oriented research and educational institute based at the University of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland.

The president of the Law Society of Ireland has led tributes to its outgoing director general Ken Murphy on his announced retirement. Mr Murphy will retire in March 2021 after reaching his 65th birthday, having completed 26 years as director general, as Irish Legal News reported on Friday.

The last thing the UK needs is a government whose ministers exercise “unbridled power”, a former UK Supreme Court justice has said. Speaking to The Guardian, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, who retired from the bench last month, criticised recent comments from the Home Secretary Priti Patel and

Staff at Oberstown Children's Detention Campus have threatened to strike over the placement of a young woman into a new mixed-gender unit. Trade union Fórsa said its members were not consulted on the establishment of the new unit and have concerns about the impact on detainees and staff.