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A nearly 140-year-old copy of writings by Friedrich Engels, the lifetime brother-in-arms of Karl Marx, has been returned to a library decades after it went missing. The 1883 collection of Engels' writings went missing in the 1960s after being borrowed from the city library in Mönchengladbach in

Virginia Giuffre could be required to disclose the details of her recent settlement with Prince Andrew in a separate legal battle with Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer Professor Alan Dershowitz, who denies her accusations of rape. Ms Giuffre alleges that she was forced to have sex with Professor Ders

The Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA) has relocated to new offices just a short walk from the Royal Courts of Justice. The association said its new base at River House, 48-60 High Street, Belfast is an "important development" which will assist its work to improve member services.

William Fry LLP has announced the appointment of Rob McDwyer as a consultant in the firm's energy and natural resources group. A seasoned practitioner with over 21 years' experience, the last 12 of which were exclusively focused on renewable energy projects, Mr McDwyer was previously based in Austra

More than a million audio or video connections have been made for remote and hybrid hearings in the Northern Ireland courts between the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 and the end of December 2021. The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) said 56 courtrooms are now digi

So-called "sex-for-rent" arrangements should be criminalised in Ireland, justice minister Helen McEntee has said. Speaking in the Dáil yesterday, Mrs McEntee said she and housing minister Darragh O'Brien have jointly sought advice from the Attorney General on "how we can go from here to try t

Belfast-based Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors has announced the appointment of three new partners.  Jennifer Young, Karen Connolly and Ruth Flinn, who between them have over 45 years' experience in their specialist areas of law, have each been promoted from associate solicitor to partner.

A change in the law to require court approval of all children's compensation claims in Northern Ireland has been backed by an overwhelming majority of responses to a Department of Justice consultation.

Law Society trainees Enya Levy and Kevin Barrett have been named the overall winners of the National Negotiation Competition. Ms Levy of Arthur Cox and Mr Barrett of McCann FitzGerald triumphed over the Trinity College Dublin team of Lana Bader Eddin and Raman Malashchanka in the final held at Black

A court in Hong Kong relied on a ruling by judges including UK Supreme Court president Lord Reed to jail a member of the territory's parliament. Fernando Cheung, 64, a former Labour Party member of the Hong Kong legislative council (LegCo), was imprisoned for three weeks over a 45-minute anti-Beijin

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A barristers' chambers in London has been sharply rebuked by a judge after publishing a press release about the outcome of a court ruling almost a full day prior to the handing down of the judgment. Matrix Chambers prepared a press release on the outcome of the appeal in R (Counsel General for Wales

A public consultation on the government's third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence has opened. The consultation, which includes proposals for a new statutory agency under the aegis of the Department of Justice, will run for three weeks ahead of the publication of the fin

William Fry has achieved the Business Working Responsibly Mark in recognition of its commitment to sustainability. The Mark, developed by  Business in the Community Ireland and audited by the NSAI, is based on ISO 26000 and was presented at the "Embedding Sustainability in your Business" webina

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. BHSM LLP has acted for Welltel, Ireland's largest dedicated business communications provider, in its acquisition of ANS, an Irish cloud, security and managed IT services specialist.