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A prominent solicitor who headed one of Northern Ireland's largest commercial law firms may not go on trial for alleged fraud offences until 2023, a court has heard. Solicitor Ian Coulter, 49, and businessman Frank Cushnahan, 78, were charged last year with fraud offences linked to the sale of NAMA&

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Eversheds Sutherland has advised FEXCO and the trustees of the Goodbody Employee Benefit Trust on the proposed sale of Goodbody Stockbrokers to Allied Irish Banks plc.

It should be mandatory for children detained by gardaí to receive legal advice from specialist solicitors, a landmark study commissioned by the Policing Authority has suggested. A first-of-its-kind study into children's experiences of their rights during police questioning in Ireland has been

Benjamin Bestgen considers the law around espionage in this week's jurisprudential primer. See last week's here. James Bond is a bad spy; a pathological character who’d probably score highly on most psychopathy tests: he is glib, manipulative, self-absorbed, lacking in empathy, unnecessarily v

One of the UK's largest holiday park operators has been widely condemned after blacklisting common Irish surnames as part of an unlawful discriminatory booking policy targeting Gypsies and Travellers. Pontins, owned by Britannia Jinky Jersey Limited, has now signed a legally binding agreement with t

The Covid-19 pandemic led to a sharp increase in the number of unregistered food businesses operating from domestic kitchens or private dwellings, new figures from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) reveal. The watchdog investigated 47 unregistered food businesses in 2020, up nearly 150 per

Representatives from the law societies in each of the four legal jurisdictions in the UK and Ireland met virtually this morning to discuss the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit.

Press freedom organisation Reporters without Borders (RSF) has filed a criminal complaint in Germany against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and other Saudi officials, alleging crimes against humanity. The complaint details systematic persecution of journalists in Saudi Arabia, in pa

A man who shares a surname with a derogatory term is suing a major academic institution over its definition. Italian man Francesco Terrone, 59, is seeking to have the prestigious Accademia della Crusca amend its definition of terrone.

The High Court has granted an application for security for costs against an impecunious company suing for €228,000. The company was ordered to pay 80 percent of the defendant’s costs, which were estimated at €231,000. In delivering the judgment, Mr Justice Michael Twomey was highly c

The Judicial Council's personal injuries guidelines committee is standing by its recommendations and will not make changes in response to criticism from some judges, according to reports. Draft guidelines were drawn up by the committee last year and are currently being considered by the full Judicia

Legislation to change how the personal injury discount rate is calculated has been introduced to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Damages (Return on Investment) Bill, which follows a public consultation last year, will change how the personal injury discount rate is set.

Belfast-based KRW LAW LLP has expanded its legacy department with the appointment of Padraig McIlkenny, who joins the practice from the community sector. Mr McIlkenny will assist in both the conflict and historical institutional abuse sectors of the team's work.

Matheson and Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm, have been ranked among the leading legal advisers to the Irish funds industry. The Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report has recorded double-digit growth for the funds industry in the year to the end of June 2020.

Proposals to require courts to approve legal settlements of financial cases involving minors are set to be put to a public consultation after the summer. Personal injury and road traffic specialist firm JMK Solicitors has been calling since 2016 for action to ensure children’s rights are fully