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Belfast and Newry firm JMK Solicitors has committed to paying all of its full-time members of staff a minimum annual salary of £20,000. The move, effective from the start of November, will see the firm effectively pay a minimum wage of £12.80 per hour rather than the statutory £8.7

Social media companies will face fines of billions of pounds for failing to tackle harmful content under new UK government plans, but criminal offences targeting executives will not immediately be introduced.

Ownership of Bangor's historic courthouse has been transferred to a community group as part of a project to regenerate the Co Down town's seafront. Built in 1866, the courthouse was originally a branch of the Belfast Banking Company and contained a private residence for the bank manager and his fami

The independent inquiry into the recall of around 3,000 neurology patients in Belfast has been converted to a statutory public inquiry. Health Minister Robin Swann told MLAs that the inquiry was converted to a statutory public inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 from 11 December 2020.

Two Newry solicitors are set to undertake a gruelling half-marathon on Christmas morning in support of Women's Aid NI. Ryan Elliott and John Murphy, both from The Elliott-Trainor Partnership Solicitors, will run 13.1 miles on Christmas Day to raise funds for the charity in Armagh and Down.

A new social media trend which encourages young people to lie in front of oncoming traffic has been condemned by gardaí. The "ghosting" trend sees people challenged to lie on roads with a sheet over them in an attempt to stop oncoming traffic.

Government ministers have approved the drafting of legislation to replace the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board (JAAB) with a new Judicial Appointments Commission chaired by the Chief Justice. The new Judicial Appointments Commission Bill differs from the bill proposed in 2017 in that it proposes

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected the applications of three symphysiotomy victims in Ireland as being “manifestly ill-founded”. The women, who are to remain anonymous, claimed that Ireland had breached their human rights by preventing them from pursuing complaints that the

Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of Maeve Williams, James Mulligan, Chris Dickison and Lucy McKee as associates in Belfast. Ms Williams has joined the corporate and commercial team, Ms McKee has joined the finance group and Mr Mulligan and Mr Dickison have joined the property team.

A&L Goodbody has congratulated eight of its lawyers on graduating from this year's ALG Masters in the Business of Law following two years' study.

A child who suffered catastrophic brain injuries in a criminal assault should receive funding for expert reports and legal representation to support his appeal for greater compensation, a legal challenge will argue. The High Court in Belfast will today consider whether to grant leave for a judicial

A district judge in Northern Ireland who openly questioned why buying sex is a criminal offence but selling sex is not will now receive "specific guidance" on the issue. The comments made by Judge Ted Magill during a criminal trial were "inappropriate", the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, agr

Brian Hunt, partner at Ronan Daly Jermyn, explores the history of gambling law reform in Ireland. The regulation of betting activities has always been distinct from that which applied to gaming and lotteries. The licensing of bookmakers in Ireland was first provided for by the Betting Act of 1926 (l

Credit unions can hold their annual general meetings online in whole or in part under new legislation approved by the Oireachtas. The Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 will allow credit unions to hold their AGMs in spite of Covid-19 restrictions.

LK Shields partner Jeanne Kelly has been appointed to the board of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce. Ms Kelly is a leading IP, technology and privacy lawyer with more than 20 years' experience.