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Two newly-appointed County Court judges were sworn into office yesterday afternoon.

The Law Society of Ireland has raised concerns about the impending deadline for registration of rights of way created by long use. Under the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, rights of way created by long use must be registered with the Property Registration Authority of Ireland (PRAI) by 3

The presiding coroner for Northern Ireland has identified eight inquests which will be progressed under year two of the Lord Chief Justice's five-year plan for legacy inquests, which has been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement today, Mr Justice David McFarland said: "The impact of the

Belfast-based KRW LAW LLP has secured a six-figure damages payout for a victim of historic abuse at a Newry grammar school. Tony Gribben was abused over 45 years ago by the late Malachy Finnegan, the former president of St Colman's College in the Diocese of Dromore.

The Lord Chief Justice has suggested making juries smaller to deal with the mounting backlog of criminal cases. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Lord Burnett of Maldon said “an opportunity was missed to introduce a temporary reduction in jury size” at the onset of the pandemic last year.

Society should adopt asynchronous legal hearings, Professor Richard Susskind has said. Speaking at an online conference hosted by the Judicial Institute for Scotland on what lies ahead for civil justice, the legal futurist laid out developments in the court system that he expects to see.

A man has been arrested in connection with the theft of 21 tonnes of pistachios valued at more than $100,000. California man Alberto Montemayor, 34, of Montemayor Trucking, was arrested after an audit of Touchstone Pistachio Company found that 42,000 pounds of the seeds were missing.

The Supreme Court has quashed a recommendation by the Labour Court for a Sectoral Employment Order setting minimum conditions for electrical workers’ pay because it failed to provide adequate reasoning for the decision. The SEO was recommended under the procedure set out in Chapter 3 of Indust

Intellectual property protection business Murgitroyd IP has appointed Belfast lawyer Joanne Lecky as managing director of its trade mark group. Ms Lecky has already been serving as interim managing director for trade marks prior to being confirmed for the permanent role.

Data regulation has replaced tax rate as the most important consideration for international organisations making location decisions, a new global survey by William Fry suggests. The law firm surveyed over 300 C-suite executives from leading companies around the world and found that tax had fallen fr

Cleaver Fulton Rankin associate director Brendan Martyn has been appointed as the Northern Ireland trustee of the UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA). Mr Martyn, elected at UKELA's AGM last week, will succeed CFR chairperson and director Karen Blair, who has served in the post for the maximum t

Children's rights expert Paddy Kelly has been appointed as the legally qualified commissioner to the Board of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI). Ms Kelly, a qualified barrister who also serves as director of the Children's Law Centre (CLC), has been appointed to the role for a five-

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Ireland has backed long-standing proposals to widen international participation in the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Employment Minister Damien English said the government had decided to ratify the 1986 Instrument for the Amendment of the ILO Constitution.

The UK Supreme Court has found that an accounting firm that incorrectly advised a building society that it could use a method of accounting known as “hedge accounting” to handle volatility in certain payments had negligently cost the society £32 million for the cost of ditching the