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International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has announced a £2 million five-year partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The firm's partnership with MSF began in Australia and now includes the Belfast office as well as its teams in London, Johannesburg, Hong Kong and

Increased take-up of artificial intelligence technology in the legal sector could put tens of thousands of paralegals and other support staff out of a job, according to research published by the Law Society of England and Wales. The legal regulator commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies (

Three heart patients died after an angry mob of lawyers rampaged through a hospital in Lahore in a dispute with lawyers. Some 200 lawyers in their traditional black suits descended upon the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), destroying windows and doors and setting a police van on fire.

The EU's decision to gift 250 camels to a country known for having millions of camels has been derided by locals. The animals will be deployed in Mauritania's military camel cavalry units, but critics took to social media to say they would have preferred a high-tech contribution.

Four models for capping personal injury awards have been set out by the Law Reform Commission in an issues paper published today. The Cost of Insurance Working Group (CIWG) and the Personal Injuries Commission (PIC) previously recommended that the law reform body should examine whether a statutory c

The Supreme Court will sit in Kilkenny early next year and Castlebar the year after that, the Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has said. The plans for the court's fourth- and fifth-ever sittings outside of Dublin have been warmly welcomed by the Mayo Solicitors' Bar Association.

The controversial Judicial Appointments Bill has been amended in the Seanad to allow former barristers and solicitors to be considered "lay persons" three years after leaving practice. The bill previously provided that someone could not be considered a "lay person" until 15 years after ceasing to pr

Adult safeguarding efforts are being hampered by "rigid and overly cautious interpretations" of GDPR rules, Senator Colette Kelleher has said. Ms Kelleher made the remarks at the launch of a new research report examining Ireland's current adult safeguarding practices and the need for change.

The current model of legal aid is limited and under-resourced, Community Law & Mediation (CLM) has told an Oireachtas committee. The Oireachtas justice committee has continued to hear evidence on access to justice and legal costs in Ireland.

Most practitioners are satisfied with the two-tier Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court four years on from key reforms, according to new research. Dr Brian Barry, lecturer in law at TU Dublin, surveyed lawyers, trade union representatives and employer organisation representatives on their

Legislation to provide a legal basis for the phased excavation of the mass child burial site at Tuam will be published early next year, Children's Minister Dr Katherine Zappone has said. The general scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill 2019 was approved by Cabi

A fifth of those recruited to the public service should be competent in the Irish language under a new plan underpinned by legislation. The Cabinet has approved the publication of the Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019, which builds on the landmark Official Languages Act 2003.

The deliberate starvation of civilians during an armed civil conflict has been established as a war crime under an amendment to the Rome Statute underpinning the International Criminal Court (ICC). An amendment to article 8, paragraph 2 (e) of the Rome Statute was proposed by Switzerland and agreed

DWF Group plc is to acquire Spanish law firm Rousaud Costas Duran (RCD), it revealed, as it announced its first set of half-year results as a PLC. DWF has seen a 10 per cent increase in group revenue from £133.4m to £146.8m and a two per cent increase in gross profit to £73.7m

A neo-Nazi city councillor has launched a legal bid to force a left-wing mayor to shake his hand. Katja Wolf, mayor of the eastern German town of Eisenach, has refused to shake hands with any of the four councillors from the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD).