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Dozens of past presidents of Queen's University Belfast Law Society reunited at a special event last week.

Two young Iraqi women can claim asylum in the Netherlands on the basis that they have become "westernised" during their stay in the country and could be persecuted if forced to return to Iraq, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. The two women are sisters of Iraqi nationality

Ireland ranks among the highest in Europe for public perceptions of judicial independence, a new EU report has highlighted. The 2024 EU Justice Scoreboard shows that the public's perception of judicial independence has improved across the continent, including in countries that had experienced system

An ice cream chain is being taken to court by a disgruntled customer over its pistachio ice cream — which contains no pistachios. New York ice cream aficionado Jenna Marie Duncan has been granted permission to bring her false advertising case against Cold Stone Creamery, a well-known brand whi

A man who was wrongfully arrested and detained in the US based on facial recognition technology (FRT) has called on Helen McEntee not to introduce the technology into Irish policing. Robert Williams spoke at an event hosted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) last week in Dublin, alongsi

Carson McDowell has continued its support for the Belfast School of Art (BSoA) annual degree show in the art school's 175th anniversary.

Benedict Taaffe has named by Matheson as the winner of the 2024 Tim Scanlon Corporate Law Bursary. Now in its third year, the annual bursary honours the memory of late Matheson partner Tim Scanlon.

Judges failed subpostmasters convicted in the Horizon scandal, according to a former director of public prosecutions of England and Wales. Sir David Calvert-Smith, 79, who reviewed scores of appeals for the Post Office, said that in at least 12 convictions, judges ought to have “probed”

Belfast-based Paschal O'Hare Solicitors has expanded its newly-established hearing loss department with the appointment of legal professional Ella McConville. Ms McConville graduated from Queen's University Belfast with an undergraduate degree in law in 2023 and aspires to complete a postgraduate de

The Galway Solicitors Bar Association (GSBA) will host a CPD event followed by drinks and a summer BBQ later this month. Ruadhán Ó Ciaráin BL and Dr Róisín Á Costello BL will speak at the CPD event in the Oak Bar at the Glenlo Abbey Hotel on 28 June 2024 fro

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has published its new diversity, equality and inclusion strategy. Developed through consultation with members and wider stakeholders, the strategy identifies three strategic objectives under the headings of 'access to the profession', 'building a successful career

Dublin firm O'Brien Redmond Solicitors has merged with Ken Kennedy Law, the two firms announced today. Inspired by a generation of family solicitors before him, O'Brien Redmond Solicitors was established by Brian O'Brien in 1997. Mr O'Brien's mother was a solicitor and her aunt became Ireland's firs

Intellectual property specialist Lane IP, with an office on Dublin's North Wall Quay, has been acquired by Swedish-headquartered Abion. All offices and affiliated of Lane IP, which is based in the UK, will rebrand as Abion in September 2024 to support Abion's long-term ambition to build an internati

Pro bono work has been "mainstreamed into the Irish legal culture" — but that was not the case until relatively recently, FLAC chief executive Eilis Barry points out. When Ms Barry joined the legal charity FLAC in 2016, Éamonn Conlon SC, then a partner in A&L Goodbody LLP, had just

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice is considering whether journalists should be allowed to report on family court proceedings in response to calls from domestic abuse survivors. Several women have met with the victims of crime commissioner designate to push for increased transparency in the fa