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John Philpot Curran was one of the most accomplished Irish lawyers of the late 18th and early 19th century. An excellent orator, Curran’s speeches in the courtroom were regularly met with great acclaim. Born in Newmarket, County Cork on 24 July 1750, he was heavily influenced by his mother, Sa

A fraudster who hid from police by pretending to be a nun has been jailed after being ousted from a convent. The 47-year-old Italian woman, who has not been named, moved from convent to convent to evade prison after a 2017 conviction for fraud.

The owners of a commercial property in Cork city have been awarded €45,614 for damage caused by a former tenant who converted the ground floor of the property from an off-licence to a bar without their consent. Soon after the works were carried out, tenants on the first floor of the property co

Eugene F. Collins has announced the appointment of three new associates and three newly-qualified solicitors.

Corporate and commercial law firm Mills Selig has announced two new appointments across the firm's commercial property and corporate teams. Michael Young has joined the Belfast-based firm's property team as a solicitor, while Darren Marley has joined the corporate team as a senior associate.

The sacking of Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith shortly after the restoration of devolution is a "really poor decision", Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. Mr Smith was among a number of high-profile politicians removed from their posts in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet reshuffle t

A shortage of "judicial manpower" has led to a backlog of 30 legacy judicial review cases pending in the High Court, a judge has said. Lord Justice McCloskey, speaking in the court yesterday, said legacy cases awaiting determination currently make up a fifth of all pending judicial reviews in Northe

Legislative proposals to end the early release of people convicted of terror offences will not be extended to Northern Ireland. The Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill, introduced in response to a terror incident in Streatham earlier this month, was approved by MPs yesterday.

The PSNI breached a man's privacy rights by indefinitely retaining his personal data after his drink driving conviction was spent, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. Fergus Gaughran, from Newry, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving in October 2008. He provided a breath sampl

Christopher Stanley, litigation consultant at KRW LAW LLP, examines the new Troubles-related incident victims' payments scheme. The Northern Ireland Office, following a public consultation in 2019, has published its Northern Ireland Troubles-related incident victims payments scheme. The scheme will

The Law Society of Ireland has welcomed 46 trainee solicitors to their campus for the first on-site lectures of the new Professional Practice Course Hybrid. The PPC Hybrid combines online lectures with face-to-face tuition, and the first on-site lectures marked a major development in the route to be

William Fry partner Lisa Carty has been recognised by Client Choice for excellent client care and quality of service.

A 101-year-old man was told by UK immigration authorities to have his parents confirm his identity. Giovanni Palmerio, who has lived in London since 1966, hit the obstacle after applying to the EU settlement scheme to stay in the UK after Brexit, The Guardian reports.

A woman who failed to notify the lender in a “lifetime loan” mortgage agreement of her mother’s death has lost an appeal against the decision to refuse an extension of time to challenge the order for possession granted to the lender. Dismissing the appeal, Ms Justice Iseult O&rsquo

A&L Goodbody has become the first law firm in Ireland with more than 300 practising solicitors, according to new figures. The firm, led by managing partner Julian Yarr, employed 313 solicitors with practising certificates (PCs) at the end of December 2019, according to yearly figures published b