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An emergency legal bid to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson from suspending Parliament has begun at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, our sister publication Scottish Legal News reports. Seventy-five parliamentarians are supporting the action which seeks an interim interdict to prevent the suspensio

Irish Legal News recently caught up with the Lord Mayor of Belfast, John Finucane, to talk about his experience as a solicitor and advocate, and his hopes for the future of the city of Belfast. Mr Finucane read Law with History at the University of Dundee and completed his Legal Practice Course in N

A public consultation on the legalisation of the use of e-scooters and other powered personal transporters (PPTs) on public roads will begin on Sunday. Transport Minister Shane Ross announced the consultation after receiving a report from the Road Safety Authority (RSA), which broadly supports legal

Belfast firm KRW Law is representing controversial former journalist Gemma O'Doherty in a defamation action against Village Magazine and its editor, the magazine has said. In a tweet, Village Magazine said the law firm had lodged proceedings in the High Court in Dublin over the content of an editori

A profoundly deaf man has served as a juror in England and Wales in what is believed to be a legal first. Matthew Johnston, 54, served on three trials at Blackfriars Crown Court over a two-week period, The Guardian reports.

An aggrieved beekeeper enlisted the bears who stole thousands of pounds worth of honey from his bee hives in an unwitting experiment which has revealed their expensive tastes. Ibrahim Sedef, who produces honey on Turkey's Black Sea coast, set up a row of bowls for the repeat offenders to see what ho

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Sinéad Power as a partner in the firm's dispute resolution team. Ms Power helps organisations prevent, work through and resolve disputes, often with an international component. She has experience in a wide range of commercial litigatio

Attorney General Séamus Woulfe SC has reportedly warned the Government that a mandatory vaccination scheme in Irish schools will be "challenging to do legally". Health Minister Simon Harris recently asked Mr Woulfe to examine the constitutionality of proposals to make vaccines mandatory in sc

The UK's advertising regulator has ordered the Home Office to withdraw a "misleading" advert for the post-Brexit EU settlement scheme. In a ruling published today, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the radio advert gives listeners the impression that a passport or ID card is the only id

Russia violated the rights of an auditor charged with organised tax evasion who died in pre-trial detention in November 2009, judges in the European Court of Human Rights have unanimously ruled.

Lawyers who graduated from DCU School of Law and Government have been invited to mentor recent graduates as they plan their next career steps. The university has appealed to alumni to register for the Graduate Law Mentorship Programme, which is entering its third year.

Law students at Trinity College Dublin have raised over €12,500 for mental health charity Jigsaw.

University of Limerick School of Law has facilitated Street Law training for a group of youth justice workers based in the Kerry Garda Youth Diversion Project.

Richard Gray, partner and head of the corporate team at Carson McDowell in Belfast, examines the potential impact of Brexit on the food and drink sector. According to Invest Northern Ireland, the food and drink sector is worth £5 billion to the economy in Northern Ireland. As well as being the

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates examines the issue of harassment in the workplace. In Case ADJ15003, the Adjudication Officer dealt with two significant issues: firstly, what is harassment; and secondly, the issue of investigations of complaints.