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Representatives from the Law Society of Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth Law Association (CLA) are set to attend a special plaque unveiling in Zambia next week. Brian Speers, vice-president of the CLA and treasurer of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, will join the Rt Hon Baroness Scotland o

HHD Solicitors sponsored a number of prizes at the Antrim Road Business Association's annual spring event.

A man who decided to become a lawyer because of his family's experience of a land dispute when he was six years old has managed to win the land back 23 years later. Jordan Kinyera, 29, took up his father's case in the long-running dispute and, on Monday, the High Court in Uganda ruled in his favour.

On 7 June 1917, William Hoey Kearney Redmond was killed in the attack on the Messines Ridge during the First World War, serving as a major in the Royal Irish Regiment of the British Army. A famous Irish Nationalist, Willie came from a family of parliamentarians – his father, William Archer Red

American inmate has 'no right to painless death' A murderer on death row in Missouri has no right to a "painless death", the US Supreme Court has ruled.

A pair of identical twins who refuse to admit which one is the father of a child have both been ordered to pay child maintenance. The child's paternity cannot be established by DNA test because the two possible fathers are identical twins, BBC News reports.

A man who was sentenced to five years imprisonment for conspiracy to import and possession with intent to supply cocaine has lost an appeal against his conviction. The man had argued that the search warrant for his flat in Dublin was invalid because it was almost identical to the original search war

Derry-based Caldwell & Robinson Solicitors has expanded south of the border for the first time in anticipation of increased legal activity after Brexit.

Shoosmiths has announced the appointment of Sarah Ewing and John Palmer as real estate partners in the firm's Belfast office. Ms Ewing is an experienced real estate practitioner with particular expertise in residential development and acting for major retailers, while Mr Palmer is a respected projec

The Department of Justice has announced the appointment of Caroline Conway as Northern Ireland's new independent reviewer of criminal record certificates. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK to provide screening of criminal record information through an independent reviewer, who can review c

Legislation providing for the May referendum on divorce has been approved by the Dáil and is now set to be considered by the Seanad. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and Culture Minister Josepha Madigan, a solicitor who has pushed for divorce reform, have welcomed the passage of the Thirty-e

Partner Darryl Broderick and trainee solicitor James Leahy at Ronan Daly Jermyn (RDJ) examine a new Court of Appeal ruling restating the law on passing off. Although passing off cases are a rare phenomenon in Irish courts there have been times when businesses have sought the litigation route to stop

The Hibernian Law Journal welcomed guests from across the legal profession to Blackhall Place for the conferral of the Hibernian Law Medals upon the 8th President of Ireland, Professor Mary McAleese, and former Supreme Court Justice, Ms Justice Catherine McGuinness.

A team of lawyers at Ronan Daly Jermyn (RDJ) advised University College Cork (UCC) on its successful High Court case against the Information Commissioner. Mr Justice Garret Simons overturned a decision of the Information Commissioner requiring UCC to disclose to RTÉ certain information about

ByrneWallace's banking and finance team has been shortlisted for a prestigious European award in connection with its work on a securitisation arrangement entered into by Permanent TSB plc (PTSB) for a portfolio of loans. The team's work on Project Glenbeigh has been shortlisted in the Structured Fin