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A Magic Circle law firm has increased its starting salary for junior solicitors to £100,000. Solicitors qualifying at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer this year will benefit from the £15,000 increase over last year's figure.

A former Uber driver was an employee of the ride-sharing company rather than an independent contractor, a Swiss court has ruled for the first time. Lawyer Remy Wyler told AFP that the ruling from Lausanne Labour Court was the first of its kind in Switzerland.

The Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi has been cleared of sexual harassment allegations after an inquiry ruled there was no substance to the accusations – as it withheld its report. Mr Gogoi previously claimed the accusations were "false" and intended to "destabilise the judiciary".

Magic mushrooms would be effectively decriminalised under proposals set to be put to a local referendum. Citizens of Denver in the US state of Colorado will be asked to vote on a measure banning officials from "spending resources to impose criminal penalties" for the use or possession of the psyched

The licence holder for a hotel in Toomebridge was entitled to apply for an occasional licence for a function room which had been de-licensed for under-age events, the Court of Appeal has ruled. In a case stated to the court, Lord Justice Seamus Treacy concluded that the Recorder of Londonderry was i

The Chief Justice, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has warned the Government not to be complacent about the administration of justice in Ireland despite high levels of public confidence. Delivering the keynote address at Burren Law School on Sunday, Ireland's most senior judge said: "I do not think that th

Dublin firm OSM Partners has announced the appointment of Will Cocoran as a senior associate in the corporate and commercial litigation team.

Solicitor Marie Anderson is set to be recommended by Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley for appointment as Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. Mrs Anderson, a graduate of Queen's University Belfast who qualified as a solicitor in 1985, will step down from her current post as Public Services

The Oireachtas will be asked to approve Ireland's participation in a new EU regulation governing Eurojust following its approval by the Government. The 2018 Regulation, which will come into effect from 12 December 2019, replaces the existing 2002 Council Decision governing the operation of Eurojust

Irish lawyers and prisoners could take legal action over reports of covert surveillance in Irish prisons, human rights lawyer Kevin Winters has warned. The Inspector of Prisons, Patricia Gilheaney, was asked by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan last November to examine allegations that private conve

Prominent lawyers calling for a Yes vote in the forthcoming divorce referendum will officially launch the Lawyers for Yes campaign at Blackhall Place this afternoon. The launch event will hear from Catherine Ford BL; Peter Ward SC, chairperson of FLAC; Eilis Barry BL, chief executive of FLAC; family

More than two dozen lawyers have qualified to practice the law in the Irish language in the past two years, figures reveal. In 2017, 16 students at the Law Society of Ireland and eight students at the King's Inns completed the advanced Irish language course necessary for admission to the registers o

The president of the High Court has reserved judgment on whether the first interim report of the inspectors investigating Independent News and Media (INM) can, at this stage, be disclosed to INM, the Central Bank, or any other party. The inspectors were appointed by Mr Justice Peter Kelly last Septe

James O'Dwyer, a former chairman and managing partner at Arthur Cox, has left €25 million in his will, the Sunday Independent reports. Mr O'Dwyer passed away in New York last August at the age of 71 after a short illness, as reported in Irish Legal News at the time.

DWF Group plc, with offices in Belfast and Dublin, has acquired a Polish legal services business for £3 million. Lawyers formerly employed by K&L Gates Jamka will now be running a DWF office in Warsaw with 11 partners as well as 45 lawyers and 31 support staff in a deal expected to complet