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Senior women barristers feel they are being given fewer major cases than their equally competent male colleagues, Lady Hale, president of the UK Supreme Court, has said. In an interview with The Times, the UK's most senior judge said she had "heard from very competent women barristers that they don'

Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) was recognised as the top Irish law firm for contentious trademark law and copyright law at a London awards ceremony last night. The firm's intellectual property team took home the Trademark Contentious Firm of the Year – Ireland and Copyright Firm of the Year &n

Fees for basic and standard criminal record checks in Northern Ireland are set to be reduced from the start of April. The Department of Justice announced that the current fee of £26 for record checks through AccessNI will be reduced to £18 from 1 April 2019.

President Trump is increasing indefinite detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, it has been revealed. Middle East Eye and the Miami Herald report that administrators for the detention camp have sought to "identify potential contractors" for a new 5,000-square-foot prison compound at Guantanamo.

Having witnessed evictions in 1885 which she described as the “wholesale destruction of the little houses of the people”, Maud Gonne said this “changed the whole course” of her life, transforming her from a “carefree society girl into a woman of set purpose”, dete

It will soon be legal to have sex outside of marriage in the US state of Utah following new legislation. The state legislature voted by 41-32 this week to repeal the misdemeanour crime of fornication.

Pearse Jordan’s mother has successfully appealed the decision of the Court of Appeal to order a stay on her application for damages for the state’s failure to carry out a prompt investigation into the circumstances of her son’s death, in violation of Article 2 ECHR. Finding that th

ByrneWallace has announced the appointment of Liam Connellan as partner and head of pensions. With over 20 years' experience in the pensions industry, Mr Connellan has extensive experience advising on all aspects of pension law.

Solicitor Fiona Hunter has been appointed to the position of legal and investigations officer for the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children & Young People (NICCY). The role supports the Commissioner to fulfil her statutory function of keeping under review law, practice and services which re

Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has been accused of a "direct attack on the rule of law" after telling MPs that killings by military and police during the Troubles "were not crimes". Solicitor Darragh Mackin of Belfast firm Phoenix Law told Irish Legal News that the comments were "morally a

Irish judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers have been urged to consider using restorative justice following the launch of a new cross-European project aimed at promoting its benefits.

Barrister Laura L. Keogh, author of Data Protection Compliance: A Guide to GDPR and Irish Data Protection Law, writes for Irish Legal News on the Public Services Card (PSC) - which contains an individual's name, signature, PPS number, card number and facial image - and its compatibility with the EU

The volume of M&A deals in Ireland reached a five-year high, despite a backdrop of increased geo-political instability and macro-economic issues, according to William Fry. The law firm today published its published the eighth edition of its annual M&A review, finding that there were 162 deal

Assurances given to "on-the-run" republican paramilitaries by the UK Government may have been used to gather evidence against them, giving rise to questions of exceptional public importance that require consideration by Ireland’s superior courts, a High Court judge said. John Downey, 67, was a

Students from Queen's University Belfast were welcomed to the UK Supreme Court this week for the court's fourth moot of the year.