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Attorney General Séamus Woulfe SC has postponed his trip to London to attend a four-day meeting being held in a hotel owned by the Sultan of Brunei. The International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) is holding its 2019 annual meeting in the Dorchester Hotel from today until Sunday.

A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced a new initiative to support local emerging artists in Northern Ireland through a "first-of-its-kind" partnership with Belfast Exposed. The law firm has invested in the work of seven local emerging artists – Joan Alexander, Linda Conroy, Jane Cummins, Robert

MPs have called on the UK Government to regulate bailiffs in England and Wales to ensure people in debt are treated fairly. In a report published today, Westminster's justice committee said the "existing system of individual certification by the courts seems to be a rubber-stamping exercise".

Matheson has announced a new partnership with Ireland's inaugural Family Business Awards next month. The Family Business Awards showcases the best of Irish family businesses and highlights the impact of these businesses, nationally, in their local communities and beyond.

The footballer Ched Evans, whose conviction for rape was quashed three years ago, has settled out of court for an estimated £800,000 with his defence solicitors, The Times reports. The Sheffield United player, 30, spent two-and-a-half years in prison before new evidence emerged that allowed hi

The UK Government has indicated its preferred destination for British nationals detained in north-east Syria, explicitly opposing their transfer to the Assad regime or the US facility at Guantanamo Bay, but confirming it is in “regular discussions” with the government of Iraq about how t

A family-owned brewery has triumphed over the makers of TV blockbuster Game of Thrones in a trade mark dispute over its "Game of Stones" beer. In much less dramatic scenes than the televised conflict over the Iron Throne of Westeros, a judge ruled that customers would only associate the beer and the

A man who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment has lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence in the Court of Appeal. The man had argued that the sentencing judge had erred in identifying a headline sentence of 7 years and in his consideration of aggravating factors, however, Ms Justic

Bray-based Benville Robinson Solicitors has announced the appointment of Eilish Bradshaw and Clare-Ann Temple as partners.

Plans to regulate private security personnel employed to enforce court orders have been welcomed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL). The civil rights group told Irish Legal News that tensions over the conduct of security officials at evictions in Dublin last year illustrated the need fo

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has been granted liberty to exercise its amicus curiae function in a landmark Supreme Court case concerning a man sought by Polish authorities under a European Arrest Warrant. Last November, Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly of the High Court ruled tha

The head of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has been reappointed for a further two-year term starting in September 2019. Les Allamby has been the human rights watchdog's chief commissioner since 2014, when he was appointed for an initial five-year term.

A controversial ban on the sale of new psychoactive substances (NPS) in Ireland has succeeded in reducing health problems associated with their use, according to new research. In an article published by the journal Early Intervention in Psychiatry, researchers said the 2010 ban was followed by head

A bank has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to pay €4,000 in compensation to a Syrian refugee who was denied a bank account. The man was supported by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in taking a case against the bank for breach of the Equal Status Acts 2000

Dublin firm KOD Lyons has named Cúnamh Inveragh, an adult respite centre in Co Kerry, as its charity partner for 2019.