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The Court of Appeal has allowed Google to be joined as a defendant in defamation proceedings relating to a YouTube video where the High Court had found the claim was statute-barred. Bernard Gilroy and Vincent Byrne allege they were defamed in a video posted to the video-sharing platform by Fiona O'L

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has welcomed 130 new solicitors to the profession at its largest-ever admission ceremony, which drew over 500 attendees.

UK Supreme Court justice Lord Sales is to be presented with the Praeses Elit award by Trinity College Law Society next month.

Matheson has opened applications for the 2025 Tim Scanlon Corporate Law Bursary. Established in 2022, the bursary honours late Matheson partner and former chairperson Tim Scanlon and is open to undergraduate and postgraduate law students.

Judges in Northern Ireland are highly stressed, feel under-paid and are increasingly concerned about their personal safety, according to new research. Researchers at the UCL Judicial Institute this week published the findings of the 2024 UK Judicial Attitude Survey (JAS), a biennial longitudinal sur

MHP Sellors managing partner Stephen Keogh has joined University of Limerick's School of Law as an adjunct professor of practice. Mr Keogh brings a wealth of experience and expertise in legal practice in Ireland, including as head of a firm which employs over 50 people at its Limerick and Ennis offi

Denmark is set to ban mobile phones in schools and after-school clubs following recommendations from a government commission that also advised against children under 13 having their own smartphone or tablet. The Danish government announced it would amend existing legislation to make all folkeskole (

Belfast-based Phoenix Law has promoted immigration solicitor Sinead Marmion to the position of senior associate. Ms Marmion joined the firm in 2019 and acts in all areas of asylum and immigration law, spanning multiple practice areas including human rights, public law and litigation.

Co Tipperary firm Donal T Ryan Solicitors LLP has promoted Jean Sharkey and Gavin McCarthy to partners in the firm.

Thailand is to deport an unemployed British man who overstayed his 30-day tourist visa by a record 25 years. The man, who has not been named, arrived in the south-east Asian country as a 35-year-old in January 2000 and will return to the UK as a 60-year-old.

Irish citizenship applications from the UK are at a record high, according to reports. Last year saw 42,808 applications through the foreign births register (FBR), which provides a route to citizenship for those with Irish grandparents or parents, with 23,456 coming from the UK, FT revealed.

Law students and graduates have been invited to contribute to research on changes to the Law Society of Ireland entrance exams process. Dr John Lombard, associate professor in law at University of Limerick School of Law, is researching the impact of The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Apprenticeship a

An independent review of Northern Ireland's liquor licensing system has recommended major reform, including the establishment of a new Northern Ireland Licensing Authority and changes to the "surrender principle". The Department of Communities, which commissioned the University of Stirling's Institu

McCann FitzGerald LLP has been unveiled as title sponsor of the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition, Ireland's largest and longest-running open submission exhibition of visual art. The 195th RHA Annual Exhibition in association with McCann FitzGerald provides a vital platform for artists to present their wo

Northern Ireland's centuries-old ban on the use of the Irish language in the courts is to be repealed this week. Irish language group Conradh na Gaeilge said it has been informed that Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn will this week commence section 4 of the Identity and Language (Northern Irel