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Over 100 trainee solicitors were welcomed to Law Society House in Belfast this week. The new trainees were formally welcomed by the Law Society of Northern Ireland's chief executive and Registrar of Solicitors, Alan Hunter, and members of the Society's senior member team.

AIB is the Irish bank most likely to sue its customers in the High Court, according to analysis by The Irish Times. The paper found AIB applied for debt summary judgments on 755 occasions last year.

Pat McDonagh Irish businessman Pat McDonagh has claimed that Ireland's "outdated" planning laws are holding up investment into Galway.

New figures show that prison sentences for burglars vary greatly across different parts of the country, The Irish Times reports. The imprisonment rate in burglary cases varied from 39 per cent in Galway to 74 per cent in Dublin in the first seven months of 2017, according to figures released under F

The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee is accepting nominations for its Charity of the Year. The selected charity will be supported by barristers' fundraising efforts between April 2018 and April 2019.

Two former Google employees are bringing a class action lawsuit alleging that the firm discriminates against conservative white men. James Damore, who was fired last year after circulating an internal memo claiming that "biological causes" contributed to a lack of women in tech and leadership positi

An Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has been successful in an application for judicial review, quashing an order for costs against it made in Sligo District Court in 2013. In the High Court, Ms Justice O’Regan found that GSOC was not a party to the proceedings in the District Court, as i

Dr Vincent Power The number of Irish-centred M&A deals which are notified to Brussels could decline sharply after Brexit because they will lack sufficient EU turnover, A&L Goodbody has said.

Sabine Walsh Mediators have welcomed the commencement of the Mediation Act as of 1 January 2018.

Karen Bradley Former Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has been named as James Brokenshire's successor as Northern Ireland Secretary.

Liz O'Donnell The chair of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has said she is "very disappointed at the level of opposition" to proposed laws to impose mandatory disqualification on drink drivers.

David Gauke A solicitor has been appointed Lord Chancellor in the UK government for the first time following Prime Minister Theresa May's latest reshuffle.

Prisoners at Magilligan have become the first in Northern Ireland to take part in a parkrun event. The prisoners were joined by prison staff in the first of their weekly parkrun events on Saturday as part of a collabortion between parkrun UK and Magilligan Prison.

The Supreme Court of India has agreed to re-examine a colonial-era law criminalising gay sex. A three-judge bench of the court agreed to refer the validity of section 377 of the Indian penal code for consideration by a larger bench before October this year.

Pictured: Catherine Guy, managing partner ByrneWallace has scooped two awards for top legal adviser and top construction team at the Public Sector Excellence in Business Awards.