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The judicial retirement age should be raised to 74, the President of the UK Supreme Court has said. Lady Hale, 74, told peers that the judiciary should seek applicants for the High Court bench from lawyers in their 60s, who will no longer be concerned about reaching their maximum earning power.

Mason Hayes & Curran has been named Irish law firm of the year at The Lawyer European Awards 2019. The magazine hosted its 10th annual European awards in London on Tuesday evening, where Mason Hayes & Curran triumphed in the "Law Firm of the Year: Republic of Ireland" category.

Barrister Sheena Grattan and solicitor Margarita Sloane are set to deliver the first in a new series of Belfast lectures on Women in Law. The first in the series of events, organised by The Bar of Northern Ireland, will take place at the Inn of Court next Friday 29 March, 12.30pm to 2pm.

A woman has been charged with drug offences after allegedly handing out cannabis-infused cookies during a St Patrick's Day parade. Cathleen Krause, 57, was "visibly intoxicated" when arrested by police at the parade in Shawano, a small city in the US state of Wisconsin.

The Chief Constable of the PSNI must take steps to secure the practical independence of investigators concerned with the further investigation into the death of 24-year-old Jean Smyth, who was shot in Belfast in 1972. Finding that the Chief Constable had not demonstrated the independence of the Lega

Insurance risk and commercial law specialists BLM has announced plans to recruit 10 more lawyers in Dublin as it anticipates increased demand due to Brexit. The firm currently employs 110 people across its offices in Dublin, Belfast and Derry, and this will grow to 120 by the end of 2019 - partly in

Belfast firm Ó Muirigh Solicitors, which specialises in human rights law, has appointed Paul Duffy as a solicitor. Mr Duffy, a graduate of Queen's University Belfast (QUB) and Northumbria University, brings a wealth of experience in litigation and road traffic collisions.

The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has criticised the Government over the leaking of private correspondence about personal injury payouts. A letter from Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan to Ireland's most senior judge was apparently leaked to the media before Mr Justice Clarke ha

Dublin solicitor Orazio Grosso has been fined £2,000 for acting in legal proceedings before the High Court in England and Wales without a practising certificate for that jurisdiction. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) reached a settlement with Mr Grosso, partner at Dublin-based Grosso

Belfast solicitor Adam Curry, a former partner at Mills Selig, has passed away. A graduate of Queen's University Belfast (QUB), Mr Curry was admitted as a solicitor in Northern Ireland in 1990.

Lawyers from EU jurisdictions would no longer be offered preferential treatment when qualifying in England and Wales if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in England and Wales has today confirmed rule changes which would take effect in the even

Republican and loyalist paramilitary prisoners in separated regimes should be offered the same level of education and other constructive activities as those in the general prison population, a new report has said. A three-person review team was appointed to examine constructive activity in separated

A woman in respect of whom vulgar comments were made on an internet forum suffered no violation of her article 8 right to respect for private life after a court refused to impose civil liability on the forum's host. The court found in particular that the national courts had acted within their discre

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Vote Leave Limited £40,000 for sending out thousands of unsolicited text messages in the run up to the 2016 EU referendum. An ICO investigation found that Vote Leave sent 196,154 text messages promoting the aims of the Leave campaign with t

A German court has ruled that the country's government must do more to ensure its territory is not used by the US to carry out unlawful US drone strikes in Yemen. The case marks the first time a European country has been found to play an essential role in US drone strikes, with the court holding tha