News

Belfast-based Carson McDowell recently partnered with the MA Masters in Journalism team at Ulster University (Coleraine) to give the next generation of journalists a taste of the varied potential legal issues facing journalists, publishers and broadcasters in the digital age.

Staff at Arthur Cox have chosen to support the Jack and Jill Foundation, Jigsaw and the Peter McVerry Trust.

Paul Maskey A Sinn Féin MP is travelling to Turkey today to observe the trial of jailed left-wing politicians.

A solicitor who applied to the High Court for an injunction restraining ByrneWallace from dismissing him from his position as an associate solicitor, and for an order that ByrneWallace continue to pay his salary and other emoluments pending the trial of the action, has had his application rejected b

Ken Murphy The Law Society of Ireland has called on the Government to prioritise implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), ten years after Ireland signed the treaty.

Stephen Herron Stephen Herron has been named as Barra McGrory's successor as Northern Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions.

Steven Keown Steven Keown, director at McCallion Keown Solicitors, has been elected chairman of the Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA).

Mr Justice Thomas Finlay Tributes have been paid to the former Chief Justice of Ireland, Thomas Finlay, who has passed away at the age of 95.

A new website for the Judiciary of Northern Ireland was officially launched this morning. Court judgments and summaries of judgments will now be published on www.judiciary-ni.gov.uk, rather than the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service website.

Activists and organisations working in the area of human rights and equality have called for "written guarantees" that the Brexit negotiations will respect the Good Friday Agreement. They say there "must be no regression or diminution of existing human rights and equality guarantees for all people l

Pictured (l-r): Conor Leavy, Jonathan Newman SC, Sarah Lennon and John Whelan A&L Goodbody has awarded its annual student innovation prize to a final year law student who proposed the establishment of an Irish Data Protection Ratings Agency (IDPRA).

Sir Richard Aikens A former Court of Appeal judge has written to the Prime Minister to warn her that a proposed relationship between the UK and the European Court of Justice “obliterates the red line that must not be crossed” in respect of legal powers after Brexit.

The University of Aberdeen, School of Law will be hosting the annual British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association conference on Tuesday 10th to Wednesday 11th April 2018. On the evening of the 9th of April there will be an AGM and informal dinner.

The Egyptian lawyer who sparked outrage by encouraging rape while speaking on a panel TV show has been jailed for three years. Nabih al-Wahsh, appearing on satellite TV channel Al-Assema, said it was a "patriotic duty" to harass a woman wearing immodest clothing and a "national duty" to rape her.

Conor McGregor Fighter Conor McGregor has raised eyebrows after appearing in court wearing an Adidas tracksuit and white runners after being issued with a speeding fine — before driving off in a high-powered BMW.