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Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Brian McElligott as a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property team.

Court business in Derry has been temporarily relocated to Coleraine and Omagh for eight weeks from today until September. The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) has gone ahead with the closure in spite of criticism from local lawyers, who warned that it would impact vulnerable cli

Mr Justice Peter Kelly The president of the High Court has warned that cases could be adjourned at short notice due to a shortage of judges, The Irish Times reports.

The credibility of Northern Ireland's legal aid system is being undermined by delays to planned reforms, a new report has found. The Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) pointed out that the Department of Justice had not yet implemented recommendations made by the Northern Ireland Assembly's public

Mr Justice Michael Peart Solicitor Michael O'Sullivan has lost an appeal against the High Court's 2016 finding of professional misconduct against him.

Retired judge and author James J O'Sullivan has died at the age of 85, The Irish Times reports. Judge O'Sullivan retired in 2002 as one of Ireland's longest serving judges, having spent 32 years on the District Court bench.

A law student who left school with no qualifications and underwent treatment for cancer during his studies has graduated with a first-class honours degree from Ulster University.

Michael O'Neill, manager of the Northern Ireland football team, has been confirmed as a special guest at the seventh annual Sports and Law Conference in Belfast. He will attend alongside a number of speakers presenting on the overarching themes of "Legal and Contract Issues in Sport".

Another legal flaw has been discovered in Irish road traffic legislation which means drivers who fail roadside drug tests cannot be required to provide a blood or urine sample, The Irish Times reports. A memo recently circulated by An Garda Síochána's legal department says that primary legislation

A multi-track qualification scheme could be introduced at the English and Welsh Bar as early as next September, The Brief reports. The scheme is reportedly being considered as a key measure in widening social access and reducing the cost of becoming a barrister.

The Department of Infrastructure has lost an appeal against the ruling that a senior civil servant did not have the power to grant planning permission for a major waste treatment centre and incinerator in Mallusk. The decision had been made in the absence of a Minister due to the political impasse a

The Department of Infrastructure has lost an appeal against the ruling that a senior civil servant did not have the power to grant planning permission for a major waste treatment centre and incinerator in Mallusk. The decision had been made in the absence of a Minister due to the political impasse a

Online media platforms such as Facebook and Google strongly deny that they are publishers of online material, most likely to avoid assuming liability for online defamation by users of their services. While they have managed to avoid being held liable for user-generated content in many cases, on acc

The Government’s is to hold a referendum on the deletion of Article 41.2 of the Constitution, the article which refers to a women’s life and duties in the home. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and Equality Minister David Stanton announced the proposed deletion today.

Facebook's application for permission to appeal a decision asking the European Court of Justice to determine questions over the EU-US data transfer regime will be heard by the Supreme Court later this month. Facebook sought a stay on the High Court's Ms Justice Caroline Costello's referral to the Eu