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The chief executive of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has said it will likely not be ready to deal with complaints until 2019. Barrister Brian Doherty, in his first interview since his appointment last September, told the Irish Independent that considerable work had to be done before

English barristers are being trained to seem less pompous in an attempt to help them win wealthy foreign clients amid fears that Brexit will put a dent in their earnings. Training sessions at Middle Temple have seen members taught how to listen in a conversation rather than impress others with their

Pictured (l-r): Special guests Una Rodden and Sinead Smith, with Adele O'Grady QC and Jill Lindsay The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee hosted its first ever frock swap at the Inn of Court in Belfast on Friday night.

A 13-part podcast examining the murder of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork is set to be launched this Thursday. The podcast, titled West Cork, is being produced by Amazon and will be released through Amazon's Audible service.

The Supreme Court has referred a question to the CJEU regarding the effect of Brexit on EU citizens who have been ordered for surrender to the UK. Delivering the judgment of the five-judge Court, Chief Justice Frank Clarke said that the issue raised by a man whose surrender had been ordered by the H

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Draft legislation to implement the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Ireland has been published.

Pictured (l-r): Mr Justice McCloskey; IPGNI Chair Maria McCloskey; and John Mackell, Law Society of Northern Ireland Representatives from the legal, business and community/voluntary sectors were in attendance at Law Society House in Belfast yesterday for the launch of the Immigration Practitionersâ€

The House of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee has today published a report criticising the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill for failing to provide sufficient parliamentary scrutiny of the law-making powers it gives to ministers. The committee highlights Clause 7 of the bill whi

Deirdre Malone Holding prisoners in isolation in excess of 22 hours and for extended periods of time must be abolished due to the harm this can cause to prisoners’ mental health, the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has said.

Dr Rachel Killean Staff and students at Queen's University Belfast School of Law have launched a new weekly legal podcast called LawPod.

Chairman of the committee, Lord Whitty The UK government will need to address short-term legal and regulatory issues in competition matters, according to a new report from the House of Lords.

Reports of sexual offences against men and boys have risen by 200 per cent over the past decade. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the number of reported offences (including rape) increased from 3,819 in 2006/07 to 12,130 in 2016/17.

Pictured (l-r): Philip Clarke (Brightwater), Mark Lawther (Chair, YPG), Shona Mulholland (Brightwater), Cathy Mehaffy (Marie Curie), Rachael Gamble (Chair, NIYSA), and Stephen Turkington (Brightwater) The Northern Ireland Young Solicitors' Association (NIYSA) has handed more than £750 to Marie Curi

A firm of solicitors which is being sued for professional negligence has been refused an application to set aside an order renewing the plenary summons initiating the action against them. Finding that the main reason for the delay in the delivery of the Supreme Court, and accepting that the plaintif

Pictured (l-r): Head of Financial Services William Carmody, pictured with Managing Partner Declan Black Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of William Carmody as the firm's new head of financial services.