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Fee income as well as profits at small and medium-sized law firms are up, according to a survey published today. Data from the Law Society Law Management Section’s 2018 Financial Benchmarking Surveyshow that total fee incomes has increased for the eighth year in a row, with a median increase of 5.

The employment rights team at Thompsons NI have secured compensation for a UNISON member, following an Industrial Tribunal regarding unauthorised deduction to wages. Darren McGavigan is a receptionist and porter for Western Urgent Care. In his role he is contractually required to work a certain numb

Would-be law students are being offered a rare opportunity to visit the King's Inns. The next open day at Ireland's oldest law school, taking place on Saturday 28 April, will share key information about its diploma in legal studies and degree of barrister-at-law.

A 94-year-old man who worked in the Auschwitz death camp for at least a month has been charged by German prosecutors with accessory to murder. The public prosecutor's office in Stuttgart has filed charges with Mannheim Regional Court against the unnamed man, who is a 94-year-old German citizen born

The Child and Family Agency has been granted orders authorising the Adoption Agency of Ireland to make an adoption order in favour of the foster parents who have cared for the child since 2010. Making an order dispensing of the consent of the birth mother to the making of the adoption order, Ms Just

Pictured (l-r): Kevin Hoy and Declan Black Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Kevin Hoy as chair of the firm, taking over from Emer Gilvarry.

A section of the High Court's judgment on the proposed surrender of Ali Charaf Damache to America to face international terrorism charges has been set aside by the Court of Appeal. Mr Damache, 51, an Algerian-born Irish citizen, is awaiting trial in the US on charges of conspiring to provide materia

Claire McKeegan The High Court has granted permission for judicial review to victims of institutional abuse in Northern Ireland, who are challenging the Northern Ireland Secretary and The Executive Office for failing to compensate them.

Photo credit: UK Supreme Court The UK government is to launch a legal challenge against Scotland’s Brexit legislation next week at the UK Supreme Court.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has secured Cabinet approval for new legislation which would make it easier to sack civil servants, the Irish Independent reports.

A total of 11 questions will be referred to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) on the validity under EU law of EU-US data transfers by Facebook, the Irish Examiner reports. The High Court agreed last October to a request from the Data Protection Commissioner to make the referral following a compl

A radical feminist was warned by a judge in court yesterday to use the pronoun “she” in reference to a transgender defendant, The Daily Telegraph reports. Maria Maclachlan, 61, was giving evidence against Tara Wolf, 26, whom she alleges tried to attack her at a rally.

A 53 year-old man who practised as a solicitor for nearly 15 years, has been struck off the Roll of Solicitors for serious serial acts of dishonesty. The man had issued false certificates of earnings for his sister to enable her to secure a mortgage, and had also given multiple undertakings to banks

Pictured (left-right, top-bottom): Sarah Keenan, Joshua Zell and Brian Conroy, and Ultán Anderson, Jill Quigley and Arnab Mishra Leman Solicitors has announced a series of promotions and appointments at associate, trainee and management level.

John S. Kiernan The New York City Bar Association (NYCBA) has called on the UK government to allocate funding for legacy inquests in Northern Ireland in a letter sent to British leaders on the twentieth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.