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The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempted to trademark the shape of London’s black cabs, upholding a decision of the High Court from last year that the shape lacked "distinctive character”. The London Taxi Company, manufacturer of the hackney carriages, had taken the firm Frazer-Nash to cour

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) and the Law Society of Ireland successfully raised preliminary objections as to jurisdiction in respect of issues sought to be litigated by a solicitor as part of his appeal from a finding of misconduct by the SDT. Dismissing the solicitor’s appeal, Mr Ju

McCann FitzGerald has announced the appointment of six partners and one consultant, bringing its total number of partners to 75.

Conal McGarrity Dungannon-based P.A. Duffy & Co. Solicitors has announced the appointment of Conal McGarrity as one of the firm's directors.

Patrick Brown Tughans is among 15 law firms providing pro bono legal advice to sports organisations in Northern Ireland through the Legal Panel Framework.

Lawyers representing the family of one of the Guildford Four have written to the senior coroner for Surrey to request the original inquest into the Guildford pub bombings is reopened. Belfast firm KRW Law is instructed by Ann McKearnan, the sister of Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly imprisoned for 15 y

Legal figures are set to come together at University of Limerick next week for a conference marking 80 years of the Irish Constitution. Keynote presentations will be delivered by Emily Logan, chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, and Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell of the

Prisoners in Northern Ireland have received compensation payouts worth over £700,000 in five years, the Belfast Telegraph reports. More than 1,800 injury claims have been submitted since 2013 resulting in payments of £696,348, according to figures released under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws.

Albert Llussà A solicitor practising in asylum/refugee law and mental health law has organised a one-day conference on psychoanalysis.

Northern Ireland barristers bested their solicitor colleagues in a charity football match to raise cash for mental health charity Inspire. The Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA) failed to claim the inaugural BSA Annual Inspire Charity Cup after losing 4-2 to The Bar of Northern Ireland, but thanke

McDowell Purcell (MDP) has raised €7,500 for homelessness charity Focus Ireland through a series of fundraising events.

A man who was imprisoned for rape in 1995, and who went on to sexually assault the four daughters of a woman he entered into a relationship with after his release, has had his sentence of 12 years reduced to 9 on appeal. Mr Justice Hedigan found that the sentencing judge had erred in principle when

Robert Ryan The Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA) has named Robert Ryan as its new president following its recent AGM.

Judges and barristers have defended Judge Karen O'Connor after a backlash against her sentencing of Tom Humphries for child sex offences, The Irish Times reports. The ex-sports journalist for The Irish Times was jailed for two and a half years after Dublin Circuit Criminal Court found him guilty of

Josepha Madigan Josepha Madigan's contempt of court bill will seek to abolish the offences of unlawful maintenance and champerty, The Sunday Times reports.