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Stuart Gilhooly, president of the Law Society The Law Society of Ireland has written to Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe to set out "serious concerns" regarding stamp duty announcements in Budget 2018.

Pictured (l-r): Róisin McKenna, Francine McFarland & Michael Halleron Belfast-based firm Madden & Finucane Solicitors has announced a series of appointments on both sides of the border.

The judge overseeing the personal injury list in the High Court has launched a scathing attack on the insurance industry, the media and parts of the judiciary, The Irish Times reports. Mr Justice Kevin Cross wrote in The Bar Review it is "entirely untrue" inflated damages awards have led to increase

Over 1,400 solicitors were admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in 2016 in a record high for the Law Society of Ireland. The figure was disclosed in the Society's annual report for 2016/17, now published online.

A judge has said the treatment underwent by the Hooded Men would probably be called torture today, in what has been described by their solicitor as a "truly momentous" moment. Mr Justice Maguire, sitting in the High Court in Belfast, dismissed a lawsuit which argued the state was in breach of a lega

David Craig A Northern Ireland teacher represented by Johnsons Solicitors has won a preliminary stage in a landmark libel action against Facebook.

A new English-speaking commercial court is to be established in Brussels, the Belgian government has announced. The Brussels International Business Court (BIBC) would hear pleadings and deliver judgments in English, with judges coming from the county’s appeal court.

An employment solicitor at Belfast-based MKB Law was named a finalist in the UK-wide Inspirational Women in Law Awards.

A detective who was found guilty of harassing a State solicitor by sending her abusive letters and emails is facing an “inevitable” custodial sentence, a judge has said. In Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Friday, Judge Melanie Greally ordered that Eve Doherty, 50, be placed into custody next Mo

The UK government is planning to scrap in part the ban on prisoner voting, 12 years after a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights ruled it was unlawful. Those serving sentences of less than a year will be allowed to go home to vote according to plans circulated to ministers by Justice Sec

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to apologise to gay and bisexual men convicted of sexual offences which have now been abolished. Ms Sturgeon (pictured) will make a statement on 7 November when new legislation automatically pardoning those affected and removing the offences from their cr

The Bank of Ireland has been granted judgment of €970,000 outstanding for a mortgage loan granted to a couple in 2006. In a heavily critical judgment, Mr Justice Noonan emphasised that there was no tort of reckless lending, and found that the couple had no bona fide defence.

Mr Justice Seán Ryan, president of the Court of Appeal, has warned that the relatively new court is "coming to the point of being overwhelmed" by cases, The Irish Times reports. However, he also said he was "confident, despite the many other demands on State resources, the Government will put effec

Stuart Gilhooly The president of the Law Society of Ireland has said the country's legal profession is "in a boom - or close to a boom anyway".