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The Government is planning to grant extra powers, staff and a wider remit to the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement following a series of collapsed court cases, the Irish Examiner reports. It is part of a package of measures aimed at improving prosecutions for white collar crime, particular

A judge of the High Court in Dublin is seeking further information on the conditions in a Northern Ireland prison before deciding whether to extradite a Belfast man wanted there in connection with the murder of a mother-of-three. Raymond O’Neill is facing charges of murder and arson over the death

An Irish man who claimed his conviction for selling drugs was unfair as it was based on evidence obtained by police entrapment has had his application unanimously declared inadmissible by the European Court of Human Rights, which concluded that the role of the police in the case had been essentially

Conal McGarrity

HOMS Solicitors has been awarded the Gold Standard in the Q9000 Legal Quality audit by the Institute of Legal Research and Standards.

More work is needed to address judicial diversity and issues with recruitment that threaten the UK’s world-renowned legal systems, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned today. The committee states in a report that It is deeply concerned about the dispute between the UK government an

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.