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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.

https://twitter.com/LawSocEdu/status/923912547253784577 Pictures from the Law Society of Ireland's most recent Parchment ceremony have been published on its Facebook page.

Two Belfast solicitors are suing Irish businessman Denis O'Brien for libel over alleged claims their independent report on Irish media ownership was paid for by the IRA, The Times reports. Gavin Booth and Darragh Mackin of KRW Law were two of four authors of the Report on the Concentration of Media

A Real IRA leader who plotted an explosion during the State visit of Britain’s Prince Charles two years ago has been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court of directing the activities of a terrorist organisation. Seamus McGrane, also convicted of IRA membership, is only the second person to be

A former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland has spoken about his near escape from an IRA car bomb as he backed a bid to secure Libyan compensation for IRA victims. Lord Carswell was addressing the House of Lords during a debate on UUP Lord Empey's bill providing for compensation for UK victims o

The HOMS Solicitors University of Limerick scholarship prize has been awarded to student Ciara Murphy.

Andrew Leaitherland DWF has announced it will launch its first office in Italy on 1 November with a team from the Milan office of Italian law firm Pavia e Ansaldo as the business continues to expand its international presence.

US President Donald Trump A federal judge has blocked US President Donald Trump’s bid to stop transgender people being able to serve in the military.

A project launched by DCU students is partnering ex-prisoners with Ben & Jerry's to help provide them with work experience. The successful Second Scoop project, part of the Enactus programme, is aimed at reducing recidivism by giving employment experience to people with a criminal record, the Ir

Belfast-based O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors has helped to raise over £4,000 for cancer charities. The firm was one of a number of local businesses which contributed raffle prizes to a fundraising evening in Newtownabbey on Thursday.