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The number of practising solicitors in England and Wales has reached an all time high of 140,000, the Law Society Gazette reports. Data shows that there are now 15,000 more solicitors than five years ago.

Pictured: The Bar Boat Team with Chair of the Bar Charity Committee Adele O’Grady QC, with Welcome Organisation CEO Sandra Moore and Fundraising Manager Kieran Hughes Northern Ireland barristers raised over £6,000 for a homelessness charity by taking part in a Dragon Boat Race on the River Lagan.

A man who sought to challenge issues of his inheritance by way of judicial review has had his appeal to the Supreme Court dismissed. Patrick Reen argued that the public house which had been established by his great-grandfather in 1860 should have been inherited by him in turn, like his father and gr

Judge James McNulty has made a public intervention over the tracker mortgage scandal for a second time, insisting in an Irish Examiner column that it is "a matter of justice and truth". In a follow-up to his January column, in which he called for whistleblowers to help prosecute banks which overchar

Niall Kiernan Dublin lawyer Niall Kiernan is planning to bring a tracker mortgage scandal test case to the High Court next year, The Irish Times reports.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe Legislation to give effect to the Government's planned increase in stamp duty on non-residential property transactions has been published.

Peter Madden Belfast lawyer Peter Madden, managing partner at Madden & Finucane Solicitors, has been elected president of the Solicitors' Criminal Bar Association at its recent AGM.

Josepha Madigan A private member's bill allowing for social media companies to be slapped with unlimited fines if they fail to remove posts that risk prejudicing criminal trials will be published this week.

The Department of Justice is examining the legality of the Comptroller & Auditor General helping to oversee the management of court funds. The Courts Service of Ireland is presently responsible for the management of funds held on behalf of wards of court - people deemed by the courts to be unabl

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Plans to set up a specialist An Garda Síochána unit which will focus on tackling insurance fraud are at an advanced stage, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has revealed.

A portrait of former Chief Justice of Ireland, Susan Denham, has been mounted on the walls at the Honorable Society of King's Inns.

Newly collected data has revealed that Travellers are significantly over-represented in the Irish penal system, The Irish Times reports. Despite making up just 0.6 per cent of the Irish population, Travellers make up 10 per cent of the male prison population and 22 per cent of the female prison popu

Professor Gerard Whyte A senior legal academic has said repealing the Eighth Amendment would not give the Oireachtas the same freedom it had before the Amendment.

Lord Carloway A survey of senior lawyers has found that Scotland's judiciary is facing a recruitment crisis, confirming an earlier report by our sister publication, Scottish Legal News.

FRA director Michael O'Flaherty Reforms to surveillance laws are improving transparency, but better checks and balances to match the powers of intelligence services are needed, according to a new report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).