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Evidence disclosure in criminal trials is a “complete mess”, a top criminal barrister has said. Angela Rafferty QC, chairwoman of the Criminal Bar Association, told the Justice Committee that the situation was close to breaking point, The Brief reports.

Jim Daly A government minister has proposed plans to ban children under the age of 14 from owning smartphones and having unrestricted access to the Internet, the Sunday Business Post reports.

UK law firm TLT has been ranked among the most active clean energy advisers in the world by Clean Energy Pipeline magazine. The global league tables put TLT at number four for the volume of M&A deals it completed in 2017, with the firm having advised on 25 deals valued at $770 million.

O’Flynn Exhams Solicitors has announced its sponsorship of Camille O’Sullivan’s upcoming Cork Opera House show as part of Cork Midsummer Festival. World-renowned singer and story-teller Camille O’Sullivan returns for the Cork Midsummer Festival for one night only alongside the Cork Opera Hou

The High Court has declined to make a final determination on the surrender of a man to Poland on foot of a European Arrest Warrant. Stating that the outcome of questions referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) by the High Court in March 2018 could have an impact on the present

Pictured (l-r): Hugh Cummins, Ronan Dunne, Siobhan McCabe, Sean McElligott, Andrew Tzialli, Amanda Jayne Comyn, and Philip Lee in front. Philip Lee has announced the opening of its first UK office in London in order to capitalise on the opportunities of Brexit, along with the appointment of five new

McCann FitzGerald has announced the appointment of three new partners, bringing the firm's total partner count to 77.

Pictured (l-r): Former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland Lord Kerr, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Lady Hale, Deputy Chair for the Bar of NI Sarah Ramsey Lady Hale, president of the UK Supreme Court, has officially opened The Resolution Centre in Belfast.

Shari Holmes Belfast-based John F Gibbons & Co has announced the appointment of Shari Holmes as a senior associate at the firm.

Matheson welcomed EU Commissioner Phil Hogan as guest speaker at its most recent Leadership Series Brexit briefing in Dublin.

Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator on Brexit, met yesterday with the joint committee established under the Good Friday Agreement to consider human rights issues across the island. The meeting discussed the significant risks of differences in rights protections on a north-south basis following

Patrick Corrigan Amnesty International has called on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide "full transparency" over a fire which may have destroyed Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) records.

Clare McGuinness Clare McGuinness, tax partner at Ronan Daly Jermyn, presented on revenue interventions and the Tax Appeals Commission at the Irish Tax Institute's (ITI) annual conference.

A former CEO of Irish Nationwide Building Society who was refused an order of certiorari of a notice of inquiry into suspected contraventions under the Central Bank Act 1942, has had his appeal dismissed on all grounds by the Court of Appeal. In two judgments from the Court, Ms Justice Finlay Geoghe