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The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick yesterday became the longest-running criminal trial in the history of the State. It is the prosecution's case that multi-million euro loans taken out by Mr FitzPatrick, 68, and his family were “artificially reduced” for a period of t

The UK Supreme Court will sit in Edinburgh later this year, the first time that the UK’s highest court has sat outside London. Several appeals will be heard over up to four days in June, with at least five of the Supreme Court justices sitting over the course of the visit. The list of cases to be

Dundalk solicitor Conor Breen of McDonough & Breen Solicitors (McDB) has passed away. Mr Breen was best known as principal solicitor at McDonough & Breen Solicitors, where his son Niall also works as a solicitor.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Three lawyers and a retired Chief Superintendent have been appointed to the Property Services Appeal Board.

Dublin firm Arthur Cox sponsored this year's Women in Leadership Conference at University College Dublin.

A part-time pre-school teacher has been awarded €10,000 in compensation after the Court of Appeal upheld Labour Court and High Court findings that the woman was an employee of the Minister for Education and Skills, and had been treated less favourably than full-time workers by not being admitte

Emily Logan The State must take legislative action to close gaps in protection for victims of crime, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has told members of the Oireachtas.

Conor Lupton Cork-based commercial law firm O'Flynn Exhams (OFX) Solicitors has welcomed Conor Lupton as a partner in its corporate team.

Peter Campbell, head of BLM Ireland Insurance and risk law specialist firm BLM is to double its Dublin office space, signing a lease for a 5,000sqft office in the city centre.

Rob Aberdein Belfast firm Wilson Nesbitt and Scottish firm Aberdein Considine have announced a new long-term collaboration.

Judge Corinne Philpott QC Key figures in Northern Ireland's legal profession have proposed that the Institute of Professional Legal Studies should create a graduate prize in the name of the late Judge Corinne Philpott QC.

Judges claimed 11 per cent less in expenses last year than in 2015, new figures from the Courts Service of Ireland show. The total spend on judges' expenses in 2016 was €1.6 million, The Irish Times reports.

Frances Fitzgerald Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has not ruled out a bid to succeed Enda Kenny as leader of Fine Gael.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has published the latest edition of The Writ, with new president Ian Huddleston adorning the cover. Mr Huddleston took up the role last December.

A woman who brought a challenge to the development of a wind farm beside her home has had her case referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union. Ms Edel Grace and Mr Peter Sweetman brought a challenge to a permission granted by An Bórd Pleanála to permit the development of a wind farm o