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A man who was convicted of raping a pregnant woman as she slept alone in her bedroom has successfully appealed the severity of his sentence, having had his sentence of seven-and-a-half years’ imprisonment quashed, and varied by the Court of Appeal to six years’ imprisonment. Delivering the judgm

Michael King Cyber criminals are increasingly seeing law firms as lucrative targets, the head of Cleaver Fulton Rankin's cyber risk unit has warned.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Ireland saw a 12 per cent reduction in prison committals last year, according to the Irish Prison Service's annual report for 2016.

Legal professionals hit the ground running as Ian Huddleston, president of the Law Society (right) looks on The Law Society of Northern Ireland is confident its charity walk/run for Marie Curie Northern Ireland has smashed its funding target.

Local legal professionals have paid tribute to late Limerick solicitor John Devane, who passed away at the age of 54, the Limerick Leader reports. Judge Marian O'Leary told Limerick District Court yesterday that she was "deeply saddened and shocked" by Mr Devane's passing.

Pictured (l-r): Pat O’Hagan (CIArb); Andrew Singer BL; Jarlath Kearney (CIArb); and Julie-Ann McCaffrey (Cleaver Fulton Rankin) Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been thanked by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) for hosting a recent construction mediation masterclass for CIArb me

Seven Northern Ireland lawyers raised over £7,000 for a charity working to stop false imprisonment in Kenya by going behind bars in Downpatrick County Museum Jail. The International Justice Mission (IJM) fundraising initiative saw the lawyers locked up and challenged to raise a "bail" amount of £5

of the member states as the provisions of the agreement relating to non-direct foreign investment and to dispute settlement between investors and states do not fall within the exclusive competence of the European Union, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. On 20 September 2013, the

Maurice Frankel Proposals to extend the reach of the Official Secrets Act 1989 would "threaten journalists and whistleblowers", the Campaign for Freedom of Information (CFOI) and Article 19 have warned.

Allied Irish Bank Plc has successfully appealed a finding of the High Court that it did not have a right-of-way to gain access to apartments through a common area held by a management company, which was based upon an erroneous understanding of a court-ordered deed. Mr Justice Sean Ryan, President of

Pictured (l-r): Richard Martin from Ronan Daly Jermyn and David McLaughlin, head of AIB Private Banking Ronan Daly Jermyn was named Ireland's Law Firm of the Year at the sixth annual black tie gala AIB Private Banking Irish Law Awards.

Pictured (l-r): William Hanly with Pat Mullins, partner, and Tom Leahy, CEO of BDM Boylan Solicitors & Business Advisory Munster firm BDM Boylan Solicitors & Business Advisory has announced the appointment of William Hanly as a commercial solicitor.

Pictured (l-r): Niall Rooney, TJ McIntyre and Fred Logue A leading expert in IT and privacy law, Dr TJ McIntyre, has joined Dublin solicitor firm FP Logue as a consultant.

Dara Murphy The General Scheme of a bill to enforce the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Directive has been published.

Richard Bruton Firms that sell completed essays to Irish students will face prosecution under a new proposed law.