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Belfast lawyer Chris Ross, managing partner of McKees, is to complete a gruelling 400-kilometre off-road run in aid of Young Social Innovators and Positive Steps Outdoors. Mr Ross will be joined by Roger Warnock, chief executive of Young Social Innovators, and Alan Elwood, founder of Positive Steps

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Whitney Moore joint managing partner Emma Richmond has been appointed to the board of directors of Meritas, an international network of independent law firms. Ms Richmond was chosen from over 8,400 attorneys in the Meritas member network and will serve a three-year term alongside six distinguished l

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Courts in England and Wales could make wearing wigs optional for barristers. The judiciary is poised to update its court dress code in the wake of complaints by some barristers that headpieces discriminate againt people with Afro-Caribbean hair.

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A legislator attempted to prevent a bill from being passed by physically grabbing the papers and attempting to run away with them in dramatic scenes in Taiwan's parliament. The MP, who has been dubbed the "Bill Bandit", is seen fighting his way through a crowd of other lawmakers to remove the bill f

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A legal battle over access to UK government records relating to the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bombings is set to continue, a lawyer representing the families of victims has said on the 50th anniversary of the attacks. Kevin Winters, solicitor and founding partner of Belfast firm KRW LAW LLP, welcomed "re

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International justice should not "get in the way" of achieving a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza and the international courts should not be used as a "proxy for geopolitics", the Attorney General for England and Wales has told a major legal conference. Victoria Prentis KC MP was speaking on the rule o

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KPMG has launched a new EU AI Hub in Dublin, with plans to recruit 200 people over the next three years in areas including risk, regulatory services and cyber security. The Hub is in collaboration with AI security and trust software firm Cranium and Microsoft and is located in the firm’s Platf

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The European Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether Facebook and Instagram owner Meta may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to the protection of minors. The Commission is concerned that the systems of both Facebook and Instagram, including their algorit

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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. ‘It’s not human’: What a French doctor saw in Gaza as Israel invaded Rafah

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The German government has rejected calls for a price cap on doner kebabs amid uncontrolled "dönerflation". Once available for just €3, the average price of a doner kebab has more than doubled in the past two years, Euronews reports.

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The UK government has announced the expansion of its controversial Rwanda scheme to include failed asylum seekers. Those with no right to be in the UK, who have had an earlier protection or human rights claim refused or withdrawn and are unable to appeal their decision, can now expect to be removed

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is to produce a report on the extent of its surveillance of legal professionals and journalists by June. Belfast lawyer Niall Murphy, partner at KRW LAW LLP, has accused the force of acting like "East German secret police in the early 1980s" following re

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