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Law firms are increasingly concerned that the current slowdown in M&A activity will damage their profitability, according to new research by Thomson Reuters' legal business. According to the ninth annual research survey by the firm, nearly a quarter (24 per cent) of the finance directors (FDs) o

In Belfast Crown Court, Justice McBride sentenced a 33-year-old man to an indeterminate custodial sentence for the manslaughter of a 29-year-old man in 2015, ordering that he must serve a minimum term of six years before the Parole Commissioners can consider him for release on licence. Mohsin Bhatti

In Belfast Crown Court, Justice McBride sentenced a 33-year-old man to an indeterminate custodial sentence for the manslaughter of a 29-year-old man in 2015, ordering that he must serve a minimum term of six years before the Parole Commissioners can consider him for release on licence. Mohsin Bhatti

Richard Murphy One of Northern Ireland's leading energy experts has warned that if Brexit negotiations were to take the UK outside European energy networks consumers would face increased bills.

Charlie Flanagan Just over a year after six Irish students died following the collapse of a balcony in Berkeley, California, the state yesterday signed Senate Bill 465, to increase the supervision of construction companies in a bid to prevent a repeat of the tragic incident.

Catriona Gibson Arthur Cox has been ranked across all legal areas for Northern Ireland, and has achieved coveted Top-Tier rankings in all core areas including: Corporate and M&A; Dispute resolution; Banking and finance; Insolvency and corporate recovery; Employment; Project finance and PFI; Comm

The operator of a shop who offers a Wi-Fi network free of charge to the public is not liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that network but may be required to password-protect its network in order to bring an end to, or prevent, such infringements, the Court of Justice of the Eur

The operator of a shop who offers a Wi-Fi network free of charge to the public is not liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that network but may be required to password-protect its network in order to bring an end to, or prevent, such infringements, the Court of Justice of the Eur

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Ten members of the Herbert Smith Freehills Belfast team have abseiled down the Dromore Viaduct to raise money for the Simon Community NI.

Our ideas of Paris during the war may well have been shaped from the film Casablanca. "Well, Rick, we’ll always have Paris…" Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) says. But I would doubt few, if any of us, would have paused to consider what Paris actually meant for those living there in the period of the Second

The Social Security Commissioner has held that a working mother of four children was not disentitled to tax credits solely on the basis that her childcare provider was located outside the United Kingdom. A Tribunal of Commissioners stated that regulation 14(2)(d) of the Working Tax Credit Regulation

The Social Security Commissioner has held that a working mother of four children was not disentitled to tax credits solely on the basis that her childcare provider was located outside the United Kingdom. A Tribunal of Commissioners stated that regulation 14(2)(d) of the Working Tax Credit Regulation

The full Submission by the Council of The Bar of Ireland to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure & Reform and Taoiseach on the rising costs of motor insurance has now been made available as a pdf for download by the Law Library. It can be accessed here: https://www.lawlibrary.ie/me

Lord Neuberger Six prisoners serving time in Northern Ireland arising from violent deaths have launched appeals following the UK Supreme Court ruling joint enterprise which was issued in February.