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Mary Cashin Legislation to promote mediation will be "very important" in changing mediation in "the psyche of people", Irish solicitor and family law mediator Mary Cashin has said.

Paul Tweed The Sunday Post, a Scottish newspaper, has been forced to issue a retraction after Belfast solicitor Paul Tweed threatened legal proceedings on behalf of Harrison Ford.

Mark Mullen and Dawn McCambley Mark Mullen and Dawn McCambley have been admitted to the degree of barrister-at-law and called to the Bar of Northern Ireland.

David Brangam and Peter O'Reilly David Brangam and Peter O'Reilly have joined Dublin law firm LK Shields as associate solicitors in the corporate & commercial and banking & finance teams respectively.

Seven organisations and individuals were recognised for excellence in mediation at the Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII)'s annual conference in Dublin.

Next month sees a prestigious and timely conference taking place in Dublin on the theme of "Law and Religion". The conference organisers explain: "Debates about law and religion have suffused politics for centuries and contemporary Irish society provides a rich context for a discussion of key issues

Alain Spilliaert Judge Patrick Gachon, the French judge presiding over an inquiry into the 1996 killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, visited the scene of her death in west Cork earlier this month.

The UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) was right to reject a job application from a man who said his devotion to God came before his loyalty to the state, an employment appeal tribunal judge has ruled. Mrs Justice Simler, sitting in London, said GCHQ had justifiable security concerns

A man who challenged the admission in evidence of material that revealed his membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and meant he was convicted of being a member of a proscribed organisation has failed in his appeal to the UK Supreme Court that the material should have been excluded at trial.

A man who challenged the admission in evidence of material that revealed his membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and meant he was convicted of being a member of a proscribed organisation has failed in his appeal to the UK Supreme Court that the material should have been excluded at trial.

The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) will investigate Facebook's European privacy practices following a ruling by the High Court in Dublin. The commissioner, Helen Dixon, had originally refused to investigate 22 complaints filed by 28-year old Max Schrems, an Austrian law student and privacy activ

Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers All of the main paramilitary groups operating in Northern Ireland during the Troubles continue to exist, according to a UK government-commissioned assessment.

Andrew Walker, founder and managing director of Walker Legal Northern Ireland law firm Walker Legal has announced it is hiring six trainee solicitors, furthering its growth from 10 to 24 lawyers in the past 18 months.

Peter Maguire The case against a 90-year old Dublin woman, who faced a €1,500 legal bill after failing to comply with an order to move a satellite dish, has been thrown out of court.

David Buchanan-Cook, head of oversight at the SLCC The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) will be among those giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Assembly's committee for finance and personnel today.