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Thousands of PSNI officers are set to receive up to £30 million in backdated holiday pay after the UK Supreme Court this morning ruled that the force must rectify underpayments dating back to 1998. Belfast firms McCartan Turkington Breen (MTB) and Edwards & Co Solicitors represented separa

An American fund manager has made the biggest investment in an English law firm since the introduction of new rules. Gramercy, an investor based in Connecticut has put $552 million into London law firm Pogust Goodhead.

ByrneWallace LLP has welcomed Donal O'Donovan to the firm's banking and finance team as a new partner. Mr O'Donovan has over 16 years’ experience advising domestic and international financial institutions, non-bank lenders and borrowers (corporates and funds) on transactions including secured

Landmark new planning legislation will improve access to justice by "switching away from a 'no foal no fee' basis to one where we are going to cover the costs, win or lose", transport minister Eamon Ryan has claimed. Ministers yesterday approved the Planning and Development Bill 2023, which the Depa

A museum worker who used his access to steal paintings and auction them off to fund a "luxurious lifestyle" has been spared jail. The 30-year-old worker with a role in managing the collection of a Munich museum admitted stealing four paintings over a two-year period, in one case replacing the origin

US regulators have imposed a $150,000 (around €140,000 or £125,000) fine on a private company for failing to remove a satellite from orbit in what is believed to be the world's first space debris enforcement action. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said TV company DISH had agre

The Bar of Ireland has shared photos of barristers gathering in front of courthouses across the State as part of today's withdrawal of criminal legal aid services. You can find more pictures on Twitter by looking up the #FairIsFair hashtag.

Additional investment is required in prison and probation services to alleviate prison overcrowding and improve undignified conditions, the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has said. In its pre-budget submission, the NGO calls for, among other things, the allocation of an additional €5 million t

Northern Ireland's legal professions have given a cautious welcome to a new fundamental review of criminal legal aid led by retired judge Tom Burgess. The Department of Justice yesterday confirmed that the review, led by Judge Burgess as its independent advisor, has commenced and will be completed w

Dungannon-based P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors has welcomed Ellen Bates as a trainee solicitor. Ms Bates joined the firm in May 2021, initially as a part-time legal executive, while completing her undergraduate degree at Ulster University. She graduated from her LLB in July with a first class honour

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has relocated its London office to new, larger premises at 1 King William Street. The firm said the move of its London office, led by partner Ron Boucher, is "aligned with a strategic commitment to service and growing our international client base".

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has launched a new legal challenge against a new UK law which will "effectively make it impossible for people who arrive in the UK irregularly to present as refugees". The controversial Illegal Migration Act 2023, which received royal assent in Ju

An English police chief has been referred to a watchdog after being accused of falsely presenting himself as a veteran of the Falklands War. Nick Adderley, chief constable of Northamptonshire Police, has been regularly pictured wearing the South Atlantic Medal awarded to those who served in the 1982

Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell yesterday welcomed the making of "a new tradition" as a secular ceremony to mark the opening of the new legal year took place in the Four Courts for the first time. The two traditional religious ceremonies marking the occasion — both a Church of Ireland service an

Northern Ireland's prison service has made "impressive" progress in addressing long-standing concerns about vulnerable prisoners being held in solitary confinement for long periods, the criminal justice inspector has found. A damning report published last year found that prisoners in care and superv