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Elon Musk is being sued by the production company behind Blade Runner 2049 for allegedly using the film to promote his new "Cybercab". Alcon Entertainment alleges that it turned down a formal request from an event organiser for the use of a still image from the 2017 film, but a virtually identical A

Former Conservative justice minister David Gauke has been appointed by the UK's Labour government to lead a major sentencing review. The review comes as around 1,100 prisoners are to be released in England and Wales in a bid to ease prison overcrowding.

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has invited members of the public to have their say on ideas and priorities to include in a strategy to help improve the experiences of victims and witnesses when engaging with the criminal justice system. The Department of Justice would like to hear from mem

Belfast-based MSM Law has welcomed Andy Egerton to the firm's criminal defence team. Mr Egerton is a highly-skilled criminal defence solicitor with over 20 years' experience and returns to Northern Ireland following a period working in Merseyside.

The Irish government has been urged to continue its inter-state case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) as campaigners said Troubles victims had been "betrayed" by the UK government. Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal ruled last month that the controversial Northern Ireland Troubles

Browne Jacobson has appointed two new legal directors and a partner in a significant expansion of its Irish operations. Emma Middleton and Paul Tohill join as legal directors to establish the firm's real estate and construction practices in Ireland respectively.

More than eight in 10 of the top UK-headquartered law firms saw an increase in profit this year, a survey by PwC has found. Of the Top 100, 81 per cent reported increases in profit in the 2024 fiscal year compared to just 56 per cent last year, according to the Big Four firm's annual law firms' surv

Volkswagen Finance has been ordered by a UK regulator to pay a fine of nearly £5.4 million as well as over £21.5 million in redress to around 110,000 customers after failing to treat customers in financial difficulty fairly. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that Volkswagen Fin

An English politician has called for a "crackdown on spitting" in order to "Make Britain Vaguely Civilised Again". Neil O'Brien, a Conservative MP who previously advised prime minister Theresa May, set out his proposals for an "orderly and civilised society" in a blog post yesterday.

The Law Society of Ireland has published the provisional results of its 2024 Council election. Fiona McNulty, Rosemarie Loftus, Áine Hynes SC, Martin Lawlor, Maura Derivan, Brian McMullin, Stuart Gilhooly SC, Tony O’Sullivan, Graham Kenny, Garry Clarke, Cri

Ireland's new online safety code has been published and will begin to become binding on video-sharing platforms with their EU headquarters in Ireland from next month. The code introduces obligations on video-sharing platforms to protect people, especially children, from harmful video and associated

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has been recognised with an international human rights award for coming to the defence of a solicitor disparaged in the House of Commons. A statement issued by the Society last year called for an end to “attacks on lawyers” after Ian Paisley Jr, the DU

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has celebrated its 2024 Conveyancing Week as an outstanding success. Organised by the Law Society's conveyancing and property committee, the focus of the annual event this year was on providing support, building relationships and widening engagement through a seri

William Fry has been named Ireland's patent litigation firm of the year at the Global IP Awards 2024. The awards ceremony, which took place at St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London on Thursday 17 October, brought together leading law firms and practitioners from around the world to celebrate achiev

A third-party car rental website used by Ryanair Car Hire and Booking.com has removed misleading information at the request of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). Consumer authorities in 10 EU member states and Norway, co-ordinated by the European Commission, checked 78 third