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Respected town agent Alan Bashford has passed away, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced. Mr Bashford spent his entire legal career at C&H Jefferson Solicitors, joining the firm in 1953 and retiring in 2003.

Northern Ireland's justice minister Naomi Long has called on Boris Johnson to resign from the office of prime minister over the 'partygate' scandal, which she says has undermined the rule of law. Mr Johnson yesterday became the first sitting prime minister to be sanctioned for breaking the law, havi

An unprecedented international effort to disrupt the finances of the Kinahan crime gang has been launched by Irish, UK and US law enforcement agencies. The US government has announced the designation of what it calls the Kinahan organised crime group (KOCG) as a "significant transnational criminal o

Attorney General Suella Braverman QC has asked the Court of Appeal if protestors charged with causing criminal damage enjoy a defence under the Human Rights Act and what directions should be given to juries in such cases. Her “questions of law” follow the acquittals of the 'Colston Four'

A senior personal injury lawyer and former president of the Law Society has said insurance firms "are laughing at you all" after a sharp decline in personal injury awards was not matched with a decrease in insurance premiums. Stuart Gilhooly SC took to Twitter to make the comments in response to an

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has announced the appointment of Deborah Archer as a banking and finance partner in its Belfast office. Ms Archer brings over 20 years’ experience advising local and international financial institutions, industrial and provident societies, and corporate ent

Northern Ireland law firm Wilson Nesbitt has announced the appointment of Ian Creighton, Lauren Burns and Max Nesbitt as partners in the firm. The promotions bring the total number of partners across the firm's Belfast and Bangor offices to 10.

Lawyers in Malaysia have branded a move by courts to use artificial intelligence unconstitutional. In a pilot scheme on the island of Borneo, AI is being used to assist judges in sentencing drug dealers and rapists.

A driverless car appears to stop for police then attempt to flee in a viral video released by San Francisco police. The autonomous Chevrolet Bolt EV was stopped as its headlights were off. An officer can be heard saying "there's nobody in it".

In-person hearings at Killymeal House will resume later this month, the Office of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (OITFET) has announced. The main tribunals building will reopen for hearings from Monday 25 April 2022. The hearing rooms at Adelaide House, which were used on a te

Italy violated Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights after it failed to protect a woman and her children, one of whom was murdered by the applicant's partner. Ms Landi alleged that the Italian state had failed to take the requisite action to protect her and her two children from the d

The public inquiry into the wrongful convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses will hear evidence from affected people who live in Northern Ireland next month. More than 700 people were wrongly convicted of false accounting, theft and fraud between 2000 and 2014 due to a fault in the

Judge Helen Boyle has been recognised with an Alumni Achievement Award from her alma mater, University College Cork (UCC). An accomplished lawyer and Circuit Court judge, Judge Boyle graduated with a BCL and LLB from UCC’s School of Law in 1992 and 1993 respectively. She practised as a barrist

The latest edition of The Parchment, the magazine of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA), has been published. The Spring 2022 edition includes articles on defamation law reform and trends in family law, as well as remote working, gender pay gap reporting obligations, online anonymity and da

ByrneWallace LLP has announced the renewal of the lease on its Dublin headquarters as it set out plans to double its headcount from 300 to over 600 in the next five years. The firm said it will need the entirety of its office space in the heart of Dublin's central business district on Harcourt Stree