In Pictures

Representatives from the law societies in each of the four legal jurisdictions in the UK and Ireland met virtually this morning to discuss the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit.

Belfast-based MKB Law has donated 50 new Lenovo tablets to the Antrim Children’s Services section of the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

Northern Ireland lawyers are at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg for what could be the last UK case heard in the EU courts.

Lord Burrows has been sworn in as a UK Supreme Court justice in a small ceremony in the court’s library. He recited the judicial oath in front of the court's president, Lord Reed. All the other justices tuned in to the session remotely.

A lawyer who made a virtual law office in Nintendo's hit new Animal Crossing game has won praise from gamers.

Sarah Ward, a senior associate at English law firm Samuel Phillips, has published some 'ground rules' for her daughters during lockdown.

Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) welcomed postgraduate law students from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas to a lunchtime seminar at the firm's offices.

Law students at the Law Society of Ireland have triumphed in the national rounds of the Jessup Competition. The winning team was made up of Shauna Scannell and Samuel Elliott of Matheson, Darren McConnon of EirGrid, Louise O'Callaghan of McCann FitzGerald.

Justice Minister Naomi Long has met campaigners for new legislation on stalking as she prepares to introduce a bill to Stormont.

Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP (CKT) has presented a cheque for €1,000 to its 2019 charity partner, Pieta House.

Over 110 brave runners took on the challenge of A&L Goodbody's annual Airfinance 5km Run. The firm's aviation and transport finance team organised the event to raise money for Orbis International to support their work on preventing and treating avoidable blindness.

Newly-elected Justice Minister Naomi Long has chaired her first meeting of the Criminal Justice Board (CJB).

Mills Selig welcomed clients and friends to its Belfast offices yesterday to celebrate Burns Night with a traditional evening of fine dining, poetry and a toast to the haggis. The corporate and property law firm treated guests to traditional Scottish music and dram of whisky in honour of the famous

Belfast-based Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors sponsored local man Garrett Curran on his charity fundraising expedition to the South Pole.

McCann FitzGerald has congratulated its newly-qualified solicitors on the beginning of their careers with the firm.