5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (555+ words) Chief executive of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, David Lavery, was found guilty of gross misconduct by a disciplinary panel, an email to members reveals. Mr Lavery provided a character reference to his cousin, William Lloyd-Lavery, in April following…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (255+ words) Grindr is to pay £26m (€30.3m) to settle a lawsuit brought by 12,000 UK users who claim the dating app shared highly sensitive personal information, including in some cases HIV status, with advertisers. The settlement ends a two-year legal battle after law firm…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (635+ words) The Irish Innocence Project has issued a statement on criminal defence solicitors ongoing withdrawal of services in the District Court in opposition to the new criminal legal aid scheme. The statement is entitled ‘The Price of Justice is Measured in…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (288+ words) The Lady Chief Justice, Dame Siobhan Keegan has stated in an interview with Good Morning Ulster that it is unwise for legal professionals to give character references. The issue has become prominent in the last few months as the provision…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (374+ words) Central Bank of Ireland HQCredit:Ww2censor [CC BY 2.0] The Central Bank of Ireland has published its annual Payment Fraud Statistics, which shows the total value of fraudulent payments reported by Irish resident payment service providers increased by around 27 per cent to…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (278+ words) The term ‘circumstances of the offence’ is a nebulous concept that likely encompasses a wider range of factors than harm, including issues of culpability. For example, evidence of premeditation would appear to be ‘a circumstance of the offence’ even though…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (104+ words) Kilkenny CastleCredit: Jonjobaker [CC BY-SA 4.0] Ireland’s first public festival about the law, the Kilkenny Law Festival returns for its second year at the end of September. The programme is deliberately built for three audiences at once with speakers that appeal…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (383+ words) Palestinian lawyer and human rights campaigner Raja Shehadeh’s archive, documenting more than six decades of life in Palestine, has been preserved at the University of Edinburgh. Mr Shehadeh, a prominent lawyer and writer, began keeping his diaries in 1967, when he…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (177+ words) Irish Legal News Kennedys appoints James Ferrin as legal director in Belfast Kennedys has appointed James Ferrin to the role of legal director in Belfast as part of their global senior promotions round. Mr Ferrin practises in insurance law and…...