EU referendum: Brexit fears spark increase in lawyers registering to work in Ireland

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm21st June 2016

The figures are three times as high as the same time in 2015 The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg Rex A record number of top UK lawyers are applying to work in Ireland amid fears of a Brexit. The Republic’s Law society has revealed figures showing 186 British lawyers have been admitted to practice in…

Appeal court to hear first ‘guilty by association’ test cases

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm21st June 2016

Hearings will decide whether people were wrongly convicted after supreme court found judges misinterpreted law for 30 years The cases of at least six men convicted under joint enterprise laws will go before the court of appeal on Tuesday. Clockwise from top left: Nicholas Terrelonge, Tyler Burton, Asher Johnson, Reece Garwood, Jerome Green, Lewis Johnson.…