Summary of 2016 Senate Legislative Action (New York State Senate)
(Source: New York State Senate) 2016-2017 NEW YORK STATE BUDGET The New York State 2016-17 State Budget reflects the Senate Republican Conference's commitment to improving the economic opportunities...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View Article12 16 16 - Annual Corporate Governance Report for 2012 (Updated 12.12.16)...
(Source: Petron Corporation) CR07807-2016 The Exchange does not warrant and holds no responsibility for the veracity of the facts and representations contained in all corporate disclosures, including...
View ArticleExceptional lawyers recognized with Queen's counsel designation (Ministry of...
(Source: Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General) VICTORIA - Thirty-two lawyers have been appointed the honorary title of Queen's counsel (also known as Q.C.), Attorney General and Minister of...
View Article“Bound by Brotherhood”
Summary This is what I have to say about the wounds on the body of the said accused. Since he was a hard core criminal, he refused to give any information. It was essential to get that information from...
View ArticleACTIVISION BLIZZARD TO ACQUIRE KING FOR $5.9 BN (ISE - The Irish Stock...
(Source: ISE - The Irish Stock Exchange plc) Activision Blizzard Inc. Not for release, publication or distribution (in whole or in part) in, into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction For immediate...
View Article“This Crooked System”
Summary I have no hope of getting justice in this crooked system. —Umar Daraz, Karachi, January 2016 How do you expect us to recover stolen items from hardened criminals? Do you think they will agree...
View ArticlePresident of High Court queries ‘comfortable assumptions’ on legal fees
The President of the High Court has said “comfortable assumptions” that legal fees should continue as before “without the slightest regard for privations experienced by citizens”, including other...
View ArticleSolicitor Denis Anderson used dead client's MCC membership
A Sydney lawyer caught using the identity of a dead client to access the prized Members Reserve at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during AFL...
View ArticleLawyer takes himself off roll
A lawyer has escaped further punishment after opting to remove himself from the roll of barristers and solicitors in the face of disciplinary action from his professional body. Evgeny Orlov was struck...
View ArticleBanned lawyer John O'Donnell impersonated colleague
A lawyer who pretended to be his colleague in order to breach an order banning him from working as a solicitor has been jailed for three months. John O'Donnell had been banned for five years after...
View ArticleKildare County Council claims unauthorised road has ‘resurfaced’
An unauthorised road in Co Kildare which was covered over with topsoil as part of the resolution of a legal case nearly five years ago has “re-surfaced”, the High Court has heard. Kildare County...
View ArticleSydney solicitor struck off for 'gross overcharging'
A Sydney solicitor who "milked" clients for excessive fees and misappropriated trust funds has been struck off the roll of lawyers, in a damning end to his legal career....
View ArticleNumber of female solicitors in Scotland overtakes male for first time
Just over half of practising solicitors are women, but they are still under-represented in senior roles...
View ArticleAccountant Tom Keane fails in bid to quash misconduct findings
An action by a former president of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants has been struck out by agreement at the High Court. The case by Tom Keane, North Strand Road, Dublin, aimed to quash...
View ArticleEx-solicitor jailed for stealing €275,000 from clients
A former solicitor has been jailed for two years for stealing over €275,000 from a number of his clients over a four year period to fund a number of pubs that he was operating at the time. Mark Cronin...
View ArticleMichael Fallon accused of influencing prosecution of law firm
The defence secretary, Michael Fallon, may have pressurised an independent legal regulator to prosecute the law firm Leigh Day over its role in allegations – later abandoned – of torture and murder of...
View ArticleJail term for man who posed as a solicitor to fleece clients of £18k
A university law graduate who fraudulently posed as a solicitor and then swindled £18,500 from five clients has been jailed for 16 months at the Crown Court in Londonderry. Kieran Healey (37) from...
View ArticlePromote solicitors to senior counsel, but keep Bar vibrant
The call for senior Hong Kong solicitors to be recognised as senior counsel will resonate with some who have paid the cost of representation by both a solicitor and a barrister. Writing in the monthly...
View ArticleHong Kong's top judge 'keen to raise status of solicitors'
Seasoned solicitors may be a step closer to being honoured as "senior counsel", the status now reserved for barristers that the top judge is said to be favourably disposed to extending to qualified...
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