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Tanya Ward The Children's Rights Alliance has welcome calls by the Ombudsman for Children to establish an independent inspectorate of Direct Provision centres that house asylum seeker families.

Louise McAloon Louise McAloon, partner at Worthingtons Solicitors, writes on a recent decision from the Fair Employment Tribunal in Northern Ireland.

The Government has approved plans for a referendum on removing the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution. The required Constitution Amendment Bill will now be drafted by the Department of Justice to allow a referendum to take place in October.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of new rights afforded to victims of crime.

Thousands of barristers have voted in favour of ending their industrial action and have accepted a £15 million offer from the Ministry of Justice over payment rates for reading evidence and documents in trials. More than 3,000 barristers voted in the ballot of the Criminal Bar Association, which sa

The tackle which saw Liverpool's Mohamed Salah leave the pitch just 30 minutes into his team's Champions League final against Real Madrid last month has featured in a law exam. The question reads: "Sergio Ramos injured Mohamed Salah in the 2018 European Champions League final. Naturally, Ramos canno

The legal representatives of a Polish national who was served a removal order while imprisoned in 2015 have been ordered to pay the costs incurred by the State in judicial review proceedings brought on behalf of the man on the day before his scheduled removal in 2016. Stating that the legal represen

Pictured (l-r): Jason Byrne, head of Shoosmiths' Belfast office and Brian Dolaghan, Director of Technology & Services, Invest NI. UK law firm Shoosmiths LLP has announced the expansion of its presence in Northern Ireland with a new "Inceptions" team in Belfast.

Magdalena Nowacka HOMS Solicitors has announced the appointment of legal executive Magdalena Nowacka in the firm's Dublin office.

A High Court judge has said he “completely” agrees that complainants in rape cases should have access to legal advice during trials. Mr Justice Paul Butler made the comments during his sentencing of a 24-year-old Dublin man who raped a teenage acquaintance after forcing her into a park.

Phillip Lee UK justice minister Phillip Lee has resigned over the government's Brexit policy ahead of a vote on whether or not to give MPs a decisive say on the final deal with the EU.

Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, has said he recognises the "disappointment" of families over the delay in securing funding for legacy inquests following a meeting with Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald yesterday.

Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed this year's intake for the firm's Summer Internship Programme (SIP) in Dublin.

A Spanish man who was detained on the basis of allegations he had sexual relations with minors suffered violations of his Convention rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Fernandes Pedroso v Portugal the court held, unanimously, that there

A petition has been launched to stop a trafficking victim and former prisoner from being deported to Vietnam where he risks persecution.