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A private member’s bill to make cannabis available for medicinal purposes has been rejected by the Oireachtas health committee. The committee's report warned that the bill raised legal issues and that its proposed framework was "too loose to effectively guard against leakage of supply to recreatio

Moves towards the creation of a specific offence of stalking have been effectively put on hold by the deadlock between Northern Ireland political parties, according to support group Stalking NI. Former Justice Minister Claire Sugden asked Department of Justice officials last year to review the exist

A dog cannot be a ringbearer in a wedding ceremony because marriage is too serious and important, a town mayor has insisted. A couple in northern Italy have been told they cannot have their dogs carry their wedding rings during their planned wedding, Eco di Bergamo reports.

The New York Bar has expressed its concern over the "climate of intimidation" that lawyers in Northern Ireland face. The Bar represents 24,000 attorneys as well as judges, government officials and legal academics in New York City.

A woman who had served as captain in the Army for over nine years, and who was excluded from promotion to commandant because she was off on maternity leave, has been awarded €824,794 in damages. In July 2016, the High Court found that Ms Diane Byrne had qualified for fixed period promotion in acco

Police shot two people dressed as characters from Batman as they engaged in a sex act at a special nightclub event. Dale Ewins, 35, who came as the Joker, was seriously injured after being shot in the stomach after officers mistook his replica gun for the real thing.

The Supreme Court will hear Angela Kerins’ appeal following her failed damages action against the Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Three judges in the court have allowed the former Rehab Group chief executive to ‘’leapfrog’ the Court of Appeal given the “exceptional circumstances”

William Fry's Jeffrey Greene and Catherine O'Flynn look at the latest whistleblowing case to clarify the application of the 'but for' test. A county council employee who claimed he was effectively demoted for alleging that his employer was involved in financial irregularities has lost his whistleblo

Conor Moore pictured with Ronan McCoughlin, Partner at Gallagher Shatter Solicitors, at the Parchment Ceremony in Presidents’ Hall

The housing market in Northern Ireland is currently the strongest in the UK, according to new research. Surveyors and estate agents have reported a surge in business, the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Ulster Bank residential market survey has found.

Cases of harassment have risen by almost 1,000 per cent in the past 19 years, following the emergence of social media and smartphones, a police source has told the Belfast Telegraph. Almost seven people a day are victims of harassment in Northern Ireland and the current power-sharing stalemate at St

Emma Scott of Baily Homan Smyth McVeigh looks at new requirements for landlords introduced this month.

Lord Neuberger (pictured) has explored the different approach adopted by the courts towards former spouses on one hand and former cohabitees on the other in a lecture given by the President of the Supreme Court to the family law ‘At a Glance’ conference held in London towards the end of last mon

New Government legislation will introduce minimum sentencing for repeat sex offenders. A private member’s bill brought in by Minister of State Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran (pictured) is to be adopted by the Government.

The owners of Leopardstown race course have successfully appealed a finding of the Court of Appeal, which had overturned the High Court’s conclusion that submissions from a lease-holder on Leopardstown’s land alleging misrepresentation were not credible. The five-judge Supreme Court unanimously