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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Legislation to consolidate and reform the law on domestic violence will be enacted as soon as possible following Oireachtas approval, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Victims of domestic violence have been let down by Stormont's collapse, Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has said.

The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick yesterday became the longest-running criminal trial in the history of the State. It is the prosecution's case that multi-million euro loans taken out by Mr FitzPatrick, 68, and his family were “artificially reduced” for a period of t

The UK Supreme Court will sit in Edinburgh later this year, the first time that the UK’s highest court has sat outside London. Several appeals will be heard over up to four days in June, with at least five of the Supreme Court justices sitting over the course of the visit. The list of cases to be

Jeanette Donohoe Jeanette Donohoe, director of dispute resolution at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors in Belfast, explains a recent bankruptcy case.

Dundalk solicitor Conor Breen of McDonough & Breen Solicitors (McDB) has passed away. Mr Breen was best known as principal solicitor at McDonough & Breen Solicitors, where his son Niall also works as a solicitor.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Three lawyers and a retired Chief Superintendent have been appointed to the Property Services Appeal Board.

Dublin firm Arthur Cox sponsored this year's Women in Leadership Conference at University College Dublin.

A police officer responding to reports of a cow loose on the motorway quickly established its whereabouts when he hit it with his car. Daniel Steven Schulz, 30, was searching for the cow at around 10pm on Monday and unexpectedly encountered it fifteen minutes later.

A part-time pre-school teacher has been awarded €10,000 in compensation after the Court of Appeal upheld Labour Court and High Court findings that the woman was an employee of the Minister for Education and Skills, and had been treated less favourably than full-time workers by not being admitte

Emily Logan The State must take legislative action to close gaps in protection for victims of crime, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has told members of the Oireachtas.

Conor Lupton Cork-based commercial law firm O'Flynn Exhams (OFX) Solicitors has welcomed Conor Lupton as a partner in its corporate team.

Peter Campbell, head of BLM Ireland Insurance and risk law specialist firm BLM is to double its Dublin office space, signing a lease for a 5,000sqft office in the city centre.

Rob Aberdein Belfast firm Wilson Nesbitt and Scottish firm Aberdein Considine have announced a new long-term collaboration.

Richard Grogan Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors writes below.