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Life sentence prisoners released in 2016 served an average of 22 years in custody, up from 17 and a half in 2015, The Irish Times reports. Figures released by the Irish Prison Service show seven life sentence prisoners were released last year. A total of 352 life prisoners were in custody at the end

Helen Kelly Matheson partner Helen Kelly, head of the firm's EU, competition and regulatory law group, has been named one of the world's top 100 lawyers by Global Competition Review.

US Acting Attorney General Sally Yates US Acting Attorney General Sally Yates has been sacked by US President Donald Trump after refusing to defend a controversial executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Yvette Cooper MP, chair of the Committee A Westminster report has described the state of some asylum accommodation provided by UK government contractors as a "disgrace" and "shameful".

The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee is now accepting nominations for its new Charity of the Year 2017/18. The application form must be completed and submitted by Friday 17 February 2017.

Two Burger King employees have been arrested after telling their bosses whoppers and using their drive-through restaurant as a front for a drug-dealing operation. Customers would call the burger joint and ask for ‘extra crispy’ fries to request a narcotic extra with their order to make their dou

A man who was adjudicated bankrupt in December 2015 has had his bankruptcy extended by five years due to his “complete failure to co-operate with the bankruptcy process”. Ms Justice Caroline Costello ruled that the man, who would have been automatically discharged from bankruptcy in December 201

Lawyers will not be considered for appointment as judges if they canvass for elevation to the bench, the Irish Independent reports. The move will be included in the Government's Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016.

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire has come "perilously close to interfering in the rule of law", according to Northern Ireland's former Justice Minister David Ford. It comes after Mr Brokenshire, writing in the The Telegraph, referred to "the imbalance of the current system of legacy inve

The number of Irish mortgage approvals rose by 30.7 per cent over the year to December 2016, the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) has said. The BPFI Mortgage Approvals Report reveals that a total of 3,144 mortgages were approved per month, on average, in the three months ending Decem

Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has complained of a "wasted year" due to a lack of progress on funding for legacy inquests.

Declan Black, managing partner of the firm Mason Hayes & Curran has reported a rise in revenue of 7 per cent to €77 million in 2016.

Paul McBride Turnover at the Belfast office of Pinsent Masons grew from £7.3 million to £8.8 million last year.

Below, we publish a joint letter from seven Irish human rights organisations in the wake of US President Donald Trump's travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. President Trump’s Executive Order adopting a targeted ban on refugees and migrants from certain countries should be str

Pictured (l-r): Joanna Robinson (Legal Director), Paul McBride (Partner) and Andrea McIlroy Rose (Partner) listen to Christie Jack Staff at the Belfast office of Pinsent Masons celebrated Burns Night with a supper at Queen's University Belfast at the weekend.