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Michael Johnston, managing partner at Carson McDowell Belfast firm Carson McDowell has been awarded the title of Regional Law Firm of the Year in the prestigious Legal 500 rankings for the second time in the past three years.

Breast implants are not an obstacle to becoming a police officer, a court in Germany has ruled after a three-year legal battle. An unnamed 32-year-old woman, currently working as a nurse, took legal action after her application to join the police in North Rhine-Westphalia was rejected in 2013.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden and Cheryl Lamont The Probation Board for Northern Ireland has appointed Cheryl Lamont as chief executive.

In ongoing defamation proceedings brought by Ryanair against a pilot formerly in their employ, the Court of Appeal has refused to make an order directing the pilot to provide further and better particulars. Affirming the decision of the High Court, Mr Justice Gerard Hogan ruled that it would be unfa

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald met Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden in Dublin yesterday to discuss ongoing north-south co-operation in policing and criminal justice matters. The pair also discussed the possible implications of Brexit on north-south policing and criminal justice

Vivian Geiran, director of the Probation Service This year's annual Cross-Border Public Protection Seminar heard from representatives from Irish and Northern Ireland probation services, police services and prison services.

Solicitor John Spencer will receive damages from the former Anglo Irish Bank for negligent misstatement and misrepresentation in statements made to him, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Mr Spencer invested €1 million into the planned redevelopment of Whitgift Shopping Centre in Croydon, London in 20

Richard Grogan Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors writes about the potential impact of a recent court decision on exemplary costs in an employment law case.

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden opened Victim Support NI's 35th anniversary conference, addressing the needs of vulnerable victims and congratulating the voluntary organisation on their outstanding support to victims and witnesses of crime. Around 112 volunteers and fulltime staff

Dozens of symphysiotomy cases are expected to come before the High Court next year despite the completion of a Government redress scheme, The Irish TImes reports. Solicitor Colm MacGeehin said dozens of women had chosen to pursue litigation instead of accepting the redress scheme's awards of up to �

Members of the Law Society of Northern Ireland have raised more than £15,000 for CLIC Sargent, the cancer charity supporting children and young people. The Society has spent the past year supporting and fundraising on behalf of CLIC Sargent, its chosen charity of the year.

A judge in Israel rebuked welfare authorities over their treatment of a homeless man and gave him a 100 shekel bill out of his own pocket “so he’ll have something to eat”. The defendant was accused of stealing seven bottles of beer from a shop in Jersualem and attacking and threatening the sho

A federal judge presiding at a citizenship swearing-in ceremony told US citizens that Donald Trump is "your president, and if you don't like that, you need to go to another country." Judge John Primono in San Antonio told KENS-TV his statement was not political and that he did not vote for President

Frances Fitzgerald The Government has today announced 11 senior appointments to An Garda Síochána in order to fill vacancies described as "critical" by Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan.

The bakers at the centre of the “gay cake” case have been told they may have a possible route of appeal to the UK Supreme Court. Lawyers acting for Ashers Baking Company believed their rights of appeal in the UK courts may have been exhausted following a ruling against them at the Court of Appea