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MLAs have until Wednesday to choose a Justice Minister or the Northern Ireland Assembly will dissolve for a new election. The Executive Office, in response to online speculation, has clarified that there is no way under the Northern Ireland Act 1998 or the Justice Act 2010 for two people to jointly

Ken Murphy, director general of the Law Society of Ireland Cuts to legal aid should be reversed as the Irish economy recovers, solicitors and barristers have re-affirmed.

Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan's plan to clear a backlog of legacy inquests within five years could face delays as the Attorney General considers directing more deaths to inquest.

Sixty per cent of social welfare appeals are successful, suggesting major issues surrounding original decisions being made to refuse welfare payments. The figures were revealed in the Annual Report 2015 of the Social Welfare Appeals Office, the body responsible for handling social welfare appeals.

Over the past decade, the average sentence for the crime of rape has increased by almost a year to 10 years, The Irish Times reports. Analysis of sentencing data suggests that non-custodial rape sentences, such as that imposed upon Mangus Meyer Husveit, a man who regularly raped his girlfriend while

John Hussey John Hussey, a barrister and DUP councillor, has been tipped as the next Lord Mayor of Belfast, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Prisons Inspector Judge Michael Reilly There was a sharp rise in prison inmate deaths from 14 in 2014 and 2013 to 22 in 2015, The Irish Times reports.

A judge fired for persistently watching adult material on official IT equipment has appealed his dismissal on the basis that he was depressed. Former judge Warren Grant, 61, claims he was suffering from "severe undiagnosed depression" as a result of marital problems and his employers had discriminat

The High Court has granted an employment injunction, finding that An Post had not sufficiently notified a man of the reasons for his dismissal. The plaintiff, Mr Finbarr O’Leary, sought to restrain An Post from dismissing him, and unusually, sought to restrain An Post from taking any further step

Alliance leader David Ford The appointment of Northern Ireland's Justice Minister has developed into a major political issue after the Alliance Party indicated that it would not nominate someone for the position.

The Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) has called for organisations that do not comply with lobbying legislation to be “named and shamed”, The Irish Times reports. PRII chief executive John Carroll said: “The lobbying register should be given clear powers to name and shame organisati

TLT Solicitors, with offices in Belfast, has reported a 15 per cent increase in turnover to hit £71.6 million for the 2015/16 financial year. This year's result comes at the end of the firm's current ambitious three year strategy, during which time the firm's revenue increased by 45 per cent and it

A new report has found the number of properties repossessed by mortgage lenders in Ireland doubled between 2010 and 2013. A European research project headed up by Dr Pádraic Kenna of NUI Galway yesterday published its report, Promoting protection of the right to housing- Homelessness prevention in

More than 400 same-sex couples have been married in Ireland since the marriage referendum, which took place one year ago. Figures released by the Department of Social Protection show there have been 412 same-sex marriages since the Marriage Act 2015 was signed into law in November.

The article 5 right of an Iranian man held in immigration detention for a total of 55 months by the UK authorities was violated, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The applicant, J.N., is an Iranian national who was born in 1971 and lives in Barkin, England.