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Mr Justice Adrian Colton has been appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland.

Transition Year students have once again been invited to enter the national Gráinne O'Neill Memorial Legal Essay Competition. The 2026 competition invites TY students to submit a 1,500 word essay on the topic "Protecting Voices, Preventing Harm: Legal Challenges in Online Freedom of Speech".

The High Court has ordered a quarrying company to remediate unauthorised works carried out in breach of a court order near the home of a Carlow family. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice David Nolan opined: “The development of a quarry adjacent to housing without any planning p

A new initiative aimed at tackling violence against women and girls living in rural areas of Northern Ireland has been launched. The Rural Community Network (RCN) and the Northern Ireland Rural Women’s Network (NIRWN) are to jointly lead a community-led review which will be asked to make targe

Dublin and Belfast firm Lacey Solicitors has expanded its team with the appointment of solicitors Paul Delahunt and Roisin Cassidy and paralegals Lucy Fowler and Gosia Sosin. The new appointments strengthen the all-island firm's expertise across key practice areas including credit hire and personal

The High Court has prohibited the surrender of a man to the US for a “bail jumping” offence on the basis that he is immune from prosecution under s.18 of the Extradition Act 1965. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Patrick McGrath concluded: “The intention of s.18 w

A new cooperation agreement has been signed by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) and media regulator Coimisiún na Meán.

Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Dame Siobhan Keegan, has been appointed as co-patron of Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI). Her appointment was announced earlier this week at an IRLI event in Belfast, where Dame Siobhan addressed an audience of barristers, solicitors, members of the judi

The Master of Northern Ireland’s High Court has assessed damages for defamation at £100,000 in favour of Peter Jackson, father of Paddy Jackson. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Master Mark Harvey highlighted: “The lesson for the defendant in this case, and frankly for those

President Michael D. Higgins has been honoured by the Law Society for his exceptional contribution to advancing justice, promoting thoughtful legal reform, and cultivating a society grounded in fairness, inclusion, and equality. The inaugural Medal of Excellence was presented to President Higgins on

William Fry lawyers Rachel Hayes, David Cullen and Aoife Keenan examine a CJEU ruling clarifying what constitutes personal data when transferring pseudonymised information externally. On 4 September 2025, the European Court of Justice delivered its decision in Case C-2025/645 between the European Da

The High Court has quashed a decision of An Coimisiún Pleanála which refused a grant of planning permission for a dwelling in County Dublin to a local woman who operated a nearby hairdressing salon. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice David Nolan remarked that it was &ld

A US-based company which added images scraped from the internet to a global facial recognition database has lost an appeal in relation to a £7.5 million fine imposed by the UK's information commissioner. The Upper Tribunal (UT) has found in favour of the UK information commissioner in the appe

Barristers should not be identified with their clients, the Bar Council has reaffirmed following criticism aimed at presidential candidate Catherine Connolly. In a statement published on the Fine Gael website this afternoon, Galway councillor Frank Fahy said Ms Connolly "needs to fully account for h

Northern Ireland's justice and health ministers have been pressed to set out a clear timetable for the implementation of capacity law reforms passed by MLAs nearly a decade ago. Part 5 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, which provides for lasting powers of attorney covering care, tr