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Grieving families are still being denied justice in Northern Ireland despite an increase in compensation, lawyers have warned. The sum paid to relatives eligible for a statutory compensation payment for their bereavement has increased from £15,100 to £17,200 as of this week.

Northern Ireland’s High Court has determined that it was unreasonable for an applicant to be denied legal aid, including the support of a senior counsel, for his asylum appeal where he was entitled to this during his original High Court case. This application involved a challenge to a decision

Women barristers in England and Wales earn almost 35 per cent less than men in the profession, figures from the Bar Council show. Men earned on average about £86,000 annually in fee income. For women, the figure was a mere £57,000.

Most professionals in Ireland's financial services sector are worried about personal exposure to liability arising from new proposed legislation, according to a survey conducted by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. The law firm surveyed almost 200 senior banking and financial services

An Garda Síochána is retaining the personal data of innocent people who have been cleared as suspected producers or sharers of online child sex abuse material without any legal basis, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has claimed. The civil liberties group has published corr

Northern Ireland firm Wilson Nesbitt has announced seven promotions following growth across its real estate and construction, banking and financials services, and individual and family life sectors. Leo Morrison has been promoted to senior associate. Working in the criminal defence team, he has exte

The High Court has approved a personal insolvency arrangement for a couple despite objections from a creditor that the PIA was unsustainable. It was argued that the debtors’ total income under the arrangement would not be sufficient to maintain a reasonable standard of living for themselves an

Fergal McGoldrick, a senior associate in Carson McDowell’s media, communications & reputation team, casts his eye over the new Northern Irish “Pre-Action Protocol for Defamation and Other Media and Communication Claims” and its implications for the kaleidoscope of 21st century

The High Court has ruled that the Dublin Circuit Court was wrong to refuse to hear a divorce application on the basis that the husband, a solicitor, did not carry on his profession in the county. The couple lived outside Dublin and the husband was based in the south-west of the State. As such, the m

Dr Laura Cahillane calls for legislative reform to end the practice of directly elevating attorney generals to the bench. Last June, during the report stage of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, the Sinn Féin justice spokesman Martin Kenny put down an amendment to create a cooling-off

The Pensions Authority secured convictions in three of the six prosecution cases it concluded last year, according to the statutory body's latest annual report. The Authority regulates and supervises compliance with the requirements of the Pensions Act 1990, as amended, by trustees of occupational p

Women make up a fifth of silks at the Irish bar for the first time after 27 barristers, including 15 women, were called to the Inner Bar today.

A draft decision in a large-scale investigation of a Facebook data breach has been submitted by Ireland's data protection watchdog to other EU authorities. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) commenced the inquiry into Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL), which operates Facebook, in April 2021 af

Judges have a role in effecting social change in Ireland but have to push their own views "to the back of our minds" when making decisions, High Court president Mr Justice David Barniville has said. The judge was joined by Mr Justice Gerard Hogan, Ms Justice Siobhán Phelan, Ms Justice Iseult

A major government report has called for more action to divert people with mental health difficulties and addiction problems from the criminal justice sector. The report and recommendations of the high level taskforce established in 2021 to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of peop