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Northern Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions, Barra McGrory QC, will leave his post just before the Christmas recess. He was originally expected to stand down in September and return to private practice, but has stayed on while a new DPP is sought.

The Lord Lieutenant of Belfast, Fionnuala Jay-O’Boyle CBE, was among guests who witnessed the presentation of a piece of stunning legal artwork to the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, at a special reception in Belfast's Royal Courts of Justice.

The Law Society Gazette has won in the Business Media Cover of the Year 2017 category at the Irish Magazine Awards. The cover in question – from the August/September 2017 issue – dealt with the Chinese trade in human organs.

Emily Logan, chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has appeared before the Supreme Court as an amicus curiae in two cases concerning the rights of non-Irish families who have been permitted to work and study in the State.

Dr Katherine Zappone New legislation brings Ireland's adoption regime "in line with our changing family make-up", Children's Minister Dr Katherine Zappone has said.

Philip Luther Syrian government forces have been using banned Soviet-era cluster munitions to carry out indiscriminate attacks on civilians amid a tightening siege in opposition-held Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, bringing the enclave’s humanitarian crisis to breaking point, Amnesty International

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The first automatic border control "e-Gates" came into operation at Dublin Airport yesterday.

A man accused of breaching the terms of his contract with his former employer, by “assisting recruitment” and supplying confidential information to the company he moved to, has been ordered to make discovery of all documents “reasonably available to him by means of a data subject access reques

The Supreme Court will make a formal declaration next February that the absolute prohibition on asylum seekers looking for employment is unconstitutional, The Irish Times reports. The court today ruled that a declaration will be made on 9 February 2018, regardless of the State's progress in addressi

A free online course for solicitors on the EU Victims’ Directive has been launched by the Law Society Diploma Centre, The Bar of Ireland and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL).

The president of the High Court has made orders directing that a website involved in a practice known as "claims harvesting" be shut down. Mr Justice Peter Kelly ordered that a website called www.personalinjurysolicitorsdublin.info be removed.

Pictured: Alan Hunter, Eileen Ewing, Ian Huddleston and Suzanne Rice New president Eileen Ewing, who chaired her first meeting of Law Society Council this week, heads up the Law Society of Northern Ireland's presidential and chief executive team for 2017/18.

John Whelan Fewer than one in five Irish businesses who have identified GDPR as a significant issue are well prepared for the new regulations, according to a new report commissioned by A&L Goodbody.

Pictured (l-r): Liam Reid, Peter Curran, Julie Sinnamon Business leaders gathered in Belfast today to discuss Brexit and the Irish border at an event sponsored by Eversheds Sutherland.

Joan Byrne, a senior associate at O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors, has been elected president of the Southern Law Association (SLA).