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Late-stage amendments to the Domestic Violence Bill in the Seanad will criminalise "coercive control" within relationships. David Stanton, minister of state in the Department of Justice, unexpectedly told the Seanad this week that, following consideration, "two Government amendments have been tabled

Lord Steyn Tributes have been paid to retired law lord, Lord Steyn of Swafield, who has passed away at 85.

Lawyers' mental health charity LawCare has been nominated for a grant worth up to £8,000 from the new Wesleyan Foundation. The Foundation has been newly set up by Wesleyan, a specialist financial service provider for lawyers, to support good causes across the UK.

A Nazi SS guard who became known as the “Bookkeeper of Auschwitz”, 96, is fit and able to serve his four-year jail sentence, a German court has ruled. Oskar Gröning was found guilty of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people at the death camp during the Second World War.

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has urged Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to release 20 imprisoned Turkish lawyers. The letter, signed by CCBE president Ruthven Gemmell, expresses concern over the recent conviction of 20 lawyers in Konya, including the former head of

A far-right leader who will appear in Belfast Magistrates' Court next month has appealed to US President Donald Trump to intervene. Jayda Fransen, 31, made UK-wide headlines yesterday after the President retweeted videos from her page which she claimed showed Muslims committing crimes in parts of Eu

that bears only a passing resemblance to understandable English” was invariably against the defendant’s interests. Citing Tracey v Burton IESC 16, Justice Noonan also noted that “the days of reading things into the record, if they ever existed, have long since passed”.

Pictured (l-r): Selena Kerins, Paul Tweed and Michelle Wilson Defamation lawyer Paul Tweed has officially opened the Belfast office of his new international boutique law firm, TWEED, following a £500,000 investment which was part supported by Danske Bank.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has promised to take "radical action to restore public confidence in the Department of Justice" as he announced the resignation of Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald.

Darragh Mackin The High Court in Dublin has granted leave for a judicial review of the terms of reference for the statutory inquiry into the death of John Kelly.

Pictured (l-r): Dr Kathryn O'Sullivan, Mark Cumisky & Kiah Townsend The Master of Laws LLM (General) at University of Limerick School of Law has been named Postgraduate Course of the Year in Law 2018 at the Gradireland Higher Education Awards.

A homeless man who was sleeping rough outside the Four Courts has died, The Irish Times reports. The Lithuanian national was known to support services and had been engaging with rough sleeper outreach teams for a number of years.

ICTA defendant at a UN war crimes appeal hearing in The Hague drank a vial of what he claimed was poison after hearing the verdict against him. Slobodan Praljak, one of six former Bosnian Croat leaders being tried for war crimes, was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment.

Lord Burnett of Maldon The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Burnett of Maldon, has welcomed a report calling for action to guarantee the rights of people with mental health problems within the justice system.

Professor Jane Ohlmeyer The Irish Legal History Society (ILHS) will hold its 2017 AGM in Belfast this Friday.