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Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, has advised practitioners of arrangements for the Long Vacation 2018. A High Court judge will be available every day throughout the Long Vacation to hear urgent applications.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will raise the planned closure of the Four Courts restaurant with the chief executive of the Courts Service, The Irish Times reports. Mr Flanagan had earlier come under pressure from the legal community to intervene in the closure plans.

A massive overhaul of Ireland's anti-corruption laws was brought into force by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan yesterday. The Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 repeals and replaces seven previous Prevention of Corruption Acts dating back as far as 1889, and provides for a number of n

Belfast solicitor Gerard McClure, who practised as Gerard McClure & Co, has passed away. The Law Society of Northern Ireland has extended its condolences to Mr McClure's family, friends and colleagues.

The High Court challenge brought by Amnesty International against the Standards in Public Office Commission's (SIPO) order to return a Swiss foundation's €137,000 donation for a campaign to increase support for a referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment has been resolved. As part of the settle

A transgender judge will deliver the second annual Belfast Pride Legal Lecture next month. Master Victoria McCloud is a Master of the Senior Courts in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court in London.

A barrister has told the High Court that "inappropriate" comments by a Polish government minister should not prevent Ireland extraditing a man to Poland to face allegations of drug trafficking. Polish Deputy Justice Minister Marcin Warchoł has previously hit out at the Irish High Court for delaying

Ballaghaderreen solicitor Declan O'Callaghan has been ordered not to practise as a solicitor pending the outcome of Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal proceedings, The Irish Times reports. Mr O'Callaghan had asked the High Court last month to be allowed to continue practising under the supervision of

The UK government has blocked the release of documents relating to the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane that would otherwise have been released under the 20-year rule. His son, solicitor John Finucane of Finucane Toner Solicitors, told The Irish News that the move showed the British governme

Legal permission will not be required to end care for patients who are in a long-term vegetative state, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. The question in this appeal is whether a court order must always be obtained before clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (“CANH”), which is keepi

UK truck owners and lessees could receive compensation totaling £14 billion without even having to sign up to a claim in one of the biggest class actions in UK legal history. UK Trucks Claim Limited (UKTC) has issued proceedings on behalf of owners and lessees of over 600,000 trucks, which the

Retired solicitor John O'Neill has launched a fair employment case against the head of Northern Ireland's Department of Health, The Irish News reports. Mr O'Neill alleges that the Department, under the helm of permanent secretary Richard Pengelly, breached recruitment guidelines for Northern Ireland

Firefighters had to be called to Ballymena Courthouse to free a defendant whose handcuffs had become stuck, the News Letter reports. A spokeswoman for Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service said: "Firefighters removed a set of handcuffs from a man using a disk cutter (essentially another name fo

The PSNI has publicly shamed a member of the public who called 999 to complain that their local tanning salon had closed. The caller wanted to know "how they could claim back their unused 25 minutes", police said on Facebook.