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The courts have been told they cannot ban journalists after the media were prevented from entering a building where a judge was a hearing a foster case, The Times reports. Security staff were told not to allow reporters into the East London Family Court yesterday, which was looking at the case of a

An alliance of charities, NGOs and trade unions have joined an alliance to scrutinise the Great Repeal Bill ahead of its second reading next week. Its members include Amnesty International, Greenpeace, the trade union Unison and human rights groups Global Justice Now and Open Rights Group.

John Taylor An MP appealed to the UK government to extend the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 to Northern Ireland in the 1980s after learning a constituent owned big cats.

The pressure group set up to contest the grant of planning approval for 300 pylons from Tyrone to Meath have had their challenge dismissed in the High Court. Dismissing the application which involved 16 reliefs being sought, Mr Justice Max Barrett sympathised with the applicants but stated that the

Proposals to protect the identities of judges who are reprimanded for misconduct have come under criticism from opposition politicians and the Law Society of Ireland, The Irish Times reports. Fianna Fáil, Labour, Sinn Féin, People Before Profit, the Social Democrats and the Green Party are reporte

Paul Tweed Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed is set to open his new boutique law firm TWEED this Friday.

David Craig Belfast-based Johnsons Solicitors has announced the appointment of David Craig as head of the firm’s media department.

Seth Tillman Ireland's new Court of Appeal has not succeeded in dealing with a backlog of appellate cases, a law lecturer at Maynooth University has said.

Sir James Munby has said the family courts are not fit for purpose in a “world without lawyers”. The judge said the system is designed with legal representation in mind but that in reality "across vast swathes of the family justice system, the typical litigant now has no legal representation".

Chief Commissioner Les Allamby Six new part-time commissioners have been appointed to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC).

Maya Foa, director of Reprieve The National Crime Agency has been forced to admit that it acted illegally in assisting Thai police investigate, arrest and convict two young Burmese men sentenced to death for the murder of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller.

The second series of Irish legal drama Striking Out will be longer than the first, star Amy Huberman has revealed during filming. Ms Huberman, who stars as fictional solicitor Tara Rafferty, told RTÉ News: "It's great to be back because you never really know how it is going to go down.

Pursuant to the An Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 1941-1945, a former Garda has been awarded €50,000 compensation for injuries sustained while arresting a woman in Dublin in 2003. Sitting in the High Court, Mr Justice Bernard Barton was satisfied that the medical evidence submitted on behalf

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar yesterday discussed the case of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa with his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Mr Varadkar expressed his disappointment at the further adjournment of the trial on Monday.

Valuable archives and documents at the offices of Patrick J O'Doherty Solicitors in Carndonagh have been destroyed in a flood. Around ten feet of water flooded the office when the nearby Glentogher river burst its banks.