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Bad legal advice cost the Government at least €4 million, according to a new report to be published by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) tomorrow. Its latest quarterly report will blame the Chief State Solicitor's Office of botching a deal at the cost of €4 million, the Irish Examiner reports.

Sir Michael Fallon Former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon last night withdrew a bid to protect former soldiers and police officers from prosecution for offences related to the Troubles.

New counter-terrorism powers proposed by the UK government have been criticised by a Westminster committee as being too vaguely defined and lacking safeguards to protect human rights. In its report, the joint select committee on human rights said that it doubts whether the Counter-Terrorism and Bord

David Gauke The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced a series of measures to crack down on crime and violence in English and Welsh prisons, including the wider roll-out of in-cell telephones.

Dr Hanifi Bariş A petition calling for the release of a Turkish lawyer and Aberdeen University graduate has received more than 3,100 signatures.

Geoffrey Cox QC MP Geoffrey Cox QC MP has replaced Jeremy Wright QC as Attorney General for England and Wales.

President Donald Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, describing him as a "brilliant jurist". Mr Kavanaugh, a District of Columbia appeals court judge, formerly advised ex-President, George W Bush.

A French court has decreed that its famous national motto, “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité”, can be used as a defence in court. The Constitutional Council said on Friday that a farmer who smuggled migrants into the country was not guilty of a crime as he acted on “the principle of fraternity

An Irish-medium secondary school has been successful in its application for judicial review in the High Court, where it was found that the Department of Education failed to give proper weight and consideration to its obligation pursuant to Art 89 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 to enc

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Brian McElligott as a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property team.

Court business in Derry has been temporarily relocated to Coleraine and Omagh for eight weeks from today until September. The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) has gone ahead with the closure in spite of criticism from local lawyers, who warned that it would impact vulnerable cli

Mr Justice Peter Kelly The president of the High Court has warned that cases could be adjourned at short notice due to a shortage of judges, The Irish Times reports.

The credibility of Northern Ireland's legal aid system is being undermined by delays to planned reforms, a new report has found. The Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) pointed out that the Department of Justice had not yet implemented recommendations made by the Northern Ireland Assembly's public

Mr Justice Michael Peart Solicitor Michael O'Sullivan has lost an appeal against the High Court's 2016 finding of professional misconduct against him.

Retired judge and author James J O'Sullivan has died at the age of 85, The Irish Times reports. Judge O'Sullivan retired in 2002 as one of Ireland's longest serving judges, having spent 32 years on the District Court bench.