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A child abuse survivors' group has spoken of hope that interim payments for historical child abuse victims could be agreed this week with David Sterling, head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. Margaret McGuckin of Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse (SAVIA) is on the expert panel meeti

People in Northern Ireland could face a fine of up to £1,000 for riding an electric bicycle without a motorcycle license, it has been revealed. The Department of Infrastructure has confirmed that NI laws have not yet been brought in line with the rest of the UK, where a license is not required to r

Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders New advice to be issued to prosecutors will urge them to present more evidence about the relationship and sexual history of male defendants in rape trials, the London Evening Standard reports.

Six books have been shortlisted for the Peter Birks Book Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship. The award will be handed out at the annual Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) conference dinner at The Honourable Society of King’s Inns in Dublin early next month.

A woman who admitted liability and agreed damages at £200,000 for knocking down a school employee while collecting a child on school grounds has failed to prove in the High Court that the South-Eastern Education and Library Board was negligent in its failure to make the road safe for pedestrians. B

District Court proceedings in Dublin are among the slowest in the country, The Irish Times reports. New figures from the Courts Service of Ireland show that Dublin had the longest wait - 26 weeks - from receipt of a criminal summons to a scheduled hearing date.

The Law Reform Commission is seeking views on an issues paper on suspended sentences as part of its fourth programme of law reform. It seeks views on issues concerning both the principles that apply to imposing suspended sentences and the procedures that apply to them.

Most sex offenders in Ireland leave prison without taking part in preventative treatment, according to figures released to The Irish Times. Of the 104 sex offenders released last year, about half took part in the voluntary Building Better Lives (BBL) treatment programme introduced in 2009.

Lord Neuberger The President of the UK Supreme Court has told the government that it must provide greater clarity on how domestic law will develop after Brexit.

John G. Murphy An Enniscorthy-based lawyer has urged farmers and landowners to tread carefully when local authorities seek compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) on their land in order to put in wells.

A barrister has claimed that Article 50 has not been triggered because the UK never made a constitutional decision to leave the UK. David Wolchover said the letter from the UK giving the rest of the EU notice of its intention to leave the bloc was without legal effect.

Teams have been invited to join an annual charity golf tournament sponsored by Cork firm O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors.

Alisha Medford A Glasgow law student has been crowned winner of the Mary From Dungloe competition in its 50th year.

The High Court has refused to grant the wife of a bankrupt an order to cross-examine the official assignee of her husband’s estate, in relation to a mareva injunction against her. Ms Justice Costello found that the woman had failed to establish exceptional circumstances, and stated that there was