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Chief Commissioner Emily Logan The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission appeared as an amicus curiae before five cases in the superior courts last year, according to the commission's annual report.

Solidarity TD Paul Murphy and five other men have been found not guilty of falsely imprisoning former Tánaiste Joan Burton and her adviser during a 2014 water charges protest. The jury of seven men and four women returned the unanimous verdicts today after just over three hours of deliberations.

The Department of Justice has published the latest data on court prosecutions, convictions and out of court disposals in Northern Ireland for 2016/17. The number of prosecutions disposed at Crown Court increased 43.4 per cent from 1,312 in 2015 to 1,882 in 2016, reversing the downward trend seen in

Maya Foa Reprieve and Privacy International have launched legal action after the UK government refused to reveal the subject matter or contents of a secret prime ministerial order governing the activities of the British security services.

Marcus Binney, executive president of SAVE Heritage experts and lawyers have expressed their opposition to plans approved last month to add a lecture theatre to the Inner Temple Library.

A driver in Switzerland who killed a woman who had lain on the motorway in order to commit suicide has been convicted of negligent homicide. The man was convicted this week in a court in Biel-Seeland, which said he was driving at such a speed that he would have been unable to see an obstacle in the

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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan called for an "appropriately respectful" debate on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill as he moved it in the Dáil for second stage debate last night. The Government has been caught in an escalating row with the judiciary over the bill, which provides for the

Only 48 per cent of Irish judges believe all appointments to the bench over the past two years were made on merit, according to research published in a new European report. The European Network of Councils for the Judiciary surveyed 60 of Ireland's 168 judges for its latest Report on Independence, A

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will seek approval to convene an inter-departmental working group to examine the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on asylum seekers' right to work. In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court found the absolute prohibition on asylum seekers looking for employmen

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) will not publish any further crime figures until a Garda review into the accuracy of homicide figures is complete, The Irish Times reports. It is the second time the CSO has suspended the publication of the quarterly statistical publication and the first since con

Lord Toulson, former Justice of the UK Supreme Court, passed away during a medical operation last night.

DLA Piper was among victims of a global cyber attack this week in which the perpetrators demanded a ransom in bitcoins to release data locked by a software worm. DLA Piper is the largest law firm in the world by revenue, posting £1.5 billion last year. The firm has more than 1,000 partners, of whic

Successful applicants to the 2017 Engage and Educate Fund were presented with their awards by Education Minister Richard Bruton yesterday.

Plans for the transformation of Belfast’s iconic Crumlin Road Courthouse into a £25 million luxury hotel will go on public display next month. The Signature Living Group will host pre-application events at Crumlin Road Gaol on Monday 17 July and Thursday 17 August from 10am-8pm, the Belfast Teleg