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A self-styled "fathers' rights" group has announced plans to stage protests for family law reform outside every courthouse in Northern Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

The Lady Solicitors' Golf Society (LSGS) will embark on its first outing of the year at Killeen Golf Course in April. Members of the society, which is open to "all lady solicitors and trainees", practising or not, will compete for the Patrick O'Connor Trophy on 7 April 2017.

Dr David Russell has been named as the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's (NIHRC) new chief executive. He will take up the post from 3 April 2017.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has publicly condemned comments by a sitting judge, accusing him of perpetuating “discredited rape myths”. Alison Saunders said Judge Philip Shorrock’s views “lean in favour of ‘victim blaming’ culture”, after he wrote to The Telegraph to say that mo

HR professionals recently attended a half-day conference on employment and compliance laws at ByrneWallace's offices in Dublin. The firm hosted the 2nd Annual Employment and Compliance Laws in the Public Sector in association with Legal-Island.

A group of Irish Water protestors who had their charges for public order offences dismissed in the Dublin Metropolitan District Court have had their case reverted to the District judge after it was found in the High Court that the protestors should have been charged with offences under s. 8 of the C

Koulla Yiasouma There is overwhelming public support for legislative changes to remove the defence of "reasonable chastisement" for parents who physically punish their child, a survey has found.

The Courts Service of Ireland is exploring the possibility of building a new Galway courthouse on a site at the Fairgreen, the Galway City Tribune reports. The Courts Service is looking at two sites, but is “particularly interested” in a land bank bounded by Lough Atalia Road and the Fairgreen,

Josephine Feehily Ireland's new Policing Authority has appointed an Assistant Commissioner of An Garda Síochána.

A former Lord Justice of Appeal of Northern Ireland has said the law must evolve in lockstep with advances in technology to thwart terrorists, pointing to lacunae in the legislation governing unmanned aerial vehicles. Delivering the Scottish Council of Law Reporting's Macfadyen Lecture 2017, entitle

Lord Sumption Courts have misapplied the approach to solicitors' liability in negligence claims, according to a Supreme Court ruling which clarifies the law.

Northern Ireland solicitors will walk a five-kilometre route to raise cash for Marie Curie this May. The Law Society of Northern Ireland has organised a Legal Walk/Run in support of the president's chosen charity of the year.

A law student at Maynooth University has won a work experience placement with a charity providing representation for those facing the death penalty in the United States.

Michael Kingston A solicitor hailing from West Cork witnessed the direct aftermath of the terrorist attack at Westminster on Wednesday.

A Commandant who was fined and had his salary reduced for prodding a superior officer in the chest with his finger, and for using insulting language against the same, has lost an appeal against his conviction. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Edwards rejected al