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Human rights organisation Reprieve has called for all branches of the US government to uphold fundamental values enshrined in US law by ending the practice of detention without charge or trial at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp on the 16th anniversary of Guantánamo’s opening. On 11 January 200

A man who fractured his shoulder when he tripped on a stone block projecting from the Luas Bridge has been awarded €67,500 for disability and loss of function to his right arm. Declining to make any finding of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff, Mr Justice Barr awarded €40,000

Transport Minister Shane Ross Transport Minister Shane Ross has defended the way in which he blocked successive judicial appointments at the Cabinet and hinted that he would be prepared to do so again.

Ken Murphy The Law Society of Ireland has defended a decision to increase the salary of its part-time president to €115,000 per year.

The lack of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive is having an impact on long-term justice policy development and on legal practitioners, The Bar of Northern Ireland has said. In a submission to Westminster's Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, the Bar said it was "vitally important that the poli

Over 100 trainee solicitors were welcomed to Law Society House in Belfast this week. The new trainees were formally welcomed by the Law Society of Northern Ireland's chief executive and Registrar of Solicitors, Alan Hunter, and members of the Society's senior member team.

AIB is the Irish bank most likely to sue its customers in the High Court, according to analysis by The Irish Times. The paper found AIB applied for debt summary judgments on 755 occasions last year.

Pat McDonagh Irish businessman Pat McDonagh has claimed that Ireland's "outdated" planning laws are holding up investment into Galway.

New figures show that prison sentences for burglars vary greatly across different parts of the country, The Irish Times reports. The imprisonment rate in burglary cases varied from 39 per cent in Galway to 74 per cent in Dublin in the first seven months of 2017, according to figures released under F

The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee is accepting nominations for its Charity of the Year. The selected charity will be supported by barristers' fundraising efforts between April 2018 and April 2019.

Two former Google employees are bringing a class action lawsuit alleging that the firm discriminates against conservative white men. James Damore, who was fired last year after circulating an internal memo claiming that "biological causes" contributed to a lack of women in tech and leadership positi

An Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has been successful in an application for judicial review, quashing an order for costs against it made in Sligo District Court in 2013. In the High Court, Ms Justice O’Regan found that GSOC was not a party to the proceedings in the District Court, as i

Dr Vincent Power The number of Irish-centred M&A deals which are notified to Brussels could decline sharply after Brexit because they will lack sufficient EU turnover, A&L Goodbody has said.

Sabine Walsh Mediators have welcomed the commencement of the Mediation Act as of 1 January 2018.

Karen Bradley Former Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has been named as James Brokenshire's successor as Northern Ireland Secretary.