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A multi-track qualification scheme could be introduced at the English and Welsh Bar as early as next September, The Brief reports. The scheme is reportedly being considered as a key measure in widening social access and reducing the cost of becoming a barrister.

The Department of Infrastructure has lost an appeal against the ruling that a senior civil servant did not have the power to grant planning permission for a major waste treatment centre and incinerator in Mallusk. The decision had been made in the absence of a Minister due to the political impasse a

The Department of Infrastructure has lost an appeal against the ruling that a senior civil servant did not have the power to grant planning permission for a major waste treatment centre and incinerator in Mallusk. The decision had been made in the absence of a Minister due to the political impasse a

Online media platforms such as Facebook and Google strongly deny that they are publishers of online material, most likely to avoid assuming liability for online defamation by users of their services. While they have managed to avoid being held liable for user-generated content in many cases, on acc

The Government’s is to hold a referendum on the deletion of Article 41.2 of the Constitution, the article which refers to a women’s life and duties in the home. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and Equality Minister David Stanton announced the proposed deletion today.

Facebook's application for permission to appeal a decision asking the European Court of Justice to determine questions over the EU-US data transfer regime will be heard by the Supreme Court later this month. Facebook sought a stay on the High Court's Ms Justice Caroline Costello's referral to the Eu

The Chief Justice has expressed grave concerns over the judicial crisis in Poland. Mr Justice Frank Clarke said today that the judiciary strongly supported the statement of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary, which described the new, lower retirement age for the senior bench in Polan

Kerry judge, James O'Connor, noted for his use of the poor box, has retired, the Courts Service has announced. It is thought the judge, 66, who has been on sick leave, was turned down for an extension of his post, the Irish Examiner reports.

A diabetic student has been awarded £2,000 in compensation after winning a discrimination case against a company that provided security staff at the music festival Tennent's Vital in 2016. Kayla Hanna from south Belfast had her bottle of Lucozade confiscated by bouncers as she made her way to see

A bill in the Dáil proposing stricter drink-driving laws has prompted bitter debate, RTÉ reports. The Road Traffic Bill would create stricter penalties for drink drivers and make a new offence for car owners who allow a learner driver to use their vehicle unaccompanied.

The Financial Times has highlighted the work of law firm Hogan Lovells, which has been undertaking a pro bono project in aid of the inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes since 2016. The law firm is compiling a dossier of information on unmarried pregnant women who were sent to homes and whose children

A man who was awarded nearly €100k as a result of negligence in Tallaght Hospital has had his claim upheld in the Court of Appeal. Rejecting the argument that the claim was statute barred, Mr Justice Michael Peart was satisfied that the plaintiff could not have been aware of the negligent omission

A man who was awarded nearly €100k as a result of negligence in Tallaght Hospital has had his claim upheld in the Court of Appeal. Rejecting the argument that the claim was statute barred, Mr Justice Michael Peart was satisfied that the plaintiff could not have been aware of the negligent omission

A European anti-corruption watchdog has called on the Government to reconsider laws that would make changes to the judicial selection regime in Ireland, RTÉ News reports. The Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, which is currently going through the Seanad, would see a new body, with a lay majori

Professor Colin Harvey of Queen's University Belfast (QUB) School of Law makes the case below for a relaxed, open and transparent conversation about Brexit and Irish unity. Discussions on Irish unity are intensifying. This is becoming a mainstream conversation in the public life of Northern Ireland,