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The Bar of Northern Ireland has questioned whether sufficient funding can be found for ambitious family justice reforms proposed by Lord Justice Gillen. In its 70-page response to the consultation on Lord Gillen's draft report, the Bar queried "the financial cost and the ability to secure funding fo

Eileen Ewing The Law Society of Northern Ireland has welcomed Oxford-born solicitor Eileen Ewing as its new junior vice president.

Lawyers have criticised the Courts Service of Ireland for failing to include public parking spaces in a new Limerick criminal courts complex, the Limerick Leader reports. Solicitor Darach McCarthy, committee member of the Bar Association in Limerick, claimed there had been "a gross disregard for the

David Ford Northern Ireland's former justice minister, David Ford, has put forward a private member's bill to decriminalise abortion in the case of fatal foetal abnormality.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has sent a report on the Bloody Sunday killings in 1972 to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS). In August, police completed interviews of a number of former British soldiers who were involved in the incident on 30 January 1972, in which fourteen civilia

Emma McEvoy Two PhD students in the Department of Law at Maynooth University have won Irish Research Council (IRC) Postgraduate Scholarships.

Tara Doyle Matheson's asset management and investment funds group has been ranked by Monterey Insight's Ireland Fund Report as Ireland's leading practice by assets under management for the sixth year in a row.

The widow of a man who died in 2003 must be removed as the administratrix of his estate and appoint a firm of professional trustees in her place, the High Court has ruled. Two daughters of the deceased brought the case to replace their mother as administratrix due to a number of inconsistencies in t

Ken Murphy, director general of the Law Society The Law Society of Ireland has said it will welcome a record number of solicitors in 2016 as a result of the Brexit vote.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald will today seek Cabinet approval for two pieces of legislation which will reform the judicial appointments process and tighten Ireland's bail laws.

Pictured (l-r): Ciaran O'Hare, Conan Fegan BL, Ronan Lavery QC Belfast solicitor Ciaran O'Hare of McIvor Farrell Solicitors has travelled to London with Conan Fegan BL and Ronan Lavery QC for the Brexit case currently before the UK Supreme Court.

The UK Supreme Court has declined to revisit a ruling on Northern Ireland's lifetime ban on blood donation by men who have sex with men. The High Court in Belfast had ruled in 2013 that the Health Minister's decision not to alter the lifetime ban was irrational and infected with apparent bias. Howev

Claire Rowe UK firm Shoosmiths has announced it is expanding into Northern Ireland through a merger with Belfast firm McManus Kearney.

Pictured (l-r): Jennifer Lee and Catherine Mallon Pinsent Masons has announced a range of recent promotions and an appointment in the international firm's Belfast office.

Toby Hales The average cost of a divorce has reached £70,000 in the UK, with almost half being taken by lawyers according to new research.