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Attorney General Séamus Woulfe SC The Attorney General will sit on the proposed new Judicial Appointments Commission under proposed Government amendments to the draft legislation, The Irish Times reports.

Victims' groups have called for a review of how Northern Ireland's criminal justice system deals with sexual violence cases. A letter from Victim Support NI, the Women's Aid Federation, Nexus NI and the Men's Advisory Project was published in the Belfast Telegraph and The Irish News today.

Professor Stephen Tierney There is a "real risk" that the UK government will struggle to pass essential legislation on leaving the EU before a vote on the final Brexit deal – with almost half of the bills needed yet to be introduced to Parliament.

Ciarán Mulholland Fahy Bambury Solicitors has joined the Association for Criminal Justice Research & Development (ACJRD) as a member.

Cork solicitor Gary O'Flynn has been struck off following his conviction for soliciting a person to murder three people, the Irish Examiner reports. Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, made the order on foot of an application from the Law Society.

A man has become the first person prosecuted in the UK for registering false company information after a stunt he organised to demonstrate the weakness of enforcement. Businessman Kevin Brewer registered two companies, in 2013 and 2016, with government ministers listed as directors and shareholders

Peter O’Brien Matheson recently acted as Irish counsel for a syndicate of funders and lenders in connection with the financing of Dublin Institute of Technology's (DIT) €220 million Grangegorman Campus PPP project.

Gerard Armstrong High-achieving law students at Queen's University Belfast will have the chance to secure prestigious scholarships as part of a multi-year arrangement with law firm Carson McDowell.

A Russian man who was held in a cage during appeal hearings via video link while on remand suffered a violation of his rights under article 3 of the Convention, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Karachentsev v Russia the court held, unanimousl

Mental health records sought by an employer in proceedings brought by a suspended employee have been "sealed and placed on the court file" for use by the court in determining the appropriate remedy if the employee's claim is successful. The order was also made to ensure that the employer, the Nation

Pictured (l-r): Brian O’Gorman, Joaquín Almunia and Federico Fabbrini Arthur Cox hosted a recent DCU Brexit Institute conference on the implications of Brexit on Ireland's financial services industry.

Pictured (l-r): Ciaran McGlone and Michael Black The Law Centre (NI) has announced the appointment of solicitors Ciaran McGlone and Michael Black as legal officers, heading up the centre's employment and social security teams respectively.

A barrister has commenced defamation proceedings against Health Minister Simon Harris and Senator Catherine Noone over tweets they posted after the lawyer participated in an RTÉ radio programme. The actions have been brought by Benedict Ó Floinn BL, who claims he was defamed in the tweets after he

An obituary of Liam Devally, the former singer, TV presenter, barrister and judge who has died at 85, has been published by the Sunday Independent. The obituary traces Mr Devally's varied life from the start of his broadcasting career in 1953 to becoming a barrister in the 1970s and his appointment

In a landmark ruling, the High Court in London has ordered search giant Google to remove search results concerning historic offending by a claimant with spent criminal convictions. London-based law firm Carter-Ruck acted for two claimants, NT1 and NT2, in what it said were "unprecedented cases" whic