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Justice Minister Claire Sugden Gay and bisexual men convicted of now abolished sexual offences in Northern Ireland have been posthumously pardoned.

A resident of Short Strand has succeeded in their appeal against the Chief Constable of Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) after Justices in the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the PSNI misconstrued their legal powers to stop parades passing through or adjacent to the Short Strand are

Ronald Vellem and Carolyn Rhodes, Law Centre (NI) The Welfare Reform Advice Services Consortium, made up of Citizens Advice, Advice NI and Law Centre (NI), has been set up to provide help and support to anyone affected by changes to the welfare system in Northern Ireland.

Julia Salasky, co-founder of CrowdJustice A legal bid to restore the immigration status of two Yemeni brothers who arrived in the US after a controversial executive order banned travel from seven Muslim-majority countries has become the first US case on CrowdJustice.

Feargal Brennan, head of ByrneWallace's corporate team ByrneWallace has been ranked as one of Ireland's top merger and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the Experian MarketIQ UK and Republic of Ireland M&A Review 2016.

The sheriff's men raided a Kilkenny farm on Monday and rounded up a farmer's herd of cattle — rustling up a victory for the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB). The confiscation by CAB officials of the 125-strong herd was ordered by the sheriff after Thomas McDonnell of Pollough, Skeoughvosteen, County K

Thomas “Slab” Murphy has been unsuccessful in challenging his conviction for failing to make Income Tax returns, with the Court of Appeal dismissing all 53 of his grounds of appeal in its lengthy judgment. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court, Mr Justice Seán Ryan, President of the

Plans to open a DLA Piper office in Dublin are at a “fairly advanced” stage, according to one of the global firm's senior partners. Juan Picon, senior partner of DLA Piper's international limited liability partnership (LLP), which covers the firm's non-US business, told Legal Week that opening a

Catherine Murphy A private member's bill to tackle the concentration of media ownership in Ireland will be laid before the Dáil today.

Emily Logan, IHREC's chief commissioner Government restrictions on families of refugees in Ireland eligible for reunification with their loved ones, and the threats facing unaccompanied migrant children, will be discussed at a conference in Dublin tomorrow.

Life sentence prisoners released in 2016 served an average of 22 years in custody, up from 17 and a half in 2015, The Irish Times reports. Figures released by the Irish Prison Service show seven life sentence prisoners were released last year. A total of 352 life prisoners were in custody at the end

Helen Kelly Matheson partner Helen Kelly, head of the firm's EU, competition and regulatory law group, has been named one of the world's top 100 lawyers by Global Competition Review.

US Acting Attorney General Sally Yates US Acting Attorney General Sally Yates has been sacked by US President Donald Trump after refusing to defend a controversial executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Yvette Cooper MP, chair of the Committee A Westminster report has described the state of some asylum accommodation provided by UK government contractors as a "disgrace" and "shameful".

The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee is now accepting nominations for its new Charity of the Year 2017/18. The application form must be completed and submitted by Friday 17 February 2017.