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Ireland and Britain have agreed a treaty to establish an Independent Reporting Commission to oversee progress towards the end of paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland. NI Secretary James Brokenshire will travel to Dublin today to sign the deal and to meet Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan

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This week Belfast solicitor advocate Ciarán Moynagh (pictured) takes part in our regular Just A Minute feature. (If you would like to take part, simply email newsdesk@irishlegal.com) What has been your best experience as a lawyer?

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Continued Brexit uncertainty, which has led to an upsurge in applications from UK lawyers seeking accreditation with the Irish Law Society, is continuing to generate an unprecedented demand for Irish passports from UK citizens. The spectre of visas being required by non-EU nationals has been raised

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A 14-year old Northern Irish girl will be allowed to sue Facebook for the repeated publication of a naked photograph of her in what she claims is misuse of private information, negligence and a breach of the Data Protection Act. The High Court in Belfast has ruled that the case can go ahead after re

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Former Irish international rugby player Dave Quinlan has joined London-based Fladgate from Pinsent Masons to boost the international firm’s sports business law offering. Mr Quinlan, a senior associate who spent time on secondment to both the Rugby World Cup and Olympics, played twice for Ireland b

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The Rt Hon. the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is to deliver the Law Centre (NI)'s annual Social Justice and Human Rights lecture next month. Lady Hale (pictured) will speak on Friday, 21 October following the closure of "Litigating for Soc

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Mr Justice Maguire has set aside October 4 and 5 to hear legal challenges to Brexit with campaigners and a cross-party group of MPs separately arguing that it would be unlawful to trigger article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty without the approval of the UK Parliament. The legal team for Raymond McCord, wh

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Following the publication of The Supreme Court, a new book by Irish Times legal journalist Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, the newspaper has today published an editorial recognising progress made in judicial ‘reshaping’ but calling for further reform to establish a judiciary to meet the requirements of th

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Tender documents from the Department of the Taoiseach have revealed further information about the proposed Citizens' Assembly that will examine, among other things, the Eighth Amendment. The assembly, comprised of 99 members andChairperson Judge Mary Laffoy (pictured) will meet for up to ten weekend

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Friends and colleagues of Thomas Doherty, one of Derry’s best-known solicitors, have been shocked and saddened at his sudden death over the weekend after a short illness. Mr Doherty ran his own firm in the city for many years and was a popular figure in Derry’s legal community.

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