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Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has called on the Government of Azerbaijan to release an opposition politician who has been detained in violation of his human rights.

Labour has called for jury trials to be used in court martial hearings as part of a review into military justice, The Brief reports. Under the current system, a board of senior officers operates in a similar way to a jury. If the proposals are enacted, this would be replaced with the jury system use

A House of Lords committee has called on the UK government to make legislation easier to understand, among other recommendations. The Constitution Committee in a report published today focuses on the preparation of legislation before it enters Parliament. The committee says that better policy prepar

Dublin-based LK Shields has announced plans to open an office in Galway in its thirtieth year in business. The new office in the iconic Dockgate Building in Galway City will open on Wednesday, providing Galway and the western and mid-western regions with specialist corporate and commercial legal adv

The Revenue Commissioners have won an appeal against a decision of the High Court in which it had been found that an annual charge paid by a taxpayer on his rental properties was a rate “levied by a local authority” and therefore deductible against rental income. Delivering the judgment of the C

Insurance risk and commercial law specialists BLM has more than doubled its Dublin office space by moving to new headquarters.

The Courts Service of Ireland today teamed up with RTÉ News to broadcast two Supreme Court judgments live for the first time. It marks the first time any recording or transmitting of proceedings in an Irish court case has been permitted, and is part of a pilot project that could be developed furthe

The "substandard quality" of social housing in Ireland breaches human rights, the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) has ruled. In its ruling, the ECSR found that the State was failing to take sufficient and timely measures to ensure an adequate standard of housing for families in local auth

Les Allamby A landmark challenge to Northern Ireland's abortion laws opened before the UK Supreme Court today and will run until Thursday.

Ciaran O'Hare A victims' campaigner taking forward a judicial review aimed at clarifying the circumstances in which a border poll would be held has invited the Irish government to join as a notice party.

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has launched the first in a series of three annual reports providing a comprehensive report on human rights and best practice in Ireland's penal system. IPRT has developed 35 standards against which Ireland’s penal system will be independently tracked, monitored

The number of legal aid claims arising from Crown Court cases in Northern Ireland has fallen by a third in three years, The Irish News reports. The newspaper has revealed that the number of claims fell from a high of 6,484 in 2013 to just over 4,500 in 2016.

Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa has returned home to Ireland following his four-year detention in Cairo and eventual acquittal. Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said he was "delighted" that Mr Halawa had returned home.

The number of practising solicitors in England and Wales has reached an all time high of 140,000, the Law Society Gazette reports. Data shows that there are now 15,000 more solicitors than five years ago.

Pictured: The Bar Boat Team with Chair of the Bar Charity Committee Adele O’Grady QC, with Welcome Organisation CEO Sandra Moore and Fundraising Manager Kieran Hughes Northern Ireland barristers raised over £6,000 for a homelessness charity by taking part in a Dragon Boat Race on the River Lagan.