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Twenty-three barristers - 20 men and three women - have been approved for admission to the inner bar, The Irish Times reports. It is the last time that an advisory committee of the Chief Justice, the President of the High Court, the Attorney General and the chairperson of the Bar Council will make r

A High Court judge has criticised "enormous" legal fees and called for a "general reassessment of the appropriateness of the scale of legal fees that seem so regularly to be charged for legal representation". He made the remarks in a case where a woman in her 70s failed to pay legal fees of €176,4

Prime Minister Theresa May Plans to replace the UK's Human Rights Act with a “British Bill of Rights” could be scrapped or changed following the Brexit vote.

Ross Little Commercial and insurance law firm DWF has announced the appointment of corporate partner Ross Little (pictured) as the new executive partner of its Dublin office.

Global firm Pinsent Masons is searching for 10,000sq ft of office space in Dublin as part of its purported plans to open a base in the Irish capital, The Lawyer reports. According to the legal publication, Pinsent Masons instructed a commercial property agent in Dublin earlier this week to find a su

Gavin Booth The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland will look into the 1992 shooting of Peter McCormack in Co Down, The Irish News reports.

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has allowed an appeal from the decision of an Industrial Tribunal (IT) which dismissed the claim of a Slovakian national with Asperger’s Syndrome for unlawful racial discrimination, unlawful disability discrimination, victimisation, harassment on grounds o

Gerry McAlinden QC, chair of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland Gerry McAlinden QC, chair of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland, has mounted a fierce defence of the judiciary in the pages of the Belfast News Letter.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said asylum seekers in direct provision centres should be allowed to cook their own meals.

Paul Tweed Compromising pictures of actor Orlando Bloom which appeared in the press have sparked a debate about the balance between privacy rights and freedom of the press.

Darragh Mackin Lawyers for Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa say an application for his release from jail in Cairo under the Egyptian Presidential Decree Law 140 will be lodged this week.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has passed files on 10 men accused of sex purchase offences to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS). It indicates a change of policy from last November, when the PSNI advised officers that those caught purchasing sex should be cautioned rather than prose

Doug Beattie MLA A member of the Northern Ireland Assembly's justice committee has called for more police resources to be dedicated to Internet crime after thousands were reported in the past year.

Transport Minister Shane Ross The Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 will be commenced in early Autumn, according to Transport Minister Shane Ross.

The UK Supreme Court has referred the question of whether a Directive on equal gender treatment as regards social security precludes the imposition in national law of a requirement that, in addition to satisfying the physical, social and psychological criteria for recognising a change of gender, a p