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The Bar of Northern Ireland has opened a new purpose-built facility for out-of-court mediation and arbitration services.

Legal educators from across Ireland, the UK and the United States met at the Law Society of Ireland yesterday to kick off a two-day conference on the Street Law initiative.

Fine Gael TD Josepha Madigan A referendum on modifying Ireland's Constitution to allow quicker divorces is set to take place next November, TheJournal.ie reports.

Jeremy Wright QC The Attorney General for England and Wales, Jeremy Wright QC, has called on judges, solicitors and victims’ groups to submit evidence about the impact of social media on criminal trials.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Reform of An Garda Síochána must continue at a "greater pace", Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said in the wake of the publication of a new Policing Authority report.

Liz Grace Finalists for the 2017 Women Mean Business (WMB) Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award, sponsored by Matheson, have been named.

Elisha McCallion The Department for the Economy has proposed extending legal protection to whistleblowers in Northern Ireland to disclose corruption and illegality to Members of Parliament (MPs).

Dublin firm Leman Solicitors has presented cheques totalling €25,000 to Pieta House, Irish Autism Action and Irish Guide Dogs.

A woman who was convicted of the murder of a homeless man in Newry in 2009 has had her appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal in Belfast. The woman contended that the trial judge had failed to give adequate direction on the effect of intoxication on her intent, and also sought leave to appeal on th

A prisoner forced to slop out as he had no in-cell lavatory facilities was denied his constitutional right to privacy, the High Court has ruled. However, Mr Justice Michael White said he was not awarding damages to Gary Simpson because his witness testimony was partly untruthful and exaggerated.

Ryanair has welcomed a European court ruling in favour of the airline's argument that a crew's home base should not be the sole determinant of which court jurisdiction can hear disputes on labour issues. Handing down judgment in the Mons case this morning, the European Court of Justice rejected the

A number of lawyers are among witnesses who will be called before the Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment, The Irish Times reports. Barrister William Binchy and solicitor Caroline Simons were among names proposed at a private committee meeting yesterday, though the agreed list has not yet b

Judges in Co Kerry are facing calls to allocate poor box revenue to local charities, rather than those based abroad, the Irish Examiner reports. Kerry County Council is seeking a meeting with Judge James O’Connor to discuss the matter.

Over 25 solicitors participated in the Law Society of Northern Ireland's annual advanced advocacy course in its eighteenth year.

A Nigerian national with a history of offending who complained about an order deporting him from the UK suffered no violation of his article 8 rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Mr Ndidi, the applicant, arrived with his mother in the UK aged two. He had an escalating history of of