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Retired Bangor solicitor Laura Gilbert has passed away, according to the Law Society of Northern Ireland. Mrs Gilbert was formerly a partner at Carnson Gilbert and Neill in Bangor, before that firm amalgamated with Morrow Graham. The firm now practises as CMG Cunningham Dickey in Bangor and Belfast.

Law Centre (NI)’s independent advice, support and mediation unit has acted for an older carer who needed advice and assistance about her needs as a carer and those of her son who lived with her. Her son has complex physical and mental health needs following a road traffic accident as a child. The

Emily Logan, chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission A report assessing Ireland’s performance on combatting discrimination against women has been published by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission ahead of a formal UN appearance by the State.

Attorney General John Larkin Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin has said he could bring a case against the Department of the Economy over the RHI scheme, the BBC reports.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) paid out nearly £2 million to informers over the past five years, more than any other UK police service bar the Metropolitan Police. The figures were released to BBC Radio 5 Live following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

A 35-year-old man convicted of murdering a 21-year old man for “coming on to him” has been unsuccessful in appealing his conviction based on the defence of the defence of diminished responsibility created by s.6(2) of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006. In the Supreme Court, the man argued tha

Ken Murphy, director general of the Law Society The Law Society of Ireland has hired a media monitoring firm to help identify "claims harvesting" companies taking out press advertisements, The Irish Times reports.

A cohabitee who was refused a survivor’s pension after a local government body claimed her deceased partner did not nominate her has succeeded in an appeal and will be entitled to a pension under the scheme after Justices in the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the nomination requirement be

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Prison sentences for incest were hotly debated in the Dáil last night as the Sexual Offences Bill came up for its second stage debate.

A man has failed in his attempt to render himself immune from prosecution by arguing that a law drafted 115 years ago criminalised certain homosexual activity. The man, whose identity cannot be published, is charged with seven counts of gross indecency under section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment

Members of the Oireachtas justice committee heard from the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) this morning as part of a focus on prisons, penal policy and sentencing. Fíona Ní Chinnéide, acting executive director, and Michelle Martyn, senior research and policy project manager, highlighted the condi

Benjamin Ferencz (Photo credit: Adam Jones, Ph.D.) The Guardian today runs a fascinating and timely interview with 97-year-old Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials.

The Sunday World has been unsuccessful in its appeal to overturn the €85,000 award made to former English Premier League footballer, David Speedie, in defamation proceedings. In April 2011, the newspaper published two articles about the footballer’s alleged contact with known criminals, one of w

The European Court of Justice could be asked to rule on issues concerning companies transferring data from Europe to the US in a landmark case before the Dublin courts. The Data Protection Commissioner will ask the Commercial Court to refer the question to Strasbourg following a complaint by Austria

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Nearly four years after a report recognised concerns over the representative nature of juries, the Department of Justice is still examining proposals to reform jury laws.