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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The Domestic Violence Bill 2017 will not create a specific offence of domestic abuse, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

Tony McGillicuddy Legal professionals are increasingly concerned about the influence of the Internet on juries in criminal trials, The Irish Times reports.

John Finucane Belfast solicitor John Finucane, a son of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane, will run for election to Westminster in North Belfast.

Stuart Sproule Belfast firm MKB Law has announced the appointment of Stuart Sproule to its business and commercial law team.

Ciara Burns, head of litigation at GR Ingram and Co Solicitors, has passed away. Ms Burns is named as head of litigation on the website of the Portadown-based firm, which now has a headcount of 5 across its Portadown and Lurgan offices.

A young athlete and Dublin City University (DCU) law student who suddenly died on the weekend will be buried in Annaduff tomorrow. Joanna Duignan, 20, was taking a three-year Bachelor of Civil Law course at the university.

A man has been granted a declaration in the High Court that the Further Education and Training Authority, SOLAS, is not entitled to impose a requirement for reassessment as a condition for renewing registration cards. The man’s qualifications were not time limited, and the EU’s requirement for �

Pictured (l-r): Jonathan Forrester and Karen Blair Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has announced strategic expansion plans for the next three years following the appointment of Jonathan Forrester as the firm's new managing director.

Pictured (l-r): Aidan Donnelly, Millicent Tate, Alan Reid, Eileen McLarnon, John O’Prey and Ronald Lowry County Down firm Murlands Solicitors have announced the appointment of Millicent Tate and John O’Prey as partners, in recognition of their dedication to the success of the business.

John Costello Prisoners released from life sentences should be given stable accommodation as a priority, according to John Costello, chairman of the Parole Board of Ireland.

A total of 196,909 court fines imposed since 2011, worth a total of €48.5 million, remain unpaid, the Irish Examiner reports. The latest figures from the Courts Service of Ireland show that the rate of evasion is increasing, with €16.5 million overdue at the end of 2017 compared to €7.5 millio

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) should have kept the Training Unit at Mountjoy Prison open in the short-term, a penal reform group has said. The Training Unit was closed with effect from yesterday to allow it to be repurposed as a dedicated unit for older prisoners.

Matthew Jury The UK government has failed victims by failing to provide proper and adequate support to UK victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism, lawyers have said.

Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran hosted an exhibition of children’s art, featuring paintings and sculpture, by the boys and girls from St Patrick’s National School, Ringsend.

Grindr, the hook-up app for gay and bi-sexual men, is being sued by a New York man who says his ex-boyfriend created numerous false accounts and sent over 1,100 men to his home over five months – seeking sex as part of a “rape fantasy”. Matthew Herrick is claiming product liability and is alle