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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan, in his first official engagement, has addressed recruit prison officers ahead of their passing out ceremony. Mr Flanagan visited the Irish Prison Service training college in Portlaoise to address 17 recruits, the first of 80 recruit prison officers that will comple

Making available and managing an online platform for sharing copyright-protected works, such as ‘The Pirate Bay’, may constitute an infringement of copyright because the operators of that platform play an essential role in making those works available, the Court of Justice of the European Union

Richard Susskind Law schools in the UK have come under fire from legal technology expert Richard Susskind for continuing to teach law "as it was in the 1970s", Legal Futures reports.

Nicholas Bourne, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth A former law professor has been appointed as parliamentary under-secretary of state for Northern Ireland, replacing Kris Hopkins.

Prime Minister Theresa May Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to shake up the ministerial team at the Foreign Office (FCO) is an opportunity to reset the UK’s priorities abroad, a human rights group has said.

Catherine Deane Catherine Deane of McCann FitzGerald has been named Best in Aviation at the European Women in Business Law Awards.

A man given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to one count of causing grievous bodily harm by driving a motor car without due care and attention has had his application for leave to appeal refused by the Court of Appeal, after it was found the injuries other than the paralysis amounted to â

Charlie Flanagan Charlie Flanagan is Ireland's new Justice Minister following new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's Cabinet reshuffle.

Attorney General Máire Whelan Several judges applied to fill the Court of Appeal vacancy which is set to be taken up by Attorney General Máire Whelan, The Irish Times reports.

Valerie Gibson Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Valerie Gibson to its financial services disputes and investigations (FSDI) team in Belfast.

Rosie Kinnear Lawyers representing the family of John Patrick Cunningham, who was shot by the British Army in 1974, have launched civil proceedings against British state agencies.

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Arlene Foster The Scottish Government has confirmed that it received correspondence about same-sex marriage legislation from then-Finance Minister Arlene Foster in September 2015.

Lord Kakkar The chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission has called on Parliament to "revisit" the statutory retirement age for judges, currently set at 70 years old.

A woman who challenged the legality of differential treatment of Northern Ireland residents who are not able to undergo an abortion free-of-charge under the NHS in England has had her appeal to the UK Supreme Court dismissed by a 3:2 majority. Delivering the leading majority judgment of the Court, L