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An application for judicial review by two same-sex couples was dismissed on the basis that the Strasbourg Court does not recognise a right to same-sex marriage, with Justice O’Hara stating that he was bound by the Ullah principle. Sympathising with the applicants, Justice O’Hara stated that he h

Lucinda Creighton, a former Irish minister for European affairs The Irish Government's annual legal costs will increase after Brexit because the UK will no longer influence negotiations on its behalf or help to transpose EU legislation into common law.

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon The Department of Social Protection has been challenged by the data protection watchdog to set out the legal basis for the public services card (PSC).

Padraig Ó Muirigh Northern Ireland's political crisis does not excuse delays to legacy inquests, a lawyer representing the family of a man shot in 1972 has said.

Pictured (l-r): Mal Donaghy, Michael Ward BL, Andy Waterworth, and Eoghan Mckenna Inspired to promote positive mental health, members of the Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA) have challenged their barrister colleagues to a charity football match in aid of charity Inspire.

Shane O'Donnell The first six months of 2017 have proven to be a dynamic period for Ireland's merger and acquisitions (M&A) market, according to a mid-year report from William Fry and Mergermarket.

The courts have been told they cannot ban journalists after the media were prevented from entering a building where a judge was a hearing a foster case, The Times reports. Security staff were told not to allow reporters into the East London Family Court yesterday, which was looking at the case of a

An alliance of charities, NGOs and trade unions have joined an alliance to scrutinise the Great Repeal Bill ahead of its second reading next week. Its members include Amnesty International, Greenpeace, the trade union Unison and human rights groups Global Justice Now and Open Rights Group.

John Taylor An MP appealed to the UK government to extend the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 to Northern Ireland in the 1980s after learning a constituent owned big cats.

The pressure group set up to contest the grant of planning approval for 300 pylons from Tyrone to Meath have had their challenge dismissed in the High Court. Dismissing the application which involved 16 reliefs being sought, Mr Justice Max Barrett sympathised with the applicants but stated that the

Proposals to protect the identities of judges who are reprimanded for misconduct have come under criticism from opposition politicians and the Law Society of Ireland, The Irish Times reports. Fianna Fáil, Labour, Sinn Féin, People Before Profit, the Social Democrats and the Green Party are reporte

Paul Tweed Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed is set to open his new boutique law firm TWEED this Friday.

David Craig Belfast-based Johnsons Solicitors has announced the appointment of David Craig as head of the firm’s media department.

Seth Tillman Ireland's new Court of Appeal has not succeeded in dealing with a backlog of appellate cases, a law lecturer at Maynooth University has said.

Sir James Munby has said the family courts are not fit for purpose in a “world without lawyers”. The judge said the system is designed with legal representation in mind but that in reality "across vast swathes of the family justice system, the typical litigant now has no legal representation".