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The Law Society of Northern Ireland has published the latest edition of The Writ, with new president Ian Huddleston adorning the cover. Mr Huddleston took up the role last December.

A woman who brought a challenge to the development of a wind farm beside her home has had her case referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union. Ms Edel Grace and Mr Peter Sweetman brought a challenge to a permission granted by An Bórd Pleanála to permit the development of a wind farm o

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Two-thirds of homeowners in mortgage arrears are unaware of a new Government service which offers access to free legal advice.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Funding for fifteen additional full-time staff members was provided to the Legal Aid Board to support with the implementation of the International Protection Act 2015.

Families of wards of court will not receive individual statements on the performance of wards' funds until the third quarter of this year, The Irish Times reports. Families were originally promised a statement by the end of last year by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald.

Pictured (l-r): Danny McKay, James Knight, and John McMahon UK firm Keystone Law has expanded into Belfast through a merger with McMahon McKay, a corporate and commercial firm in Belfast.

TV cameras will be allowed to film the tribunal of inquiry into allegations that An Garda Síochána officials directed a campaign to discredit whistleblowers in the media. At the request of Mr Justice Peter Charleton, chair of the tribunal, TV cameras and press photographers will be allowed in for

Patrick Corrigan Northern Ireland has failed dismally to deal with past human rights violations and to reform its outdated abortion laws, Amnesty International has said in its annual assessment of human rights around the world.

Radha Stirling The British Irish Commercial Bar Association (BICBA) should cancel an arbitration seminar in Dubai because of wide-scale legal abuse and corruption in the UAE, a campaign group has said.

Eoghan Murphy Ireland's minister of state with responsibility for financial services, Eoghan Murphy, and former EU finance commissioner Lord Hill of Oareford will address a Brexit briefing hosted by Dublin firm Matheson in London this Wednesday.

Nearly a third of Northern Ireland's victims of crime did not report the crime to police because they thought it was too trivial or the police would not do anything. The figure emerged in a Department of Justice briefing which sets out findings from the 2015/16 Northern Ireland Crime Survey.

The Child and Family Agency, in a case involving the removal of two children from their parents, has been unsuccessful in challenging the writ of habeas corpus which was granted in the High Court as a result of parents’ lack of legal representation. The Child and Family Agency brought the appeal c

Judge Michael Reilly A report on healthcare in Irish prisons, produced by the late Inspector of Prisons, Judge Michael Reilly, has been published.

Two potential sites have been identified for a new courthouse in Portlaoise. Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald, answering a question in the Dáil, said the Courts Service of Ireland is planning to build "a new and modern courthouse with all the necessary court facilities in Portlaoise".

The Government has not opposed a bill to abolish mandatory retirement ages except in specific security-related fields. Speaking in the Dáil at the first stage of the Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill, Minister David Stanton said the Government "supports in principle m