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John McCallister Former MLA John McCallister is being considered for an appointment as special adviser to Justice Minister Claire Sugden, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has signed a commencement order giving the Policing Authority new responsibilities over the appointment of civilian Garda staff from today.

Pictured (l-r): Tara Gibbon, Peter Mounsey, Jane Moffatt Two trainee solicitors are celebrating their win at the Irish National Negotiation Competition 2016 on Sunday.

Jon Cartwright, legal team partner at Hazlewoods Law firms’ bank debts have jumped 36 per cent in the past year, from an average of £28,000 to £38,000 per equity partner as the profession targets growth according to Hazlewoods, chartered accountants and business advisers who specialise in the le

A Russian journalist and an editor convicted of “insult” for publishing a news story complaining about an allegedly corrupt mayor had their article 10 right to freedom of expression violated, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The case concerned the criminal conviction, for insult, of

Northern Ireland's High Court has agreed to allow Irish language organisation Conradh na Gaeilge to bring a judicial review against the Northern Ireland Executive over its failure to adopt or implement an Irish language plan. The group says the St Andrews Agreement includes a specific, unfulfilled p

Belfast- and Newtownwards-based firm Worthingtons Solicitors has announced it will sponsor Holywood Cricket Club this year.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a company who sought to challenge a contract for the supply of school transport as breaching EU Law, finding that the contract did not fall within the meaning of the appropriate Directive. The applicant, School Transport Scheme Ltd. sought to challenge

T P Kennedy, director of education at the Law Society The Law Society of Ireland has received recognition from Apple for its progressive use of the company's technology to help train solicitors.

The Professional, Regulatory and Disciplinary Bar Association of Ireland hosted its Annual Conference Professional Regulation in the Financial Sector on Tuesday, 24th May at The Honorable Society of King’s Inns.

Irish barrister Colm O'Briain SC has passed away at the age of 48, The Bar of Ireland has confirmed. An alumnus of UCD School of Law, he was a leading member of the criminal bar, appearing in many prominent trials, taking briefs both as prosecuting and defence counsel.

Pictured: Claire Sugden and George Hamilton Justice Minister Claire Sugden has held a meeting with PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton as she begins to settle in to her new role in the Northern Ireland Executive.

The High Court has refused a prisoner's bid for release in the wake of the suspended sentences ruling, The Irish Times reports. The ruling, in what is widely seen as an important test case, saw Mr Justice Paul McDermott refuse Paul Clarke's attempts to secure release on the basis that he is not bein

Dr Louise Kennefick Irish law lecturers Dr Louise Kennefick and Dr Deidre Healy have presented a joint paper on probation in Ireland at the conference of a European Society of Criminology working group.

An open letter signed by a number of civic society organisations has urged the Government to take new Amnesty International research on sex work into account while drafting legislation on the subject. The letter, published in today's edition of The Irish Times, is signed by representatives of Sex Wo