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The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) spent €675,205 obtaining legal advice in 2014, according to figures provided to the Oireachtas. The figure represents a massive increase from the €142,112 spent on external costs in 2013 and saw GSOC end 2014 with an overall budget deficit of €3

Danny Friedman QC The family of Jean McConville have been granted leave to seek a judicial review over the non-disclosure of the defunct Historical Enquiries Team's (HET) draft report into her killing.

Darragh Mackin The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) is set to re-examine a decision not to prosecute a soldier who fatally shot 23-year-old Aidan McAnespie at a border checkpoint in 1988.

The Bar of Northern Ireland will close applications for charity partnerships next week, the barristers' regulatory body has said. The Bar is choosing a new charity partner for 2016, with applications accepted via the Bar website until Sunday 31 January.

Claire Taggart A 20-year-old disabled student has settled a discrimination case against Northern Regional College with the assistance of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

A judge in Mullingar District Court yesterday told fourteen defendants that their case would be a "gravy train" for lawyers after they applied for legal aid. The men appeared in the court in relation to charges of violent disorder relating to an incident at The Stillery pub in Mullingar last year.

Judge Patrick Durcan will not be called to testify in the trial of a man who made a lewd display at a sitting of Ennis District Court last year. Brian Joyce, 21, has pled guilty to a charge under section 6 of the Public Order Act 1994 of engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour with i

A public inquiry in the UK has found that the 2006 murder of Alexander Litvinenko was “probably” approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mr Litivinenko, 43, died in London after he was poisoned with polonium-210, which is thought to have been put in his tea.

of proceeding in 2004, and that he could not both be an executor of his mother’s Will, and bring a challenge against it. Further, under s.9(2)(b) of the Civil Liability Act 1961, the relevant limitation period for maintaining a cause of action which has survived against the estate of a deceased p

Children's Minister James Reilly Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has developed an "exit strategy" to phase out its dependence on the services of law firm Arthur Cox after the expected end of its contract next month.

Government minister Kathleen Lynch The Government's Judicial Council Bill has not yet been published because of "other pressing priorities in the legislative area", senators have been told.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published draft legislation defining criminal offences in the area of attacks against information systems.

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness Northern Ireland's deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is expected to appear before a court in Belfast to give a statement on one of 56 legacy cases being reviewed by Lord Justice Weir.

Landmark reforms designed to "modernise family law" in Ireland may cause some cases to take significantly longer, The Irish Times reports. A spokesperson for the Courts Service of Ireland told the newspaper: "There will be more inquiries which courts have to make and more evidence to be gathered - i

A judge of the High Court has expressed doubts over whether a second Special Criminal Court will be established. Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald announced the establishment of the second court, under section 38 (2) of the Offences Against the State Act 1939, last October.