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Paul McGarry SC, chairman of the Council of The Bar of Ireland The Bar of Ireland has presented its inaugural Human Rights Award to the Irish Naval Service for saving thousands of lives in the Mediterranean Sea during the current migration crisis.

Sabine Walsh, MII president The Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) will develop strategies to meet the challenges posed by Brexit and escalating conflicts at its annual conference, which began in Louth today.

Two Northern Ireland lawyers acting for victims' campaigner Raymond McCord in his challenge to the Brexit process in the High Court in Belfast yesterday performed a watching brief in the separate Brexit cases currently underway in London. Solicitor Ciaran O'Hare of McIvor Farrell Solicitors and barr

Key figures in the Law Society of Northern Ireland have met Lord Dunlop to discuss the implications of Brexit on Northern Ireland.

Pictured (l-r): Liam McCollum QC, Chairman of the Bar Council, Claire Sugden MLA, Justice Minister and Sarah Ramsey, Vice Chair of the Bar Council Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden attended this week's Bar Council meeting in the Bar Library, Belfast.

Dr Graham Ellison Dr Graham Ellison of Queen’s University’s School of Law has warned against linking a reported rise in sex crimes to the explosion in readily available obscene material on the Internet.

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors is hosting an open evening for law students to find out more about its trainee programme.

Police recorded a 41 per cent increase in hate crime incidents in the month after the UK's Brexit vote, according to new UK government figures. A statistical bulletin from the Home Office reports there were 5,468 offences recorded in July 2016 compared to 3,886 offences in July 2015.

A three-judge Court of Appeal has overturned the High Court’s finding that the son of a man who died intestate was conflicted in his role as legal personal representative of the estate. Justice Peart stated that the siblings’ speculation of future interference with the administration of their fa

No criminals in Ireland will benefit from the UK's decision to leave the European Union, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has insisted after a meeting with Michel Barnier, the chief negotiator for the European Commission in relation to the UK exiting the EU. Ms Fitzgerald, in her capacity as Tán

Pictured: Nuala Kelly, Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre; Broden Giambrone, Transgender Equality Network Ireland; Emily Logan The Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, Emily Logan, today launched a ground-breaking new professional diploma course in human rights

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has called for the remaining provisions of the Epsen Act 2004 to be implemented.

A Northern Ireland solicitor has appeared in court on charges relating to falsified legal aid documents. Damien McDaid, 42, made no plea when he appeared in Londonderry Magistrates Court accused of committing 61 false accounting offences between July 2010 and January 2012.

Rosemary Lundy, partner and head of employment law at Arthur Cox Arthur Cox is hosting an open evening for legal students seeking the opportunity to secure a trainee position with one of Northern Ireland’s leading law firms.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Ireland has been criticised by the OECD Working Group on Bribery for failing to improve its domestic law to tackle bribery by Irish business people and companies in international dealings.