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Child law solicitor Deirdre Burke An intermediary has been used in Ireland's courts for the first time, The Irish Times reports.

Darragh Mackin The Government was not informed of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa's move to a different prison in Egypt and neither was his family, Mr Halawa's legal team has said.

House prices in Northern Ireland rose by 2.4 per cent over the year to February 2016 to reach an average of £157,000, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The increase was lower than the 7.5 per cent rise noted across the UK, where the average property value now stands at £284,000

A Hungarian national of Roma origin’s complaint that the authorities failed to investigate allegations she suffered racial abuse and threats from participants in an anti-Roma march has been upheld by a majority at the European Court of Human Rights. The court considered in particular that, given t

Three women who lived in the Berkeley apartment whose balcony collapsed, killing six, have launched a legal bid for damages for emotional distress. Caroline Conlan, Cliodhna Maloney and Aisling Tallon have launched action against the builder, owner and manager of the apartment block after allegedly

The US state of Georgia executed a man yesterday despite concerns about his mental state, racial bias, and lack of adequate representation during his trial. Kenneth Fults was convicted of murdering a woman in her home in 1996. A jury sentenced him to death in 1997.

Pictured (l-r): Ellen Forester, Nichola Coghlan and James Donnelly Two trainee solicitors from Belfast firm Tughans will fly the flag for Northern Ireland in Canada after winning the regional heat of the Brown-Mosten International Client Consultation Competition.

Olivia O'Kane, chair of the Belfast Solicitors Association The non-profit Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA) is hosting a pub quiz later this month in support of local homelessness charity the Welcome Organisation.

The High Court has found that the 20-minute observation period traditionally used by the Gardaí before taking a breath-alcohol test did not make the detention of suspects unlawful. The Gardaí had been accustomed to preceding breath-alcohol tests with a 20-minute observation period to ensure that t

Acting Jobs Minister Richard Bruton A report prepared for Acting Jobs Minister Richard Bruton suggests that legal fees are driving up insurance costs, the Irish Independent reports.

The Northern Ireland Young Solicitor Association (NIYSA) successfully brought the European Young Bar Association (EYBA) conference to Belfast last week.

More than 450,000 cases went through Ireland's District Courts in 2014, according to figures published by The Irish Times. There were almost 162,200 cases before District Courts in Dublin Metropolitan District, averaging at just over 9,000 cases for each of the district's eighteen judges.

Advocate General Wathelet of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has stated the posting of a hyperlink to a website which published photos without authorisation does not in itself constitute a copyright infringement. The motivation of the person who placed the hyperlink and the fact th

Clare Bailey, deputy leader of the Green Party and an election candidate in Belfast South Men would face prosecution if their sexual partners obtain an illegal abortion after falling pregnant under proposals put forward by the Green Party in Northern Ireland.

British scientists from the Royal Society and Royal Society of Edinburgh are to teach the UK's senior judiciary how to handle scientific evidence in court. Supported by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the scheme will launch with a “primer document” on DNA ana