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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald is considering an appeal against the High Court's ruling that retired judge Barry White can resume practising as a barrister.

Circuit Court judge Leonie Reynolds has been nominated to fill the High Court vacancy created by Mr Justice John Hedigan's appointment to the Court of Appeal, The Irish Times reports. Ms Reynolds, a former barrister and the daughter of former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, was educated in UCD and the Ki

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's legal aid bill shrunk from around £111 million to £96 million last year according to Justice Minister Claire Sugden.

Supreme Court judge Ms Justice Mary Laffoy will chair the citizens’ convention examining the Eighth Amendment. Ms Justice Laffoy, former chair of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, was appointed to lead the 100-member convention by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

The six members of the Northern Ireland Assembly's working group on fatal foetal abnormality have recently been revealed. The group was proposed in February after MLAs voted against allowing women to terminate pregnancies in the case of fatal foetal abnormality.

In a claim to set aside a compromise on the basis of fraudulent misrepresentation, the defrauded representee need not prove it settled in the belief the misrepresentation were true in order to demonstrate influence by or reliance on that misrepresentation. The respondent, Mr Hayward, suffered an inj

Eilis Barry Legal rights group FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) has announced the appointment of Eilis Barry as its new chief executive officer.

Representatives from the Irish and Northern Ireland legal professions paid tribute to members who died during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 at an event in Dublin's Supreme Court yesterday. The event, hosted by the Courts Centenary Commemoration Committee, heard from representatives of The Bar of I

Pictured: An example of ransomware The Law Society of Northern Ireland has warned solicitors to be wary of ransomware targeting businesses and organisations.

Richard Foley, senior partner at Pinsent Masons Pinsent Masons has said the "only global law firm serving Northern Ireland just got more global" as it announced plans to expand into South Africa with a new office in Johannesburg.

The High Court has held that Mr Barry White, a retired High Court judge, can return to practice as a barrister acting as an advocate in the Circuit Court – thereby breaching the tradition that retired barristers-turned-judges who return to practice as barrister-advocates, do not appear before a c

The DPP, Claire Loftus State expenditure on barristers' fees rose last year as a result of establishing the new Court of Appeal, according to Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar The Gender Recognition Act 2015 has allowed 149 transgender people to have their preferred gender legally recognised.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald A secretary general to the Department of Justice could be recruited by the end of the year, The Irish Times reports.

Ciáran Moynagh Northern Ireland's lawyers have been invited to formally take part in Belfast Pride celebrations for the first time next weekend.