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Two cases where a suspended sentence was to be activated have been dropped in the wake of the High Court ruling on Tuesday. Mr Justice Michael Moriarty declared that section 99 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, governing the activation of suspended sentences, is unconstitutional.

Michael Humphreys QC, chairman of the Commercial Bar Association Leading lawyers from across Northern Ireland and the UK convened this morning for the start of the British Irish Commercial Bar Association (BICBA) conference.

Theresa May MPs, civil servants and councillors who may be involved in corruption will be the target of a new law proposed by the UK Home Secretary.

Managing partner John White Dublin firm Beauchamps has taken on 45 new members of staff in the last year, including four new partners, the company has revealed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhMI6akmjWE Professor David Ormerod QC's lecture on the evolution of the law surrounding the doctrine of joint enterprise has been published online.

Dalriada School pupils are flying to London this weekend to compete in the national finals of The Bar Mock Trial after winning the Northern Ireland heat in November 2015.

The Court of Appeal has set aside an order of the High Court in relation to an accident which left a man requiring to have his leg amputated, finding that the trial judge’s assessment of the damages was “perverse”. The plaintiff, Blaine Murphy, was struck by a car while attending the Galway In

Acting Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Acting Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said emergency legislation could be introduced "within days" of a High Court ruling that said the law governing the activation of suspended sentences is unconstitutional.

Lorcan O’Connor, director of the ISI There was a 26 per cent increase in new applications for Personal Insolvency Arrangements (PIAs) in the first quarter of 2016, according to new figures.

Acting Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe Acting Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe has criticised the continued use of court poor box donations to provide an alternative to penalty points.

Solicitor Gavin Booth of KRW Law The Attorney General for Northern Ireland, John Larkin, has written to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) in support of a fresh inquiry into the shooting of Colum Marks.

The detention of an Algerian national who acquired permanent residence in 2003 and 28 criminal convictions by 2012, pending a decision to deport him, was not unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled as it additionally declined to make a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the European Unio

Faculty of Advocates’ director of training and education, Dr David Parratt The Faculty of Advocates’ director of training and education, Dr David Parratt, has achieved a highly unusual hat-trick, after calling to the Northern Ireland bar.

Matt Higgins Staff members at Belfast firm HHD Solicitors are completing the Belfast Marathon 2016 to raise funds for CAUSE.

The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s construction of a will, following a dispute between the will’s executor and his nephew over the use of land as a garden. The appellant, James Mullen, was the son and executor of the will of the late Elizabeth Mullen, while the respondent, James Mul