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In an application before the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Denham has appointed a Notary Public for both County Cork and County Dublin, and all adjoining counties thereto. In the special circumstances regarding the appointment of a Notary Public to non-adjoining counties, Chief Justice Denham took in

The issues particular to Northern Ireland in the two Brexit challenges before the High Court in Belfast will be heard at the hearing on 4-5 October, a judge has ruled. Challenges are brought by Raymond McCord, a victims’ rights campaigner whose son was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1997, an

Ciarán Moynagh A bid to overturn the criminalisation of buying sex in Northern Ireland will proceed to a full hearing after leave for a judicial review was granted by the High Court this morning.

Sabine Walsh, president of the MII The Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) has welcomed a Government commitment to publish the Mediation Bill as a matter of priority.

Queen's University Belfast is among the top 10 universities in the UK for law, while Ulster University is in the top 35, according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017. QUB clocks in at number 9 in the league table for law while Ulster University clocks in at number 33.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald More than 30 people were forcibly deported in the past six months under the International Protection Act 2015, the Irish Independent reports.

Advocate General Sharpston has stated that the Court of Justice of the European Union should annul the measures maintaining Hamas and LTTE on the EU list of terrorist organisations, on procedural grounds. On 27th December 2001, the Council of the European Union adopted a common position and a regula

The Bar of Northern Ireland has welcomed the proposed creation of a Witness Charter for Northern Ireland, but warned it must be accessible for the vast majority of court users in its practical application. The Department of Justice closed its consultation on the draft Witness Charter yesterday.

Colm O'Gorman, executive director of Amnesty International Ireland Amnesty International Ireland has welcomed the release of Irish citizen Dr Homa Hoodfar from Iranian prison after more than three and a half months of detention.

John Whelan, head of A&L Goodbody's international technology practice A&L Goodbody has launched its fifth annual Bold Ideas student competition alongside an announcement that it will recruit around 40 graduate positions over the coming months.

An English barrister who dodged £23,000 worth of rail fares has been disbarred by an independent tribunal. Peter Barnett was convicted of six counts of fraud after he routinely dodged fares between his home in Oxfordshire and London.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by a 47-year-old man against the severity of his eight-year sentence for drugs offences. Justice Birmingham agreed with the decision of the trial judge to depart from the presumptive mandatory minimum sentence, stating that the man was more involve

Transport Minister Shane Ross No new judges will be appointed until Ireland's judicial appointments system is reformed, a Government minister has said

Northern Ireland's vibrant legal sector was on display as solicitors and barristers took part in a trade mission to the International Bar Association conference in Washington, D.C. Invest NI led a delegation of firms including A&L Goodbody, Tughans, Carson McDowell and Cleaver Fulton Rankin to t

The Law Reform Commission's new report on harmful communications and digital safety recommends new criminal offences to deal with revenge porn and the appointment of a digital safety commissioner. The report contains a total of 32 recommendations for reform.