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Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire has come "perilously close to interfering in the rule of law", according to Northern Ireland's former Justice Minister David Ford. It comes after Mr Brokenshire, writing in the The Telegraph, referred to "the imbalance of the current system of legacy inve

The number of Irish mortgage approvals rose by 30.7 per cent over the year to December 2016, the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) has said. The BPFI Mortgage Approvals Report reveals that a total of 3,144 mortgages were approved per month, on average, in the three months ending Decem

Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has complained of a "wasted year" due to a lack of progress on funding for legacy inquests.

Declan Black, managing partner of the firm Mason Hayes & Curran has reported a rise in revenue of 7 per cent to €77 million in 2016.

Paul McBride Turnover at the Belfast office of Pinsent Masons grew from £7.3 million to £8.8 million last year.

Pictured (l-r): Joanna Robinson (Legal Director), Paul McBride (Partner) and Andrea McIlroy Rose (Partner) listen to Christie Jack Staff at the Belfast office of Pinsent Masons celebrated Burns Night with a supper at Queen's University Belfast at the weekend.

A man who was given a lifelong ban from driving has had his disqualification reduced to one of forty years in the Court of Appeal. The man also challenged the severity of the two-year custodial sentence imposed upon him in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, arguing that the sentencing judge made an

Chief Justice, Susan Denham The Chief Justice, Susan Denham, has written to Taoiseach Enda Kenny to set out concerns over the proposed lay majority for the new judicial appointments body, The Irish Times reports.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has downplayed claims that there is a "major accountability gap" in family law around the accreditation of psychotherapists.

Sir Oliver Heald QC The UK government has announced changes to legal aid rules to allow the families of the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings to access legal aid.

A woman alleged to have bought abortion pills online for her teenage daughter has been granted leave for a judicial review hearing into the decision to prosecute her. Karen Quinlivan QC, representing the woman and daughter, told the High Court in Belfast that she became pregnant following under-age

Calls to the LawCare helpline in 2016 from lawyers in the UK and Ireland rose by 12 per cent compared with 2015. The top two most common reasons for calls remain the same, with stress at 38 per cent of calls (37 per cent in 2015) and depression at 12 per cent (11 per cent).

A man in Scotland accused of sending death threats to Northern Ireland’s Director of Public Prosecutions on Facebook has been found not guilty, The Herald reports. Gordon Galloway went on trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court before Sheriff Frances McCartney after posting a comment on a story about Barra

A solicitor who was struck off the Roll of Solicitors amidst several allegations of misconduct, has had his application to be restored to the Roll refused in the High Court. Mr Justice Kelly, President of the High Court, stated that the man had been dishonest and had demonstrated a lack of candour,

Northern Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions, Barra McGrory QC, has said allegations of bias on his part are insulting to him and to his office. It comes as senior UK politicians accuse him of prioritising prosecutions of former British soldiers for their actions during the Troubles.